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Lambeau Field (/ ˈ l æ m b oʊ / ⓘ) is an outdoor athletic stadium in the north central United States, located in Green Bay, Wisconsin.The home field of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL), it opened in 1957 as City Stadium, replacing the original City Stadium at Green Bay East High School as the Packers' home field.
After the first season, a small grandstand was built and the field was fenced off. [2] Green Bay East High School was built at the location of Hagemeister Park in 1922, which forced the Packers to move to Bellevue Park, a small minor league baseball stadium that seated about 5,000.
Soldier Field in Chicago is the oldest, having opened in 1924; however, the Bears did not play at Soldier Field until 1971 and did not play there in 2002 while the stadium was under reconstruction, and thus the oldest continuously operating stadium in the NFL is Lambeau Field, hosting the Green Bay Packers since its opening in 1957.
The Green Bay Packers battle the New York Jets in the first quarter on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.
As an observance of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Lambeau Field, the Packers held practice at City Stadium on July 31, 2007. In the summer of 2008, City Stadium was renovated with a new press box, new bleachers on the home side of the field, and two new football goal posts. [3] Much of the structure had dated to the 1960s and become ...
GREEN BAY – The 2025 NFL draft will be April 24-26 in Green Bay, or one year, five months and 18 days from Monday. The Green Bay Packers and the NFL revealed the 2025 dates during a news ...
GREEN BAY – A Green Bay Packers' request for $3 million to build a third locker room at Lambeau Field to help attract more events to the stadium was put on hold by the stadium board.
The Packers scored 24-second-quarter points, including a championship-record 19 by Paul Hornung, on special "loan" from the Army (one touchdown, four extra points, and three field goals), powering the Packers to a 37–0 rout of the Giants, their first NFL Championship since 1944. [48] [49] It was in 1961 that Green Bay became known as ...