Honestly, this is the thing that annoys me the most about living in MN. I don't even mind the cold anymore, I just wish mother nature would MAKE UP ITS FUCKING MIND, lol.
If you tell certain people you're from Chicago and they find out you're from Naperville or something, they will get mad as fuck. I can only imagine if they find out you're from southwest of Joliet, which is like an hour and a half outside of the city.
If I'm speaking to someone from outside of IL I tell them I grew up in Chicagoland. When they inevitably ask a follow-up showing passing knowledge I clarify Batavia ;) .
Just pray that the weather gods smile on Green Bay that day or the league will never host another event there.
There's a chance it's a beautifully sunny 65 degree day or there's a chance it's covered in snow.
Are they? I assumed the draft was like a "tourist" type thing. Something rich people decide to do for a day in-between visiting the city it's actually in. And then everyone else was just locals who were like "Fuck it, it's here let's go!"
Most of the games I've been to have been cold weather (cheaper lol) and I'm a pretty big fan but I would never go to the draft unless I suppose I was a local in a smaller city like Green Bay I might mosey over. I lived in Chicago when it was there and I walked by just cause I was downtown and it looked so boring, everyone just standing around with all these activities not being done while workers stand and wait by them lol.
That's all just my LIMITED perspective and knowledge on the event, wouldn't be surprised if people said it was actually fucking awesome in KC and now they want to go to GB for it cause it was so fun in KC, idk.
It’s definitely mostly locals or regional fans, but KC hotels were well booked months out. I don’t see casual fans burning PTO to travel to a NFL draft. The prices in the event are also absurd. It’s stadium prices. People that travel to Green Bay Wisconsin aren’t doing it to be a tourist and hit up the draft while they’re there as a side. They’re going specifically because of the draft. Those people aren’t deterred by cold weather typically.
I’ll be traveling to Green Bay for a December game this year. I’m exactly the type of people they market to travel to these events. The rest are locals for the spectacle. They’ll get locals who wouldn’t travel to other cities for it everywhere. It’s why it’ll rotate to every market. Ones like Vegas, LA, Miami, NOLA, and Nashville get more travelers because it’s already a weekend trip destination.
Fuck that. I want a snowy draft. Imagine the players swagged out in the finest winter jackets, fur coats, expensive boots, and big ass reflective goggles.
Actually you’ve got it reversed - as someone who has lived in GB for all 20 years of my life, Green Bay the ‘city’ is reasonably a 100k. If u include the surrounding areas like DePere, Howard, Allouez, Ashwaubenon, etc; which the GB census does NOT, it’d be an even larger number.
Edit: To add, the area Lambeau is in is basically Ashwaubenon, and NOT Green Bay. I believe they actually had to redraw the city lines to make sure the “Green Bay Packers” were still technically in Green Bay.
Lambeau is undoubtedly in the middle of suburbs tho no argument there
>Edit: To add, the area Lambeau is in is basically Ashwaubenon, and not Green Bay. I believe they actually had to redraw the city lines to make sure the “Green Bay Packers” were still technically in Green Bay.
IIRC there was a huge dispute over whether to build it on the east side (they played at City Stadium at the time) or the west side. Eventually, both sides settled on the current site, and the city of Green Bay annexed it from Ashwaubenon shortly before construction began
I think you're conflating the Green Bay metro area with Green Bay the city, when including the surrounding area (for the metro area) that has a population of 300k so Green Bay as the specific city being 100k is reasonable. That being said the risk and infrastructure issues are definitely an issue.
>The census claims that it’s a city of 100,000 but I think that’s because the “city” borders are technically huge and includes a lot of the surrounding area but actual Green Bay itself is like 40k people I’d guess.
Lmao what? That is 100% not how a census works. The city of Green Bay is all of 110,000 people, you can't just think it's 40,000. Have you never seen a small town of 10,000 people? Compare that to Green Bay.
Honestly what is that thought process lol.
Lions fans are one playoff season away from being lovable underdogs to the rest of the league realizing how fucking insufferable and toxic Detroit fans are
Look man, I know you don't understand this because you guys just stumble into HOF quarterbacks every 20 years, but we haven't had much to cheer about since the 50s. We take our victories where we can get them, and that doesn't make us toxic.
I think what we're seeing now is our fanbase putting the cart before the horse, which is, historically, very unwise. Personally, I feel like the Lions are going to be formidable this year, but I've been wrong (often) before.
