Green Bay is in the north-eastern part of Wisconsin at the mouth of the Fox River and at the southern end of Green Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan. With a population of a little over 100,000, it is the third-largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee and Madison. As well as being home of the Neville Public Museum, a Children's Museum and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, it is probably most well-known for its professional American football team, the Green Bay Packers.
Above: Composite image of Lambeau Field
The Green Bay Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. They are the last of the "small town teams", which were common in the NFL during the league's early days of the 1920s and '30s, and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919. The Packers are a well-loved team and are the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the USA.
Above: Outside the stadium, a sign on a sculpture invites the visitor to pose alongside fans and experience a “Lambeau Leap”. In December 1993, LeRoy Butler made a touchdown and took a spontaneous leap into the arms of fans. The “Lambeau Leap” has become a Packers tradition. It declares that nothing gets in the way between Packers players and their fans.
Since 1957, the Green Bay Packers’ home games have been played at the outdoor Lambeau Field. Initially known as City Stadium (replacing the original City Stadium at East High School), and in formally known as New City Stadium for its first eight seasons, it was named Lambeau Field in 1965, in memory of Packers founder, player, and long-time head coach, Curly Lambeau. A renovation of the stadium in 2013 saw the addition of 7,000 seats, bringing the total capacity to 81,441. Lambeau Field holds the record for being the oldest continually operating NFL stadium.
One of the main features of the stadium is the 376,000-square-foot Lambeau Field Atrium. More than five stories high, it includes restaurants, the Packers Pro Shop, and rooms for hosting corporate events or meetings. The Packers Hall of Fame here contains displays tracing the history of the team from 1919, with trophies, photographs and mementoes, over two levels. Informative tours are available of the Lambeau Field Stadium and these include a walk down the tunnel the Packers players go through on game-day. Some more photographs are shown in the thumbnail gallery below (click on an image to enlarge):
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