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1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939,
1944, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966,
1967, 1996, 2010



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I don't want to be mean, hoops, but the top photo was before the recent renovations.

No, it's not!

Strange, I saw a picture of the old Lambeau Field when I commented. I guess somebody removed it.

Strange, I saw a picture of the old Lambeau Field when I commented. I guess somebody removed it.

bizarre!!

Someone try to post some good pre-renovation pics.

Oh, and I don't mean to start anything here, but I find it a bit strange that after someone said you had an old pic, it mysteriously dissapeared. Is it only a coincidence that he posted that at 4:15, and it says that your post was edited at 4:15? Nothing "bizarre" about that...

Someone try to post some good pre-renovation pics.

Oh, and I don't mean to start anything here, but I find it a bit strange that after someone said you had an old pic, it mysteriously dissapeared. Is it only a coincidence that he posted that at 4:15, and it says that your post was edited at 4:15? Nothing "bizarre" about that...


It was a light-hearted joke!! I posted an old pic and then removed it after someone pointed it out, and them made a little joke about bizarre things happening! I will turn myself over to the UN War Crimes Tribunal first thing in the morning.

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greatest football stadium

Thread titles will be changed and the useless ones will be closed
I thought this stadium deserves an open thread
Great call . . . I love this stadium

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Is this the only NFL stadium without chairbacks?

There are large sections of Heinz Field and Cleveland Browns Stadium that are bench seating, but these along with every other venue is predominantly chairback seating.

For a little history, the seating capacities for each year the stadium was expanded.

1957 32,500
1961 38,669
1963 42,327
1965 50,852
1970 56,263
1985 56,926
1990 59,543
1995 60,890
2001 65,290
2003 72,928

And some old pics from http://www.lambeaufield.com/
First of all, City Stadium. Where the Packers played before Lambeau Field was built. Capacity 25,000
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Construction
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First game Sept. 29, 1957 Packers beat the Bears 21-17
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1965
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1970
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1985
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1996
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The present, all pics here after are from Flickr photographers.
Capacity 72,928
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Curly Lambeau
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Vince Lombardi
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Can't have a Lambeau thread and not show some tailgating.

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Pre-Renovation
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Post Renovation:cheers:
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Looking down the Legendary Tunnel
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I wonder what those not in North America think of these Historic Grounds?:)

^Love It.

nice aerial shot
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I kinda liked the old-school Lambeau, felt really collegiate in a way. I think there's something to be said those slightly run-down Midwestern stadiums before all the renovations (i.e. Notre Dame, Michigan, etc.)

Lambeau Field in 1989
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Lambeau Field looks like a college football stadium than an NFL stadium. This stadium has bench seating, everyone else has individual chair seating.And the box structure (post-renovation) should have completely encircled the seating bowl instead of being on only three sides. The reason for Lambeau Field having bench seating is?

Tradition and capacity, going from benches to tip up seats would reduce the capacity to about 63,000-64,000 according to the team and the architects. And they would have little trouble selling 100,000 tickets for every game.

Also there is no need for more suites, 166 is plenty for the state of Wisconsin, club seating is adaquate as well. I for one prefer the horseshoe configuration of the suites, looked a little monotinous when they went all the way around before the last renovation.

The area, tailgating, and inside of the stadium remind me of Notre Dame Stadium. I like it.

The type of turf used at Lambeau Field:
DD Grassmaster (http://www.surfacesolutionsna.com/ddgrassmaster.asp)

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Natural grass roots intertwine with the artificial grass fibers.

This new turf installed in the spring of 2007 been a boon for the Packers. Grounds keepers no longer have too replace the center of the field a couple of times a season. Also the field stays green much longer and doesn't freeze over. (This brand of turf is also used in Denver, Philadelphia and the Emirates)

I like it too. The area surrounding the stadium seems to be charming!
The extensions are very suitable!