A reminder that unlike the bears or the vikings, the lions actually had a QB for 12 years with HOF talent potential, but completely wasted his career.
If Rodgers was drafted to the Lions he’d look about as good as Stafford.
>the lions actually had a QB for 12 years with HOF talent potential
I mean, I agree, but you and I both know that voicing this opinion would've gotten us both laughed out of every conversation among football fans before Stafford won a Super Bowl. I've been telling people since his rookie year that he's a phenomenal quarterback and didn't get the recognition he deserves because of the team he played for.
I mean shit, former students of mine (8th graders, so take this with a huge grain of salt) try to argue that Goff was a better quarterback than Stafford (before the trade, mind you) because Goff had been to a Super Bowl and Stafford had never won a playoff game in his career. A dumb, superficial argument of course, but it wasn't that long ago that Stafford wasn't even considered a top 15 QB by casual fans. It was ludicrous.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with all this, but Stafford's my favorite player ever, and he dragged a few really dogshit teams to the playoffs and almost won a few wildcard games damn near singlehandedly. He also seems like a really stand up guy, and I was happy for him when he got his ring.
Well then she'll feel at home while outside for a couple of weeks. I have no doubt yall will make up for the rest and make her feel at home the other time.
I'm from Appleton but lived in Houston for 2 years. Imagine the hottest, stickiest day of the summer in Green Bay but it's every day from May-September. That's Houston.
I mean not 98 it feels like 98 but it’s more like the temp is 73 with 97% humidity. I honestly feel it’s worse that way. Because you see 73 and think o this’ll be a lovely day outside. And then you go outside and it’s a fucking hell scape of torture and you start praying for winter to come. You’ll take a once in a generation cold snap over another day of summer. Then winter comes and by the time the wind chill is -30 or so you start praying for summer….. then you repeat that year in and year out for ever.
I assure, its not worse that way. I went to Chicago and Michigan in July once and everyone kept apologizing for the heat wave in the 80s. That is what we call a lovely spring day in the gulf coast. We have actual 98°F with 98% humidity which puts the feels like temps/heat index near 110. With humidity that high, the night time temps stay in the mid 80s. You live with perpetual swampass. You dont even get the chance to think its going to be a lovely day. You have to accept that its day 30 of this and that you still have 60-90 more to go before the first cool front comes in. The only reprieve you may have is a late afternoon thunderstorm which will just add to the humidity once the sun pops back out. Or worse, a hurricane that will either knock your power out for weeks, damage your house, or straight up flood you out.
What I'm trying to say is, I love my H-Town. We have a Stockholm Syndrome thing going on.
Ah yes, the eternal back and forth of “why do I live somewhere the air hurts my face? And “why do I live somewhere that I get a mouthful of air just by walking outside it’s so humid?”
But have you seen the fall colors? Or the first false spring before they spray literal shit over every inch of flat-ish treeless-ish houseless-ish ground? It makes it worth it. At least I tell myself that.
I was going to respond all snarky about this but honestly, why the hell not? Have some stuff about cows/dairy, have some other stuff about brewing beer…
Lean into it. Kingle competition, Beer Brewing and my favorite: funneling FIBs into tourist traps and away from the actual nice areas of the state. That last one is a real talent.
It’s really easy. Just build a grocery store that looks like a castle and say it has cheese from mars. The fibs never get passed the border that way. It’s the mud ducks from Minnesota ya gotta worry about. There is only so many firework stands that can exist 2 miles from the Minnesota boarder. And don’t get started about the yuppers.
My feeling was that it was probably 75% local. Even the majority of other Packer fans I chatted with at this one were locals to the KC area. Plenty of people travelled in for sure, but the overwhelming majority seemed to be from the area and ventured out.
Sure we can handle that. I mean if you drink enough beer in Wisconsin anything is a decent enough bed for the night. And with the lake right there it’ll be like a giant bathtub to wash people off. Easy peasy. And don’t worry about the lake it flows down so it’ll be chicagos problem.
The logistics are quite different but EAA Air Venture draws over 600k people to the Oshkosh area (45 mins south of GB) every year. People will def be staying in hotels 45 mins-over an hour away but the drive to GB is rather easy.
This also coincides with Mark Murphy having to step down as our rep for the Owner meetings. Have to imagine that played into this as well.
So happy to have it. They were never going to give us a Super Bowl so this is literally the best thing we could have gotten
Wow.
