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It was a different day and location, but there was still a pretty good draft party going on at Lambeau Field.
The annual event shifted from the Atrium to Curly's Pub this year with the first round of the draft in prime time on Thursday night. But there was hardly an empty seat in Lambeau's signature restaurant before the draft started, and there already was plenty of enthusiasm even though the Packers, slotted at No. 23, were at least three hours away from making a selection.
"At first I wasn't real crazy about the new format, but now that I'm here I'm going to give it a chance," said fan Bruce Roehsner of Menomonee Falls, Wis., a regular attendee of previous draft parties. "Instead of a long one-day event now it's broken into two days. I think I like it.
"We got here early, got the best seats in the house, and we'll be back tomorrow."
Roehsner was hard to miss in the rather crowded venue, decked out in an impressive homemade Packers throwback unif..
Source: Packers.com