The cap. is really 72,000 ? It looks quiet small fo this.
This (european) stadium with a similar size looks bigger:


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^^
That's because Lambeau is all bleacher style seating in one continuous seating bowl with boxes on top. Unlike Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, which has individual seats on many different levels with suites/ clubs mostly on one side. :)

^^ Take a look at the two in the sattelite view from the same level. Lambeau's seating bowl is a lot wider than it looks:

Lambeau:
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Estadio Bernabeu:
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View of the press box
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Seating Chart
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Tradition and capacity, going from benches to tip up seats would reduce the capacity to about 63,000-64,000 according to the team and the architects. And they would have little trouble selling 100,000 tickets for every game.

Also there is no need for more suites, 166 is plenty for the state of Wisconsin, club seating is adaquate as well. I for one prefer the horseshoe configuration of the suites, looked a little monotinous when they went all the way around before the last renovation.

I don't care about that. The luxury box levels are to be made into a complete ring, which would increase the capacity to over 80,000 (the scoreboard would have to be raised, though) and all the benches would have to be replaced with chairback seating. There's gonna have to be a need for more luxury boxes to achieve the full, complete, outright buildout. Chairback seats help to reduce overcrowding in stadiums. If you want to sell more tickets, you'll have to do either one of those jobs. Sorry.

You're not going to get 8,000 more seats by filing in three suite levels around that end, maybe 2,000-3,000, and they wouldn't sell all of them. They are talking about adding 7,000-8,000 new bench type seats in the open end by extending the bowl back another 16 or so rows.

They will never replace the bench seating with tip up seating for the reasons mentioned above whether anyone likes it or not, just like Germans will fit tooth and nail to keep their standing room only areas (and rightly so IMO).

Also adding in Suites or club seats that you are going to have a hard time selling is just economically stupid regardless of aesthetics. For most games its next to impossible to get regular tickets, but there usually a couple of open suites even with the current 166.

When the waiting list for general season tickets is 734 years, I would suggest that more general seating is prudent.

I don't care about that. The luxury box levels are to be made into a complete ring, which would increase the capacity to over 80,000 (the scoreboard would have to be raised, though) and all the benches would have to be replaced with chairback seating. There's gonna have to be a need for more luxury boxes to achieve the full, complete, outright buildout. Chairback seats help to reduce overcrowding in stadiums. If you want to sell more tickets, you'll have to do either one of those jobs. Sorry.

Jim, where do you get off talking to people like that? Why do you always feel so high and mighty?

Benn is right, you are wrong. Get over it.

i dont really like the design.

i dont really like the design.
Okay...

Jim, where do you get off talking to people like that? Why do you always feel so high and mighty?

Benn is right, you are wrong. Get over it.

Just another user who has to be an absolute meanie. Excuse me for thinking Lambeau Field is not at buildout mode ust because the ring os luxury suites are left unfinished? If this stadium were built in Milwaukee, we wouldn't have this problem. Why am I always prone to conflicts here?

And I actually meant "eventually'.

Everyone has there opinions on aesthetics, most Packers fans I know like the open end (me as well, much as I hate the Packers). There is a cultural disposition towards horseshoe layouts in this country, just like elliptical layouts in South America or four separate stands in the UK.

What they should have done (and probably would have if the money had been there) is go to 90,000 or so seats when they enlarged the bowl with the suites/indoor clubs in their current layout.

And FYI the location of it within the state of Wisconsin would have little effect on the demands for VIP seating, many of the suites are used by Milwaukee area residents anyway. Its the states team and draws from all over it. American Football is a once a week sport, and any fan is willing to make the drive across the state (or a few) for a game.

Why am I always prone to conflicts here?



Its your tone. You tend to come off as a pompous ass a lot of the time. You act as if your word should be final, and you rarely listen to other people. Tone it down a few notches, and you'll see people will be much friendlier to you.