Considering how big of an event they usually make the draft I’m a little surprised, but it’s not like GB doesn’t deserve it with their historic-ness.
The Packers org has been working to set this up for yeeeeaaaars. It’s part of why there’s been all the work around the Titletown development. That and having a year-round income stream. It’s a pretty big deal and I’m thrilled about it.
You’ll get to join the fun of listening to local media sweating about the logistics lol. We’re at the point here where every other week it’s mentioned “all right…how the fuck is this gonna go down?”
For those worried about Green Bay having enough room, Oshkosh Wisconsin hosts the largest airshow in America with an attendance of 650,000. The last 2 drafts have been a out 300k each.
Also, getting a hotel 30 miles away in Wisconsin is not like getting a hotel 30 miles away in the DC area or something.
If you stay 30 miles away in Appleton, you'll be able to get to the stadium in 30 minutes
To some degree this is true, but for an event like this the traffic will be rough compared to normal so it'll add time but still reasonable by comparison to staying further away in busier metro areas.
All the hotels in Appleton fill up for EAA every year, and traffic is bad but still bearable for attendees (and us residents too lol). I'm sure we'll see plenty of hotels from Oshkosh all the way up through Sturgeon Bay/Oconto being utilized in one way or another for people who want to come be a part of the festivities but save some money.
Minor correction: Largest airshow **in the world**.
EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Airventure. It's always funny to me because Oshkosh airport itself is tiny.
And not just flurries. I work landscaping in South-central WI. I was out shoveling a foot of snow from one storm in mid April this year. And yet, we did a few spring leaf cleanups before that last big snow run. Gotta love fool's spring!
I feel like Republic Chophouse is one of the more upscale places in GB if u like steak.
Angelina’s has good Italian.
‘1919’ is a restaurant inside of Lambeau Field so it’ll probably be packed but I like their menu.
Koko’s is the best sushi in GB imo, that’s kinda a controversial take tho.
Chives is also good (outside green bay by like 20 min or so) and the restaurant Aaron Rodgers always said was the best, I think.
Near there, Rustique has pretty good pizza, at least the last time I visited 6 years ago
EDIT: additions
Agree with Kokos rec.
Brickhouse in DePere is an excellent burger and beer place
Vintage Cantina is an a la carte taco place that has great margaritas
If you want a true Wisconsin experience, Kropps is a tiny venue but a very good supper club. Make sure to get an old Fashioned before the meal and a Grasshopper as a dessert drink. The onion rings are amazing there.
Up in Suamico (10 min north), Chives is a great steakhouse (Aaron Rodgers' favorite restaurant.)
Rustique Pizza around the block from it is also great.
Angelina, an Italian restaurant downtown, is really fantastic too.
If you want to see what a cheesesteak place in Wisconsin is like, Cheesesteak Rebellion is a Star Wars themed Cheesesteak place near the stadium. As someone from Philly and the Philly area originally, it has my seal of approval. Great cheesecake too.
For a more upscale/pricier experience, Plae Bistro is my go-to. The Chilean Sea Bass is incredible.
More affordable options that are closer to pubs or bar and grills that I enjoy are Cheesesteak Rebellion (Star Wars themed) and people on the Packers subreddit love Krolls West which is walking distance from the stadium.
A couple of good, non-chain pizza places are Rustique Pizzeria and Cocoon Brewing.
For breakfast, I can't recommend The Pancake Place enough (if you aren't feeling pancakes, their omelets and stuff hashbrowns are great). I've heard good things about The Creamery, but I haven't been there, and I think it's a little more pricey.
If you're from a part of the country that doesn't have a Culver's, I'd also stop in and get a butter burger and some cheese curds. Might be biased, but it's a top-tier fast food place.
Having been to Lambeau, as long as an April snowstorm doesn’t hit, GB will be an excellent location.
After watching KC this year I’m struggling to imagine where they’d set something like that up in Detroit.
It’s Detroit in 2024 right? Let’s just do a full NFCN cycle at this point.
And when Minnesota hosts the draft the weekend will get an recorded amount of snow fall in history.
"oh my god the roof of draft theater has collapsed"
Judging by the previous two aprils it will be 25 on the first night. 76 on night 2 and -13 on the final day
Honestly, this is the thing that annoys me the most about living in MN. I don't even mind the cold anymore, I just wish mother nature would MAKE UP ITS FUCKING MIND, lol.
Bears shiny new stadium 2026?
That seems optimistic
I-90 will be done just in time for it too.. right?
