We had a wedding to attend in Green Bay on June 26 and the 25 is Joe's birthday so I thought we could make a little trip of it and stay both Friday and Saturday in Green Bay. Plus, I'm not a fan of driving four hours the morning of anyone's wedding.
So we left the cities Friday morning, made it to Lambeau Field around 11:15ish, just in time for the 11:30 tour. There were probably about 20 or so people waiting for that tour to begin and they start it off by asking where everyone is from. At that point I made the decision to claim WI once again as my home while Joe proudly claimed MN and immediately started getting razzed by the group (and me too).
The first part of the tour spent time recounting the history of the Packers, Curly Lambeau and Vince Lombardi. I know the Packers are a fabulous team but until Ron (the tour guide) started bringing up all the history, does one realize just how fabulous the Packers really are.
The next stop was up to the 6th floor to sit in the suites. The one we sat in only went for $59,000 per season as opposed to the one across the field that went for $104,600 per season. Also, there is a ridiculously long waiting list for season tickets - like 84,000 people are on that list and I think the wait is something like 1,200 years. It was crazy when he was explaining it.
Finally, it was down to the lower level to the players tunnel and the entrance to the field. We got to walk onto the field through the tunnel the players come out of and to add a little "something" they turned on a recording of the crowd from a Packers game and the announcers announcing the "Green Bay Packers." Joe was super cute and turned to me as he held up his arm and said "Look! I have goosebumps!"
So, out on the field (or rather the green rubber track that surrounds the field) we were. It was super cool and the acoustics were amazing. Lambeau is built in a bowl shape so the actual field is below ground level (or something like that) so the echo is crazy. As I said earlier, there were probably 20 of us on the tour and Ron had us stand together on the field (or rather the green rubber track) and yell Go Pack Go. The echo from the 20 of us was unbelievable and I can only imagine what it must sound like on a game day. Ron also pointed out the visiting players tunnel and it's only about 1/4 (if that) of the width of the Packer's tunnel. Poor, poor Brett.
After the tour we went to the Packer Pro shop in the stadium which was huge and then ate at Curly's Pub and then headed downstairs to the Packer Hall of Fame. Joe thought that was going to be some "rinky dink" exhibit but we wandered around for probably close to an hour and I swear he took pictures of everything and he was really impressed with it.
Being at Lambeau made me super excited for football season and all of the cute little Packer stuff I can dress Baby Bo in!! My first lesson will be to teach him how to say "Go Pack Go" followed by "the Pack rules and the Vikings drool."
View from the $59,000/season suite
View on the field
The visiting teams entrance to the field
(I think the players have to come out single file)
The Packer's entrance to the field