I don't care about that. The luxury box levels are to be made into a complete ring, which would increase the capacity to over 80,000 (the scoreboard would have to be raised, though) and all the benches would have to be replaced with chairback seating. There's gonna have to be a need for more luxury boxes to achieve the full, complete, outright buildout. Chairback seats help to reduce overcrowding in stadiums. If you want to sell more tickets, you'll have to do either one of those jobs. Sorry.

First off..I'm not a Packer fan but a NFL fan so I shall provide this information below.

According to the Packers own website season tickets gave been sold out for since 1960..that 50 years.


http://www.packers.com/tickets/season-tickets.html

Lambeau Field has been sold out on a season ticket basis since 1960 and we've been accumulating names on our legendary season ticket waiting list ever since. To add a name to the list for stadium bowl seats, please send a written request and include your name, address, phone number and the number of tickets requested (limit four) to:

Packers Ticket Office
P.O. Box 10628
Green Bay, WI 54307-0628

Separate lists are maintained for Club Seats and Private Suites. Please express your interest in obtaining premium seats to:

Packers Premium Seating
P.O. Box 10628
Green Bay, WI 54307-0628


The Green Bay Packers have more fans waiting to get season tickets than seats in the stadiums. According to wiki the season ticket wait is 30 years.

The Packers' fan base is famously dedicated: regardless of the team's performance, every Packers game at Lambeau Field has been sold out since 1960. Despite the Packers having by far the smallest local TV market, the Packers have developed one of the largest fan bases in the NFL. Each year they consistently rank as one of the top teams in terms of popularity. The Packers have one of the longest waiting lists for season tickets in professional sports with about 74,000 people as of May 3, 2007. In 2008 the list grew by more than 4,000 names. There are now more names on the waiting list than there are seats at Lambeau Field. The average wait time for season tickets is said to be over 30 years; yet if a name were to be added to the list today, the estimated wait could extend well over 100 years. For this reason, it is not unusual for fans to designate a recipient of their season tickets in their wills or place newborn infants on the waiting list after receiving birth certificates

I feel like this is one of the few stadiums in the NFL that could have a 150,000 capacity at it still would be full every Sunday.
The size of a market doesn't make teams successful, the passion of the fans does and Green Bay is a great example of that.

I love this stadium and the history of the team. Had NO IDEAL where green bay was in the usa had to google it. Would love to have a superbowl in this stadium for 50 years of nfl superbowls.

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What an amazing photo with the jets.

Nice stadium, with a bit of a college football feeling mop. Most succesfull team in NFL ever? realy?

Most succesfull team in NFL ever? realy?

It's not called the Vince Lombardi trophy for nothing.

One of the nicest stadiums in NFL,great looking.

It's not called the Vince Lombardi trophy for nothing.

Depends on whether one is talking about the complete history of the NFL, or the Superbowl era. Ann awful lot of people count '67 on for that reason, and then Pittsburgh would be the most successful in terms of trophies.

^^^^ Your only saying that cos your from Minneapolis.

^^^^ Your only saying that cos your from Minneapolis.

Or he hates the Eagles.

Or he hates the Eagles.

bet its both. sucking at sports :horse:

^^^^ Your only saying that cos your from Minneapolis.

I'm only saying that because it seems like as many people from anywhere in this country feels that way as don't. And living in Milwaukee for five years, there were plenty of people in Mil town seem to feel the same way. I am all for going back to day one. And I like to think of college football as since 1905, when the rules were standardized into something like what is played today. The earliest most people here want to consider is 1936 (or even the 60s in some cases) when the AP poll became the official designation for deciding the national title.

But these standards do not seem to be a concensus by any means.

Or he hates the Eagles.

Kind of like the eagles, liked McNabb, like Reid, just not most Eagles fans (or at least the ones that have made it to games here).

its like an ancient Greek fighting arena

Amazing stadium! :cheers:

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its like an ancient Greek fighting arena

Um not really. Its like an American college football stadium, or a South American football stadium. Greek theaters were always one level, but built into a hillside, were semicircular. One could sort of compare it to a roman arena or amphitheater, elliptical, minimal divisions of the bowl (except for the Coliseum and a couple other outliers) built above grade ect.