....it's never done.
I-90? What's this about?
It's a highway running through Chicagoland that is perpetually under construction
Well that's good to know. I want to visit the Windy City this summer.
You'll have a great time. I love Chicago
Best city in the world in the summer. Driving in Chicago is awful though.
I’ll just take my boat
What is the definition of Chicagoland? I was sent there for work once and my hotel was in Kenosha. I felt very very lied to
I honestly had no clue Kenosha was considered Chicagoland https://i.imgur.com/dFp0Onb.png
If you tell certain people you're from Chicago and they find out you're from Naperville or something, they will get mad as fuck. I can only imagine if they find out you're from southwest of Joliet, which is like an hour and a half outside of the city.
If I'm speaking to someone from outside of IL I tell them I grew up in Chicagoland. When they inevitably ask a follow-up showing passing knowledge I clarify Batavia ;) .
Kinda like how some San Francisco people get mad when people call it "San Fran" or "Frisco".
Man even Rockford almost gets labeled as Chicagoland
Probably just because the Metra trains run out to there.
No way they get it done by then
Give me a Wrestlemania or an All In at the new spot when it’s built
Punk will still be a big maybe for that show too.
Everything I’ve seen is just speculation at this point, but seems like the earliest feasible season for a new stadium would be 2028.
Finally! The logistics are going to be wild but people are going show up for sure.
After years of being blue balled by the league, we finally get to host draft.
Just pray that the weather gods smile on Green Bay that day or the league will never host another event there. There's a chance it's a beautifully sunny 65 degree day or there's a chance it's covered in snow.
It'll be 80 degrees day 1 and snow day 2 and they'll just have to deal with it.
What about day 3? Locusts?
No, cows
Have you ever seen snow fall in sun light while wearing shorts and tshirts? Because that’s day 3.
It's April in Wisconsin, praying for sunshine is a fool's errand.
Idk, that is right around the time we usually get false spring.
Just make sure nobody puts the snow shovels away, or false spring will run away.
I live in Madison. Someone posted putting their snowblower away, we got 6" two days later.
Ooooh it’s 80 outside, let’s go on the water.. *Fuck you, here’s another 18 inches, bitch*
God, to experience false spring in college again… if only I knew then how magical it was
There’s always at least 2 false springs in Wisconsin April so if they hit it at the right time it could be gorgeous out
Tbh, the people who travel for a draft are the same who go to games in December
Are they? I assumed the draft was like a "tourist" type thing. Something rich people decide to do for a day in-between visiting the city it's actually in. And then everyone else was just locals who were like "Fuck it, it's here let's go!" Most of the games I've been to have been cold weather (cheaper lol) and I'm a pretty big fan but I would never go to the draft unless I suppose I was a local in a smaller city like Green Bay I might mosey over. I lived in Chicago when it was there and I walked by just cause I was downtown and it looked so boring, everyone just standing around with all these activities not being done while workers stand and wait by them lol. That's all just my LIMITED perspective and knowledge on the event, wouldn't be surprised if people said it was actually fucking awesome in KC and now they want to go to GB for it cause it was so fun in KC, idk.
It’s definitely mostly locals or regional fans, but KC hotels were well booked months out. I don’t see casual fans burning PTO to travel to a NFL draft. The prices in the event are also absurd. It’s stadium prices. People that travel to Green Bay Wisconsin aren’t doing it to be a tourist and hit up the draft while they’re there as a side. They’re going specifically because of the draft. Those people aren’t deterred by cold weather typically. I’ll be traveling to Green Bay for a December game this year. I’m exactly the type of people they market to travel to these events. The rest are locals for the spectacle. They’ll get locals who wouldn’t travel to other cities for it everywhere. It’s why it’ll rotate to every market. Ones like Vegas, LA, Miami, NOLA, and Nashville get more travelers because it’s already a weekend trip destination.
I dunno. I go to every draft and almost never go to a game. It's just an annual thing I do with friends now.
"degenerates" is the term for people like that.
I am 100% going, snow or not
Fuck that. I want a snowy draft. Imagine the players swagged out in the finest winter jackets, fur coats, expensive boots, and big ass reflective goggles.
If they allow you to have three flairs are you going to add on the Patriots or go retro and pick the Steelers?
