The Greatest Stadium Ever Built - Lambeau Field
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2021
- Lambeau Field is perhaps the most famous stadium of them all. Considered the crown jewel of the classic NFL stadiums, the beloved and iconic venue opened on September 29, 1957 after under 1 year of construction. When the stadium opened it replaced City Stadium at Green Bay East High School as the home of the Packers. It had the unofficial title of New City Stadium until August of 1965 when the stadium was renamed in honor of Packers founder, player, and head coach Curly Lambeau.
The planning for Lambeau Field began when by the early 1950s it began extremely apparent that the Packers needed a more modern facility if they were going to be taken seriously as an NFL franchise. The high school City Stadium where they currently were playing had a capacity of only 25,000 and was built completely out of wood. Due to its location the stadium could also not be expanded to meet the needs of the growing fanbase.
By 1953 the city of Milwaukee was trying to lure the Packers away from Green Bay with the promise and eventual construction of Milwaukee County Stadium. The sparkling new stadium was double the size of City Stadium and offered all the modern conveniences City Stadium didn't have. NFL owners issued an ultimatum to the Packers, forcing them to either build a new stadium in Green Bay or move to Milwaukee County Stadium. In order to save the team the city of Green Bay approved bonds to finance a new stadium that would have a capacity of 32,500 seats and cost under a million dollars to build. The Packers would remain in Green Bay.
Lambeau Field or as it was called at the time New City Stadium was built bounded by three sides by a village on the site of what had once been farmland. There was enough room for the stadium and a large parking lot.
New City Stadium was officially dedicated on September 29, 1959 by Vice President Richard Nixon. Many notable people were in attendance at the game including Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur, NFL Commissioner Bert Bell, and even Bears owner George Halas. Halas and his Bears would lose to the Packers 21-17, christening the new stadium with a win.
The Packers continued to expand the stadium as demand for tickets continued to outpace supply thanks to the success of new head coach Vince Lombardi. With the stadium being renamed to Lambeau Field in 1965, it was continually expanded to 56,000 seats by 1970 when the U shaped stadium was completely enclosed to form a continuous oval.
To bring it up to modern NFL suite standards, 72 private skyboxes were added in 1985. Further boxes were added throughout the 1990s as demand continued to increase.
The biggest change for Lambeau Stadium would come in 1999 when team leadership unveiled a $295 million dollar renovation plan for the stadium. The overall shape and grass field of the stadium would be preserved, but all amenities, team facilities, and seating would be upgraded to bring the fan experience up to the standards of the new millennium. Lambeau Field continued to operate during this time.
Due to ever increasing fan demand, the South end zone was expanded with over 7500 new seats and a massive new HD scoreboard over the 2012-2013 season. The sound system was also upgraded during this time. With this expansion the stadium now sat at 80,750 seats, a massive increase over the original 25,000 and making it one of the largest stadiums in the NFL.
After completing the 2013 expansion on the inside of the stadium, the massive Lambeau Atrium entrance was added. The $140.5 million dollar project would add additional space for a new Pro Shop, an expanded Packers Hall of Fame, and overall easier access to Curly’s Pub.
These expansions and renovations to the stadium have continued to ensure that Lambeau Field will remain relevant for years to come, while still preserving the strong fan experience enjoyed by thousands of loyal Packers fans.
From its Frozen Tundra, to the Lambeau Leap, Lambeau Field is truly an iconic venue. The venue is so iconic that Packers President Mike Murphy reaffirmed the teams commitment to the venue and noted that the team will never sell the naming rights to the stadium. Truly a unique sentiment in a heavily commercialized industry 
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Life-long Vikings fan here. There is no better place to watch a football game than at Lambeau. Modern domes are nice, but football was meant to be played at Lambeau.
I'm sorry to hear you're a Vikings fan
Couldn’t agree more. Was at both this last November on vacation and while us bank is a marvel. Nothing has that spirit and grittiness of Lambeau. A true NFL stadium.
One piece of trivia is that the outside clock on the North end of the stadium is 15 minutes fast on purpose. This is because Vince Lombardi wanted his players to show up to practice at least 15 minutes early.
"Lombardi Time"
as a bears fan, this stadium is by far the best in the league
No company out there can afford to by the lambeau name. Its that iconic.
I still remember the day the announcement of Curly Lambeau’s death was announced. I was only a kid so really didn’t realize what he meant to the Packers until just literally days afterward the City council of Green Bay authorized the renaming of the stadium to Lambeau Field. History cannot be forgotten
It's also because Curly Lambeau refused to let the Packers name the stadium after him. He left Green Bay angry after his plan to move the team failed (since it was publically owned), and refused to return to Green Bay. When New City Stadium was built, they wanted to name it after him right away but he refused. Once he died, they were able to do that. I remember being told that story while on a tour of Lambeau Field in the late 2000s.