One of the great stadiums to see a game at though, especially decked out in like 3 layers of Purple.

I found this about Green Bay Packers potential expansion plans

http://www.customintercept.com/surveys/web/lambeauexpansion.htm

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Please no! That looks awful.

I think it's great they might expand that venue (certainly among the best in sport, period), but have to agree the particular proposal appears ragged. I get it that it would need to cater to higher end seating to yield the best return, but it appears they made little effort to marry the interior form with the existing bowl and suite structure.

On the flip side, however, the proposal appears geared for the purpose of guaging interests in the various seating and suite types. So if the public says they want suites then I guess that's what they should get. If they were to stick with this general form, though, I'd wish they'd make it a single span and get rid of the "bridges" between the three sections. For me that segmentation of the expansion further kills the appeal.

Just build an upper tier that connects the ends of the luxury suite level. Nothing fancy.

Please no! That looks awful.

well, everyone seems to gush over how college the stadium is. Why not take it all the way with the ugly college like expansion.

I love this stadium and the history of the team. Had NO IDEAL where green bay was in the usa had to google it. Would love to have a superbowl in this stadium for 50 years of nfl superbowls.

It would be great to have the Super Bowl in this stadium every year...if they played the Super Bowl in September. Wisconsin is COLD in February!


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well, everyone seems to gush over how college the stadium is. Why not take it all the way with the ugly college like expansion.

It kind of has all of the pluses with almost none of the problems associated with college football stadiums, compact has sort of a laid back feel about it, no one is too far from the field. Ad its single level bowl is a big selling point for a lot of people, gives a very unified feel that just does not exist elsewhere in the NFL.

As much as they could use the extra seats and VIP seating for revenue they ought to try something that fits in a little better. This proposal looks garish and painfully unbalanced for such a cleanly done stadium as is.

According to Milwauke Journal Sentinel , Lambeau Field is going to get additional 7.500 seats in a year or so. Few more people to freeze! Cheers!!!

http://www.customintercept.com/surveys/web/lambeauexpansion.htm

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The design of this expansion is overexaggerated.

I have a feeling that Lambeau Field will never have the feel of a complete bowl again.

According to Milwauke Journal Sentinel , Lambeau Field is going to get additional 7.500 seats in a year or so. Few more people to freeze! Cheers!!!
Instead of adding seats they should work on putting in real seat backs as opposed to their bleacher seating. That is the aspect Lambeau needs to have for it to be considered a truly top tier stadium.

^^I talked about this earlier, but several other users said it will reduce capacity and rejected the idea. And their large season ticket waiting list sucks.

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Instead of adding seats they should work on putting in real seat backs as opposed to their bleacher seating. That is the aspect Lambeau needs to have for it to be considered a truly top tier stadium.
Considering the fact that the season ticket waiting list is larger than the stadium's capacity...

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^^^^ Like the fact you used a bear and nomarandlee is a bears fan ;)
Yeah taking the bleachers away from Lambeau Field will never work.

^^ I can be objective when the time calls. :D

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They could probably rip out the bleachers bare and have a waiting list of 100k for standing room only.

That wouldn't change the fact that an NFL facility should have stadium seating when you are asking people to shell out $50-150 dollars per game. Yes it would decrease their attendance some but the number of people you can fit in to a given space isn't everything.

an NFL facility should have stadium seating when you are asking people to shell out $50-150 dollars per game.

People have paid more than that to sit on a wooden plank for a college football game...the team is fan-owned anyway so if enough people complained about the bleachers they would've already upgraded to seats.

Lambeau Field before the renovation had about 198 private boxes, but now it has about 166. Why the reduction, the stupid season ticket waiting list?

Does anyone know why they didn't complete the bowl of corporate boxes during the last renovation?