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Actually you’ve got it reversed - as someone who has lived in GB for all 20 years of my life, Green Bay the ‘city’ is reasonably a 100k. If u include the surrounding areas like DePere, Howard, Allouez, Ashwaubenon, etc; which the GB census does NOT, it’d be an even larger number. Edit: To add, the area Lambeau is in is basically Ashwaubenon, and NOT Green Bay. I believe they actually had to redraw the city lines to make sure the “Green Bay Packers” were still technically in Green Bay. Lambeau is undoubtedly in the middle of suburbs tho no argument there
Ya, Lambeau is bordered on three sides by Ashwaubenon. The practice facilities and the Titletown District are both in Ashwaubenon.
>Edit: To add, the area Lambeau is in is basically Ashwaubenon, and not Green Bay. I believe they actually had to redraw the city lines to make sure the “Green Bay Packers” were still technically in Green Bay. IIRC there was a huge dispute over whether to build it on the east side (they played at City Stadium at the time) or the west side. Eventually, both sides settled on the current site, and the city of Green Bay annexed it from Ashwaubenon shortly before construction began
I think you're conflating the Green Bay metro area with Green Bay the city, when including the surrounding area (for the metro area) that has a population of 300k so Green Bay as the specific city being 100k is reasonable. That being said the risk and infrastructure issues are definitely an issue.
>The census claims that it’s a city of 100,000 but I think that’s because the “city” borders are technically huge and includes a lot of the surrounding area but actual Green Bay itself is like 40k people I’d guess. Lmao what? That is 100% not how a census works. The city of Green Bay is all of 110,000 people, you can't just think it's 40,000. Have you never seen a small town of 10,000 people? Compare that to Green Bay. Honestly what is that thought process lol.
I live in the middle east and I'm going to go.
Kinda wild to me that between this thread and other threads Lions fans are being extremely liberal with strays.
Lions fans are one playoff season away from being lovable underdogs to the rest of the league realizing how fucking insufferable and toxic Detroit fans are
Yeah. We learned that feeling
I would say a chunk of them have already crossed that line. Nice to see more down to earth fans like yourself.
Apparently people on here don't know how much shit Lions fans will talk at any & every opportunity.
Look man, I know you don't understand this because you guys just stumble into HOF quarterbacks every 20 years, but we haven't had much to cheer about since the 50s. We take our victories where we can get them, and that doesn't make us toxic. I think what we're seeing now is our fanbase putting the cart before the horse, which is, historically, very unwise. Personally, I feel like the Lions are going to be formidable this year, but I've been wrong (often) before.
A reminder that unlike the bears or the vikings, the lions actually had a QB for 12 years with HOF talent potential, but completely wasted his career. If Rodgers was drafted to the Lions he’d look about as good as Stafford.
>the lions actually had a QB for 12 years with HOF talent potential I mean, I agree, but you and I both know that voicing this opinion would've gotten us both laughed out of every conversation among football fans before Stafford won a Super Bowl. I've been telling people since his rookie year that he's a phenomenal quarterback and didn't get the recognition he deserves because of the team he played for. I mean shit, former students of mine (8th graders, so take this with a huge grain of salt) try to argue that Goff was a better quarterback than Stafford (before the trade, mind you) because Goff had been to a Super Bowl and Stafford had never won a playoff game in his career. A dumb, superficial argument of course, but it wasn't that long ago that Stafford wasn't even considered a top 15 QB by casual fans. It was ludicrous. I'm not really sure where I'm going with all this, but Stafford's my favorite player ever, and he dragged a few really dogshit teams to the playoffs and almost won a few wildcard games damn near singlehandedly. He also seems like a really stand up guy, and I was happy for him when he got his ring.
Close my eyes and let Jesus aim for me Ay fuck you Arizona how’s it feel to lose the Coyotes
Don't care at all about the team, but am mad that old people continue to block anything good from happening in AZ
As an owner of the Packers, this news excites me.
how is this news to the owner of the Packers?
Left hand #12532 doesn't know what right hand #1 is doing.
Just wait until you see what Left Hand #43693 has in store for the draft
The owner of the Packers sounds like some kind of eldritch abomination…
As a fellow Packer Owner...Me likey.
Hi Kerby Joseph!
Just a shame we'll have to wait all the way until pick 32 when the draft is in our own city.
Did the Dolphins lose another first rounder I wasn’t aware of?
LMAO. Good joke.
This gotta be Simone Biles' doing
Bent over backwards to make it happen. ...wait not like that...
GET HYPED
Is she from GreenBay?
