Lambeau Field
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| The Frozen Tundra / Titletown USA | |
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| Former names | City Stadium (1957–64) |
| 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 |
| Broke ground | October 11, 1956[1] |
| Opened | September 29, 1957 |
| Renovated | 2014 |
| Owner | City of Green Bay and Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District |
| Operator | Green Bay Packers |
| Surface | Kentucky bluegrass reinforced with DD GrassMaster |
| Construction cost | $960,000 ($4.24 million in 2016 dollars[2]) $295 million (2003 Renovation) ($342 million in 2016 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Somerville Associates Ellerbe Becket (2003 renovation) |
| General Contractor | Geo. M. Hougard & Sons[3] |
| 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 |
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| Green Bay Packers (NFL) (1957–present) | |
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.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Green Bay Bowl Digging Started". The Milwaukee Journal. October 11, 1965. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wlcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SiUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7288,326132&dq=en.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/calc/hist1800.cfm. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ↑ Green Bay Packers news | Lambeau Field timeline
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