Lambeau Field is always improving, it will keep getting better. Live on Lambeau field.
The first time I went to an actual game in Green Bay was a truly magical experience. I’ve been to many other stadiums and none of them even comes close to energy and experience of going to Lambeau field, especially when you’re at a game outside in winter while it’s snowing.
Lambeau Field truly iconic gem of all NFL stadiums
It’s one of my favorites
I miss Lambeau!!! And I miss County Stadium, Miller Park, Camp Randall Stadium, the Bradley Center,...
I don't miss County Stadium, it was an absolute dump.
Nice work. Maybe the next renovation will include an "Ice Bowl Experience" theater where the Ice Bowl game is shown and the theater is kept at -16 degrees for the viewers.
I would low key love that
Great video man. I been there to Lambeau Field one time when the Raiders played. Something about that place just felt special. Lots of space there but only thing I didn't like about it that much was that the seats were mostly bleacher seats lol not a big deal tho because it gave out that college football vibe which I like more sometimes. For sure a place to check out for football fans
The bleacher seats are awesome: it ensures that there isn’t a bad seat in the house, yet the stadium is able to fit 80,000 people. Just rent one of those seats next time
Bleachers help with snow removal and the wide rears of us Cheeseheads.
Packers fans are NUTS!!!! They put 80,000 butts in those seats every game, in a metro area with 300,000 people and a state with just 5.8 million people. Its my favorite NFL venue, you play outside no matter the weather. Never heard of a dome stadium in high school or college football. Overcoming the elements is a brutal part of the game IMO.
There are domes in college football. Syracuse plays in the Carrier Dome. North Dakota State plays in the Fargodome. Minnesota had played for 3 decades in the Metrodome.
@@chriskay1449 UTSA plays in the Alamodome. Houston had played for three decades in the Astrodome (before the Oilers), and Tulane likewise in the Superdome. Georgia State played its first few seasons at the Georgia Dome before taking over the former Turner Field/Centennial Olympic Stadium. East Tennessee State had a dome before dropping football, then reviving the sport at an outdoor stadium. The old dome became a track and field-only facility. And now UNLV plays at Allegiant Stadium, on turf rather than the Raiders' grass.
the city is 107,000 , metro area is bout 200k....fyi. i live in green bay and the population sign is in front of my parents house
Fully agree. Open air stadiums is a dying thing in the NFL sadly. All about domes now. It makes me sad. Dome teams are so boring to watch. I want rain and snow games on grass.
The Legendary Lambeau Leap, born during the 1993 NFL Season.
I've never been to Lambeau. From the Bay Area single.
I dunno... Hello Wisconsin!!! I'm thinking about taking a random trip out there to watch a Packers game. Sounds like a must do for every red blood, meat eating American.
The atrium was added in the early 2000's prior to the south end zone addition in 2013.
It's crazy to see what the land around Lambeau used to look like compared to now! Nothin but farms to suburban hell
I remember going to a game there in '89 and the Jumbotron was so low tech, it looked like a giant Lite Brite.
Thanks for putting this together. The NFL will be contacting you to feature this during the Hype Weeks leading up to our Winning Super Bowl LVI 2022, Sunday, February 13.
Dope video. Keep them coming. 👍🏻
Great video man! Actually heading there this weekend.
Nice video!
Excellent insight and information not well known 👍
Interesting print typeface in the brief shot of the Green Bay newspaper front page about Opening Day: it's the same iconic typeface that I thought only the old L.A. Times used for so many years, but finally abandoned. I wish they'd bring it back. Does that Green Bay newspaper still use the same typeface ? I would guess: probably not, but they should.
I’ve always had massive respect for Green Bay Packers, primarily because of its communal approach to ownership and participation. This kind of approach is Especially rare in a league like the NFL, hypercommercialized and in abundance of incompetent, malicious and dictatorial owners.
Everyone should go to a game at Lambeau once in your life. It's truly a spiritual experience.
You've done a great job with these videos. Very detailed.
Riiiiight...
Fun place to be
They may not have sold the naming rights to the stadium, but they did sell the naming rights of the entrance gates.
At least they got Wisconsin companies to buy the gate names
As Charlie Berens once said "a way to a man's heart is through the kwik trip gate"
While minor, it's Mark Murphy, not Mike. Great video.
Bruh those aren’t seats and they are making the experience better. They are metal benches with no back rest that get colder than ice
Nice history of the field. BTW it is Mark Murphy not Mike.
We don’t call it “title town” for nothing.
Very last shot was of Wrigley Field. Home of "Da Bears!".
Nice job but FYI the atrium was added during the renovations in the early 2000s not when they added the upper deck
Great channel though, keep doing what you do
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll try to correct that in a future video. I appreciate your support.
