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Lambeau Field
1265 Lombardi Avenue
Green Bay, WI 54304
Green Bay's City Stadium, historic home of the Packers, was built in 1957
at a cost of $960,000 and was dedicated by Vice President Richard Nixon.
It held 32,150 fans. The stadium name was changed to Lambeau Field after
the death of Curly Lambeau in 1965.
Throughout the history of the stadium, there have been seven additions
to the facility's seating, increasing the capacity to today's level of 60,790.
The most recent addition was in 1990, when 36 private boxes and 1,920 club
seats were constructed. This brought the total number of private boxes
to 108 (42 on the west, 66 on the east). The project cost $8,263,000. The
theatre-style club seats were installed in the south
end zone on both sides of the scoreboard. The area is both heated and
air conditioned and equipped with elevators, concession stands and restrooms.
2001 marks an historic year for Lambeau Field! Major construction is underway
to add 10,000 seats and improve the facility to bring it to a level that will last many seasons to come.
Completion is scheduled for 2003.
All previous stadium improvements increased the seating capacity to the levels
shown in this table:
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| Year |
Capacity |
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Year |
Capacity |
| 1957 |
32,150 |
1970 |
56,267 |
| 1961 |
38,669 |
1985 |
56,976 |
| 1963 |
42,327 |
1990 |
59,543 |
| 1965 |
50,858 |
1995 |
60,790 |
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Please note, that when researching the above figures, I have seen conflicting
numbers, sometimes by as much as 80 seats. The figures I used are from an
official publication of the Green Bay Packers, Inc.
The playing surface at Lambeau field is natural grass.
The first game at City Stadium was witnessed by 32,132 fans on
Sunday, September 29, 1957 against the Chicago Bears; the Packers won 21-17.
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