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103 year old Packer fan lands ticket to her 1st Packers game
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<blockquote data-quote="PWT36" data-source="post: 37932" data-attributes="member: 170"><p><strong>Re: 103 year old Packer fan lands ticket to her 1st Packers</strong></p><p></p><p>Cheezy. There were no bleachers, no fences around the Packer playing field, and no tickets sold in 1919 & 1920. They "passed the hat "and split the collection with the players. It wasn't until the Packers joined the new NFL in 1921 that tickets were sold and a fence was built around the field and bleachers were built for fans to sit on. In 1925 the City of Green Bay built a permanent wooden Stadium for the Packers behind Green Bay East high School and which was simply called "City Stadium" and this stadium was expanded many times to by end of its use in 1956 seated 24,500. City of Green Bay built a new City Stadium (renamed Lambeau Field in 1963) original capacity was just over 32,000 & was first used in 1957. Over the years regular seating , club seat & sky boxes were added to increase Stadium capacity up to over 60,000 in 1990's. In 2001 after complete renovation of Lambeau Field seating capacity is just over 70,000.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PWT36, post: 37932, member: 170"] [b]Re: 103 year old Packer fan lands ticket to her 1st Packers[/b] Cheezy. There were no bleachers, no fences around the Packer playing field, and no tickets sold in 1919 & 1920. They "passed the hat "and split the collection with the players. It wasn't until the Packers joined the new NFL in 1921 that tickets were sold and a fence was built around the field and bleachers were built for fans to sit on. In 1925 the City of Green Bay built a permanent wooden Stadium for the Packers behind Green Bay East high School and which was simply called "City Stadium" and this stadium was expanded many times to by end of its use in 1956 seated 24,500. City of Green Bay built a new City Stadium (renamed Lambeau Field in 1963) original capacity was just over 32,000 & was first used in 1957. Over the years regular seating , club seat & sky boxes were added to increase Stadium capacity up to over 60,000 in 1990's. In 2001 after complete renovation of Lambeau Field seating capacity is just over 70,000. [/QUOTE]
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