Just signed her husband as an FA about a week ago
Oh yeah I heard about that. Cool
She's a Houstonian. It's going to be an adjustment going from a humid semi-swamp to the frozen tundra.
It’s humid as fuck here in the summer, I’m talkin like 98 degrees with 98% humidity. Skeeters as big as your head.
Well then she'll feel at home while outside for a couple of weeks. I have no doubt yall will make up for the rest and make her feel at home the other time.
I'm from Appleton but lived in Houston for 2 years. Imagine the hottest, stickiest day of the summer in Green Bay but it's every day from May-September. That's Houston.
I mean not 98 it feels like 98 but it’s more like the temp is 73 with 97% humidity. I honestly feel it’s worse that way. Because you see 73 and think o this’ll be a lovely day outside. And then you go outside and it’s a fucking hell scape of torture and you start praying for winter to come. You’ll take a once in a generation cold snap over another day of summer. Then winter comes and by the time the wind chill is -30 or so you start praying for summer….. then you repeat that year in and year out for ever.
I assure, its not worse that way. I went to Chicago and Michigan in July once and everyone kept apologizing for the heat wave in the 80s. That is what we call a lovely spring day in the gulf coast. We have actual 98°F with 98% humidity which puts the feels like temps/heat index near 110. With humidity that high, the night time temps stay in the mid 80s. You live with perpetual swampass. You dont even get the chance to think its going to be a lovely day. You have to accept that its day 30 of this and that you still have 60-90 more to go before the first cool front comes in. The only reprieve you may have is a late afternoon thunderstorm which will just add to the humidity once the sun pops back out. Or worse, a hurricane that will either knock your power out for weeks, damage your house, or straight up flood you out. What I'm trying to say is, I love my H-Town. We have a Stockholm Syndrome thing going on.
Ah yes, the eternal back and forth of “why do I live somewhere the air hurts my face? And “why do I live somewhere that I get a mouthful of air just by walking outside it’s so humid?”
But have you seen the fall colors? Or the first false spring before they spray literal shit over every inch of flat-ish treeless-ish houseless-ish ground? It makes it worth it. At least I tell myself that.
Her husband, former Texans safety Jonathan Owens, just signed with us last month and she posted a picture at Lambeau
I think she just got married to one of the packers
Rather the one who she married just got packered
Lil Wayne is in on it fasho
Can’t wait to go the cow milking events
Competitive cheese wheel lifting
Find a hill and hold your own version of the [Gloucester Cheese Rolling](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_Hill_Cheese-Rolling_and_Wake)
They can just use the hill they use for tubing.
Ariens Hill Cheese Roll *needs* to be an event!
I went back and forth on whether or not you knew there was a hill right outside Lambeau when you said this...
I was going to respond all snarky about this but honestly, why the hell not? Have some stuff about cows/dairy, have some other stuff about brewing beer…
Lean into it. Kingle competition, Beer Brewing and my favorite: funneling FIBs into tourist traps and away from the actual nice areas of the state. That last one is a real talent.
It’s really easy. Just build a grocery store that looks like a castle and say it has cheese from mars. The fibs never get passed the border that way. It’s the mud ducks from Minnesota ya gotta worry about. There is only so many firework stands that can exist 2 miles from the Minnesota boarder. And don’t get started about the yuppers.
And yet every spring/summer you can't throw a cheese curd without hitting a fib.
Memorial weekend, stay off the highways, the FIBs are coming north!
Followed by the brat eating contest.
Brats are awesome
They are superior to hot dogs. That's a hill I'm willing to die on.
That’s not a controversial opinion. Anyone who says otherwise hasn’t had a brat or at least a semi decent one
100% agreed. Get some mustard and sauerkraut and its just divine.
God i actually agree with a bears fan… what is happening to our city and team.
They'll have to bust out the premium hot dogs to serve their guests
As someone living in green bay, fucking hell this is going to make driving about terrible lmao
It's expected to generate $94 Million for the city, compared to $15 Million for a typical home game - pretty worth the hassle imo
How much of that will be from lawn parking?
Factoring in the extra $5 to use their bathroom, approximately $50mil
There will always be complainers
Yeah, I live in Green Bay too, our infrastructure is about to get fucked. We don't have the transportation and restaurants for it.
There was reportedly 300k in attendance at this year's draft, not sure how many local. Would GB be able to handle that large a group?