@@ArchiveofEverything You might have inferred that the Atrium was built recently by the major renovation of said Atrium as part of the work that added the Upper Deck that was added to the southern end, enclosing the stadium. It had always been open to the south, but they had problems on windy days where the wind would whip around the stadium occasionally creating issues with kicks. This addition also created a large number of luxury boxes and I believe they added a club/bar
They moved the Pro-shop to a larger space, created by adding a lower level to the Atrium under the Oneida Nation gatewhich also put in a tunnel for players and coaches so the could drive to team parking while not affecting the flow of fans. They also put in an indoor practice field in the lower level.
@@thephantomeagle2 Thanks for the clarification on this, I appreciate it.
Mark Murphy...Mike Murphy same fella
Boise State's Blue Field is where football was invented
The Green Bay Packers we're pretty dumb to let all that parking go. As things have been built up around the stadium Also building things on the current parking lot.
Yeah cutting parking out kinda sucks but everyone who lives in the neighborhood around Lambeau sells their yards voluntarily for extra parking. Businesses sell parking all around. Packers fans don't mind it at all because the tailgait around Lambeau is legendary. It's like having a block party but all over town.
What!!!!!!????? My birthday! Sept. 29
Happy late birthday
@@ArchiveofEverything lol. Thanks. Great vids. Keep up the hard work.
Before they renovated it if you keep your ticket stub you could leave the stadium and get back in so at half time all of the stoners would meet at the flag pole to smoke pot and the cops would turn their back and didn’t care it was great to meet up with friends you have not seen in years
Do Milwaukee County Stadium/Miller Park, American Family Stadium
Why would he wanna do anything on county stadium?there is other legendary stadiums he could do.that place was a dump,not that great of a stadium
Do Heinz field
Always get a kick out of how rich people were conned into the worst seats in the house by calling them "sky boxes "
They aren't anywhere near the worst seats in the house. You get climate control, catering, your own bathrooms and a great view of the field. Try again.
@@chriskay1449 assuming you don't care about watching the game, I agree skyboxes are nice
@@jamesoverholt878 I have been in a skybox. I had no problem watching the game.Try yet again.
@@chriskay1449 yes, you can indeed watch the game on a TV in the sky box.
@@jamesoverholt878 I don't watch the TV. I watch the field and get a great view. Quit while you are behind. You are embarrassing yourself.
Does it help or hurt that the team is publicly owned? Seating consists of individual seats or bleacher-style benches? If benches then what material is used? Metal, wood, carbon-fiber? Yeah, the answers are available online but ... maybe on the video update the world will learn more. Hmmmmmm?
That you chose to do the video at all earns you -- subbed.
The bleachers are aluminum and really cold in the winter so people will bring their own seat cushions or you can rent them at the stadium
It helps. The team and the community are very close knit and has been that way since the teams founding. The team value according to Forbes as of August of 2021 is $3.47 billion. For a town of 300k residents in a huge NFL market, that is big. Really big for a team that is owned by the very fans who love them and is non-profit.
It helps in that the team can never be re-located. They can only fold.
Lambeau field, or as it's known by, every January. Choke city.
Truly breathtaking.
Lighten up. It's place in NFL history is unquestioned. I'm sure you're proud of your little joke.
Except for the 4 times they won the SB.... and the other 9 Championships they won.
Its not even the greatest NFL stadium ever built
It's not gonna stand the test of time like fenway or Wrigley it well fall apart beyond repair as it gets older and have to build a new stadium
@@jeffwinters3808and you're basing this on....what
@@jeffwinters3808 - Wishing it won't make it so...
Why is it greater than YANKEE STADIUM..?
LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 “Greatest stadium ever built” 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 Wheezimg
It's a boring, old stadium. Nobody cares about it besides the people of Wisconsin
That is utterly and ignorantly false. 1. Packers have shareholder from all 50 states and over 100 countries worldwide. 2. People come from all over the world to partake in the stadium tour. It is revered and loved y every single football player who has played there and every single commentator that has done a game there. You have no clue. YOu ahve to be trolling because nobody can be that ignorant.
@@chriskay1449 This sport is a variation of Rugby,, first of all. Soccer aka Association Football, is really Football. It's the most popular sport, period. The rest of the world could care less about the NFL. Americans really don't know anything about the rest of the world. They assume that the rest of the world watches this barbaric sport. No, they don't. Lambeau is an old , oring stadium. Nothing attractive about it
@@ronbrown7941 False. The NFL has been popular where every they have gone. As I have said, people from around the world come to Lambeau to take the stadium tour. Packers have fans in over 100 countries. Stop lying and take your L. You are WRONG. You have to be trolling because nobody can be this ignorant.
@ronbrown7941 - And yet, here you are, commenting on a stadium you care nothing about. LOL. Don't you have an old VHS tape of the '85 Bears you should be watching?