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| Lambeau Field Expansions |
| Bowl Stucture |
1961: Added 6,519 seats to 38,669.
1963: Added 3,658 seats to 42,327.
1965: Added 8,525 seats to 50,852.
1970: Added 5,411 seats to 56,263 (fully enclosing stadium bowl). |
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| Private Boxes/Club Seats |
1985: Original 72 boxes added 663 seats, increased capacity to 56,926.
1990: Team spent $8.263 million to erect 36 new boxes and 1,920 club seats in south end zone; construction added 2,617 total seats and capacity increased to 59,543.
1995: Packers spent $4.7 million to enclose north end zone with 90 more private boxes; added 1,347 to increase capacity to 60,890. |
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| Renovation/Redevelopment |
| 2001-03: The $295 million project added 12,032 seats, pushing present capacity to 72,922. |
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| Lambeau Field Upgrades |
| Tickets: |
Increase in stadium capacity from 60,890 in 2001 to 72,922 presently.
The Packers are making available 4,000 tickets per game to Brown County residents 18 and over who do not hold season tickets; the program began in 2003.
The team was able to further reduce its season-ticket waiting list, which still contains more than 71,500 people; roughly 1,500 names have come off since 2001./td>
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| Club Level: |
166 state-of-the-art private boxes featuring increased square footage and high-end custom finishes.
Club seating increases from 1,920 indoor seats to approximately 3,000 indoor and 3,000 outdoor seats.
An exclusive club level can be accessed by private box and club seat holders on game day. Available to the general public during the year for functions./td>
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| Amenities: |
Concession points of sale doubled (to almost 300).
Dramatic increase in women's restroom facilities (180 to 556); men's restrooms increased from 436 to 708.
Disabled seating increased from 56 to 733.
An upper concourse was added and existing concourses were widened. |
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| Redevelopment Financing |
- Total cost: $295 million
- Referendum passed by Brown County voters Sept. 12, 2000.
- $160 million in bonds from half-cent sales tax in Brown County.
- $9.1 million for stadium infrastructure improvements from the State of Wisconsin.
- $125.9 million from the Packers, the City and the NFL...Team asked fans for one-time seat user fee ($1,400 for seven-game 'Green Package' ticket holders, $600 for three-game 'Gold Package' ticket holders) in 2001...Proceeds contributed from the 1997-98 stock sale and an NFL loan...Additionally, the club pledged to cover any project cost overruns in consideration of its authority to direct the design of the building and stadium construction.
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| The Lambeau Bowl |
One of Lambeau's special characteristics is its classic seating bowl, now exclusive to Green Bay. The bowl design, common in many traditional college football stadiums, remains virtually untouched following a $295 million stadium renovation. Did you know...
The original architectural firm, Somerville, Inc., favored the Lambeau construction site because it sloped, perfect for building a bowl.
The bowl's outstanding sightlines are generally credited to Dick Gustafson, who worked closely with John Somerville during the design phase.
Some of Gustafson's inspiration came from Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, where he went to college.
Despite seating more than 62,713 (including an additional 6,601 from the recent renovation), the bowl still offers the NFL's highest percentage of great seats. Somerville credits that intimacy to the fact that the stadium was the first in the world designed exclusively for pro football.
The original stadium district instructed Somerville to design a facility that could easily expand, and allow for off-season construction projects to be completed by August.
The first significant project came just one year after the stadium's opening campaign. Workers replaced the original wooden bleachers with aluminum benches before the 1958 season. |
Last Updated: 12/31/07
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