Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field is an American football outdoor multi-purpose stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The home field of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL), it opened 67 years ago in 1957 as City Stadium, replacing the original City Stadium at Green Bay East High School as the Packers' home field. Informally known as New City Stadium for its first eight seasons, it was renamed in August 1965 in memory of Packers founder, player, and long-time head coach, Earl “Curly” Lambeau, who had died two months earlier.
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Lambeau Field in 2023 | |
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| Former names | City Stadium (1957–1964) (renamed August 3, 1965) |
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| Address | 1265 Lombardi Avenue |
| Location | Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 44°30′5″N 88°3′44″W |
| Public transit | Green Bay Metro |
| Owner | City of Green Bay, Wisconsin, |
| Executive suites | 168 |
| Capacity | 81,441 |
| Record attendance | 79,704 (January 11, 2015) |
| Surface | GrassMaster |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 11, 1956 |
| Opened | September 29, 1957 |
| Renovated | 2001–2003, 2012–2015, 2023 |
| Expanded | 1961, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2003, 2013, 2023 |
| Construction cost | $960,000 ($10.4 million in 2023) $295 million (2003 renovation) ($489 million in 2023) |
| Architect | Somerville Associates Ellerbe Becket (2003 renovation) |
| General contractor | Geo. M. Hougard & Sons |
| Tenants | |
| Green Bay Packers (NFL) (1957–present) | |
| Website | |
| packers.com/lambeau-field | |
With a seating capacity of 81,441, Lambeau Field is the second-largest stadium in the NFL. It is now the largest venue in the State of Wisconsin, edging out Camp Randall Stadium (75,822) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The playing field at the stadium has a conventional north–south alignment, at an elevation of 640 feet (195 m) above sea level.
Lambeau Field is the oldest continually operating NFL stadium. In 2007, the Packers completed their 51st season at Lambeau, breaking the all-time NFL record set by the Chicago Bears at Wrigley Field (1921–70). While Soldier Field in Chicago is older, the Bears did not play their home games there until 1971 and the team did not play there during stadium renovations in 2002. Only the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field have longer active home-field tenures in American professional sports.
The stadium's street address has been 1265 Lombardi Avenue since August 1968, when Highland Avenue was renamed in honor of former head coach Vince Lombardi, namesake of the NFL championship trophy. Lambeau sits on a block east of Titletown District, a mixed-use development with a Destination Kohler luxury hotel, restaurants, a brewery, apartments, offices, and other entertainment.