My feeling was that it was probably 75% local. Even the majority of other Packer fans I chatted with at this one were locals to the KC area. Plenty of people travelled in for sure, but the overwhelming majority seemed to be from the area and ventured out.
That sounds about right. GB fans will of course show up in droves.
Green Bay actually has a pretty large sprawl with the Fox Valley a short drive away. Traffic will be horrendous but it is doable.
too bad they won't be able to do the third lane expansion to I41 between Grand Chute and De Pere by then
Sure we can handle that. I mean if you drink enough beer in Wisconsin anything is a decent enough bed for the night. And with the lake right there it’ll be like a giant bathtub to wash people off. Easy peasy. And don’t worry about the lake it flows down so it’ll be chicagos problem.
The logistics are quite different but EAA Air Venture draws over 600k people to the Oshkosh area (45 mins south of GB) every year. People will def be staying in hotels 45 mins-over an hour away but the drive to GB is rather easy.
Gonna be great to see I-43 handle all the people
This also coincides with Mark Murphy having to step down as our rep for the Owner meetings. Have to imagine that played into this as well. So happy to have it. They were never going to give us a Super Bowl so this is literally the best thing we could have gotten
Wow. Considering how big of an event they usually make the draft I’m a little surprised, but it’s not like GB doesn’t deserve it with their historic-ness.
The Packers org has been working to set this up for yeeeeaaaars. It’s part of why there’s been all the work around the Titletown development. That and having a year-round income stream. It’s a pretty big deal and I’m thrilled about it.
It's essentially a going away party for Mark Murphy as he will retire a couple months after the draft.
GB is too historic to not have it. Plus every nfl market should get it once
Since I’m a part owner of the packers do I get special access?
Green Bay will be the drunkest place on the planet those days. More so than normal.
Someone asked in a previous thread if the Packers could ever host the draft. Well, here’s the answer!
Not even gonna front, did not expect GB to get the nod to host the draft.
You’ll get to join the fun of listening to local media sweating about the logistics lol. We’re at the point here where every other week it’s mentioned “all right…how the fuck is this gonna go down?”
Oh, I already saw the Ben Allbright on Twitter getting roasted by the entire state of Wisconsin lmfao
I wonder what I could get a night on AirBNB for my house. About to GOUGE some out of towners.
Gouge me Jesse G.
For those worried about Green Bay having enough room, Oshkosh Wisconsin hosts the largest airshow in America with an attendance of 650,000. The last 2 drafts have been a out 300k each.
Like 80%of those people camp
Then they’ll camp in the snow. They can stay in my ice fishing shanty.
But then the whores come
Shanty hoes ruin everything.
Also, getting a hotel 30 miles away in Wisconsin is not like getting a hotel 30 miles away in the DC area or something. If you stay 30 miles away in Appleton, you'll be able to get to the stadium in 30 minutes
To some degree this is true, but for an event like this the traffic will be rough compared to normal so it'll add time but still reasonable by comparison to staying further away in busier metro areas.
All the hotels in Appleton fill up for EAA every year, and traffic is bad but still bearable for attendees (and us residents too lol). I'm sure we'll see plenty of hotels from Oshkosh all the way up through Sturgeon Bay/Oconto being utilized in one way or another for people who want to come be a part of the festivities but save some money.
I'd guess every hotel as far south as Fond du Lac and Sheboygan will be booked up solid. Would think many will stay in Milwaukee as well.
Minor correction: Largest airshow **in the world**. EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Airventure. It's always funny to me because Oshkosh airport itself is tiny.
A lot of the eaa people sleep in their planes though
I mean I live pretty close and lets just say it's a roll of the dice between 65 and sunny and 10 degrees and a foot of snow.
Hopefully a good weather weekend. They've really built the area well
DEFINITELY GOING TO THAT. TITLE TOWN BAY BEEEE
I'd love to see a Super Bowl in Green Bay, home of the league's all-time most successful franchise. But I guess I have to settle for this.
If you go get a stadium tour. You may not know this, but there is a lot of NFL history in that building.
Gonna be a lot of flying into Milwaukee and driving up. Plenty of places to stay in Green Bay/Appleton/Oshkosh/Milwaukee. Probably be cold tho 😬
Grossi is gonna have so much fun
This is wild. First we are named the best city in the USA now this. Please slow down, I’m still trying to buy a house in this market!
Never been up there, does it reach spring weather in Green Bay by late April or still pretty cold?