^^I talked about this earlier, but several other users said it will reduce capacity and rejected the idea. And their large season ticket waiting list sucks.

I notice most of your opinions are devoid of intelligent thought.

How about building a temporary stadium somewhere in Green Bay, seating at least 60,000, in order to accommodate a proper expansion of the stadium?

An example could be seen in Vancouver. Whilst Vancouver's BC Place Stadium is being upgraded, a temporary stadium has been purposely built at Hasting's Park known as Empire Field. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Field

So we take this: x 3 = (well 27,500 x 3 = 82,500!) Which of course sounds ridiculous, so we make it x 2 and then some to reach that 60,000 capacity minimum.
http://media.greenradio.topscms.com/images/3d/ed/397b6d064a4ab53222c346b7e4e2.jpeg

This temporary stadium will be in a far greater scale than that of Vancouver's solution and will certainly break the record books.

Have the existing private boxes removed in order to accommodate a 2nd tier. Probably remove the Holmgren Way entrance (or modified) to accommodate the expansion and add a new entrance. Modifications could be done to make the stadium truly symmetrical in shape (from a birds-eye point of view).

With expansion, addition of individual seats and far greater private boxes we can easily see the stadium pushing 100,000+ in overall capacity.

Heck, why not go all out and attempt to expand, to become the largest stadium in the world! You take the existing bowl, consider a similar yet expanded bowl for the 2nd tier, or even just an expansion of the bowl period, and say offer a capacity of 140,000!

Car Parking? Not a problem, though ground level car parking will be removed in order to accommodate stadium modifications, you could put in underground parking to help in adding car parking space.

Of course this won't happen for quite some time, given the recent renovations in 2003. If the money is there to do it, then why not? Perhaps the 2020's or 2030's would give better reasons to expand.

Does anyone know why they didn't complete the bowl of corporate boxes during the last renovation?

A because they didn't need more premium seats at the time (to this day the only available seats are usually a couple of the suites that sometimes go unsold); B, it gives them flexiblity for future expansion and C for aesthetic reasons.

I just filled out that Lambeau survey in the link as a way to tell the Packer management that those designs look like complete garbage. I hope they read it.

Hey en1044, could a temporary stadium idea work at some point in the future? I mean obviously not now when you still want to get maximum use out of the existing facilities, but say 20 or 30 years down?

Hey en1044, could a temporary stadium idea work at some point in the future? I mean obviously not now when you still want to get maximum use out of the existing facilities, but say 20 or 30 years down?

Well, I'm not a Packers fan. I'm a Lambeau Field fan...so I have no idea.

^^ So the construction of a temporary facility to facilitate a full on expansion of Lambeau Field will not work? Even if this temporary facility were reasonable in it's capacity?

Considering the fact that the season ticket waiting list is larger than the stadium's capacity...

http://www.myfacewhen.com/images/150.jpg

How about YES, provided, under the condition that the stadium gets a full on expansion which comprises of a 2nd tier, bringing it over 100,000 in capacity.

^^I don't think an expansion of Lambeau Field's capacity to 100,000 is even feasible, even at this point.

source: http://www.jsonline.com/

The Green Bay Packers announced Thursday that they will add approximately 6,600 new seats in the south end-zone area of Lambeau Field and will add a new gate and rooftop viewing platform in the north end zone.

The project is expected to cost $130 million. The franchise also announced it would move up its construction plans, and now will schedule a groundbreaking on the project on Sept. 1.

The team had initially said it would break ground after the Super Bowl this season.

As expected, the Packers said they would finance the project, which is expected to be completed in time for the 2013 season, with no public tax dollars. And the team said they were still considering a stock sale; it would be the fifth such time the Packers have offered such a sale.

