Lambeau Field
Outdoor football stadium located in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Lambeau Field is a stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. The stadium is home to the Green Bay Packers, an American football team that plays in the National Football League. The stadium is named after Curly Lambeau.
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| Former names | City Stadium (1957–64) |
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| Location | 1265 Lombardi Avenue, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54304 |
| Coordinates | 44°30′5″N 88°3′44″W / 44.50139°N 88.06222°WCoordinates: 44°30′5″N 88°3′44″W / 44.50139°N 88.06222°W |
| Owner | City of Green Bay and Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District |
| Operator | Green Bay Packers |
| Capacity | 81,435 |
| Record attendance | 72,740 (2007 NFC Championship) From Green Bay Packers website: http://www.packers.com/lambeau-field/stadium-info/history/records.html |
| Surface | Kentucky bluegrass reinforced with DD GrassMaster |
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| Broke ground | October 11, 1956[1] |
| Opened | September 29, 1957 |
| Renovated | 2014 |
| Construction cost | $960,000 ($5 million in 2017 dollars[2]) $295 million (2003 Renovation) ($402 million in 2017 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Somerville Associates Ellerbe Becket (2003 renovation) |
| General contractor | Geo. M. Hougard & Sons[3] |
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| Green Bay Packers (NFL) (1957–present) | |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Green Bay Bowl Digging Started". The Milwaukee Journal. October 11, 1965. Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ↑ "Green Bay Packers news | Lambeau Field timeline". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