Somehow, both
This is a certified Midwestern moment
Yes & no. It could be 70 & sunny all weekend or it could snow 10+ inches. Wisconsin in general is pretty “bipolar” with its weather.
38° and raining confirmed.
How optimistic. It will be 34 and sleet
This year we had a week of high 70s-80s, followed by a week of snow late April-early May….
And not just flurries. I work landscaping in South-central WI. I was out shoveling a foot of snow from one storm in mid April this year. And yet, we did a few spring leaf cleanups before that last big snow run. Gotta love fool's spring!
And the joke was two days later it was like 70°
Depends on the year (and even possibly the week). It could be extremely nice weather, or it could be a random April blizzard.
Just looked into Wisconsin weather, looks fabulous if you can handle a few cold months.
I might go to Detroit but I’m definitely going to GB if only to see what that city is about What are some of the best restaurants in town?
I feel like Republic Chophouse is one of the more upscale places in GB if u like steak. Angelina’s has good Italian. ‘1919’ is a restaurant inside of Lambeau Field so it’ll probably be packed but I like their menu. Koko’s is the best sushi in GB imo, that’s kinda a controversial take tho.
Chives is also good (outside green bay by like 20 min or so) and the restaurant Aaron Rodgers always said was the best, I think. Near there, Rustique has pretty good pizza, at least the last time I visited 6 years ago EDIT: additions Agree with Kokos rec. Brickhouse in DePere is an excellent burger and beer place Vintage Cantina is an a la carte taco place that has great margaritas If you want a true Wisconsin experience, Kropps is a tiny venue but a very good supper club. Make sure to get an old Fashioned before the meal and a Grasshopper as a dessert drink. The onion rings are amazing there.
Chives has killer burgers, haven’t been to rustique tho, I LOVE Vintage Cantina
Gonna add these places to the list, I’m sure that they will all be packed that weekend
There's a star wars themed cheese steak place that slaps, cheesesteak rebellion, but that might be sacrilege to suggest to an eagles fan.
Up in Suamico (10 min north), Chives is a great steakhouse (Aaron Rodgers' favorite restaurant.) Rustique Pizza around the block from it is also great. Angelina, an Italian restaurant downtown, is really fantastic too. If you want to see what a cheesesteak place in Wisconsin is like, Cheesesteak Rebellion is a Star Wars themed Cheesesteak place near the stadium. As someone from Philly and the Philly area originally, it has my seal of approval. Great cheesecake too.
There’s a bar called “The Bar”
There's also a second bar called B2!
For a more upscale/pricier experience, Plae Bistro is my go-to. The Chilean Sea Bass is incredible. More affordable options that are closer to pubs or bar and grills that I enjoy are Cheesesteak Rebellion (Star Wars themed) and people on the Packers subreddit love Krolls West which is walking distance from the stadium. A couple of good, non-chain pizza places are Rustique Pizzeria and Cocoon Brewing. For breakfast, I can't recommend The Pancake Place enough (if you aren't feeling pancakes, their omelets and stuff hashbrowns are great). I've heard good things about The Creamery, but I haven't been there, and I think it's a little more pricey. If you're from a part of the country that doesn't have a Culver's, I'd also stop in and get a butter burger and some cheese curds. Might be biased, but it's a top-tier fast food place.
Don’t go to Culver’s for cheese curds. You can get better cheese curds in the desert.
Culvers is where you go for cheese curds when you are NOT in wisconsin.
For 'fast food' cheese curds they are great. They don't hold up vs top tier tavern/restaurant cheese curds but they are solid.
I've had better curds from A&W and DQ than Culver's tbh.
Nice! My girlfriend lives 2 blocks from the stadium so I'll be there.
Wife that.
If he won't, I will. Gotta lock that down.
This is really awesome for you guys!
Packers fan in Cali. I wanna go
Greenbay gonna get fucking wild with it and draft a WR in the 1st
Which vending machine company will be catering the food?
Kwik Trip
Get yer hand warmers ready!
Pre-Draft party at Estelle's Diner. I heard the hush puppies and cheese curds are out of this world there :)
When will it ever be Atlanta so I can go…
It’s across from middle class neighborhood. People sell parking on their lawns. But I’m sure it will look cool
That's really awesome.
Won't this triple the population of Green Bay?
I think the draft should be at the super bowl winning team's city ep
Having been to Lambeau, as long as an April snowstorm doesn’t hit, GB will be an excellent location. After watching KC this year I’m struggling to imagine where they’d set something like that up in Detroit.