More: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/128382863.html

source: Packers.com

http://prod.static.packers.clubs.nfl.com/assets/images/imported/GB/photos/clubimages/2011/08-August/110825lambeau_dev1--nfl_medium_540_360.jpg

http://prod.static.packers.clubs.nfl.com/assets/images/imported/GB/photos/clubimages/2011/08-August/110825lambeau_dev2--nfl_medium_540_360.jpg

http://prod.static.packers.clubs.nfl.com/assets/images/imported/GB/photos/clubimages/2011/08-August/110825lambeau_dev3--nfl_medium_540_360.jpg

http://prod.static.packers.clubs.nfl.com/assets/images/imported/GB/photos/clubimages/2011/08-August/110825lambeau_dev4--nfl_medium_540_360.jpg

Renderings - http://www.packers.com/media-center/photo-gallery/North-sound-end-zone-expansion-plans/5382c973-6857-486a-84ad-90b20d6870c8

For me, I think it would look so much better if it was just one huge tier, rather than looking like three seperate stands.

^^And to think I wanted only luxury boxes in that very area.

Well it certainly changes the character of the place and I am not really a fan, gonna look mighty unbalanced. Although they really do need more seats.

Well it certainly changes the character of the place and I am not really a fan, gonna look mighty unbalanced. Although they really do need more seats.

Yeah, they certainly need more seats. But these artist renderings really look unbalanced and woould destroy the overall look of this phantastic ground. They should try to fit expansion stands to the bowl-feel of the stadium in its current state.

makes lambeau look massive

Looks Horrible.....DO IT!

Wouldn't it be pretty cool to host the IFAF World Championship at Green Bay?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFAF_World_Championship

Packers' stock sale approved by NFL

By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 8, 2011

The Green Bay Packers have received NFL approval to conduct a stock sale to help pay for the team's $143 million expansion project at Lambeau Field.

In a statement, the NFL said Commissioner Roger Goodell determined that the stock sale "meets the appropriate conditions established in 1997 for such a sale in order to raise funds for stadium renovation."

On Tuesday in Houston, NFL owners will be briefed on the Packers plan, but there is no ownership vote required.

The NFL statement said the Packers have an atypical ownership structure that is "grandfathered."

"In connection with the club's last proposed stock sale in 1997, our office determined that the Packers are entitled to sell stock for certain purposes consistent with the 'grandfather,' namely for capital raising purposes such as stadium improvements.
More: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-stock-sale-approved-by-nfl-131397703.html

The site where you can buy your chunk of the Packers, and help fund that really ugly addition to Lambeau, is here:

http://packersowner.com/

The thing that really makes me thing that you are really getting gouged here, is the $25 for "postage and handling". Do they have players stuffing the envelopes or something?

By the way, did the Kenny Chesney concert leave the field inside Lambeau in pretty bad shape?

Will any damage to the field hinder any chances of Lambeau hosting any future non-sporting events?

^^ So the construction of a temporary facility to facilitate a full on expansion of Lambeau Field will not work? Even if this temporary facility were reasonable in it's capacity?

If they wanted to do really big renovations to Lambeau the Packers would probably play at Camp Randall, U of Wisconsin's stadium temporarily (Capacity of 80k). They used to play there for exhibitions games.

http://i.imgur.com/MDsIj.jpg

I don't have a lot of images handy, but the Green Bay Packers (NFL) recently began construction on a project to add about 6.6K seats, along with other improvements, to their stadium (Lambeau Field).

http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Packers-announce-plans-for-Lambeau-Fields-south-north-end-zones/1df5d407-10c0-43fd-b12b-e87a632a8c11

Architectural images:
http://www.packers.com/media-lounge/photo-gallery/North-sound-end-zone-expansion-plans/5382c973-6857-486a-84ad-90b20d6870c8

Mike

I like the way it looks, but with the way that the expansion juts out, as compared to the height of the rest of the stadium, that will take some getting used to.

http://prod.static.packers.clubs.nfl.com/assets/images/imported/GB/photos/clubimages/2011/08-August/110825lambeau_dev4--nfl_medium_540_360.jpg

Looks like a Baseball Park