MONROE - About 3,500 more fans will get tickets to Packers games this season, as the south end zone expansion at Lambeau Field nears completion.
Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy is excited to see 3,500 more fans lock up season tickets after being on a waiting list for 30 years. The expansion project, which is in the homestretch, makes that possible.
"They are in the final stages, putting the seats in and putting on the final touches," said Murphy, who was in Monroe at Lincoln Park Thursday, May 16, as part of the "Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour."
The $146 million first phase of the Lambeau Field expansion included a new sound system, video boards and the south end zone expansion which is expected to be completed before the start of the 2013 season. The south end zone expansion was completed without any taxpayer money. The seating capacity at Lambeau Field with 7,000 more seats will now come to about 80,000. The expansion adds 336,000 square feet to Lambeau's 1.7 million square feet.
"I'm really excited," Murphy said. "I think it will be a lot louder stadium. Having 7,000 more people will be a big home field advantage."
Even with 3,500 fans expected to come off the waiting list for season tickets, Murphy said there are still about 101,000 fans on the list.
The end zone expansion includes 1,600 premium seats and 5,400 general seating. All of the seats in the south zone expansion are theater-style seats with backs. Murphy said the concourses will have multiple platforms for fans to congregate and watch the game.
Murphy said about 2,000 season ticket holders elected to switched from stadium bowl seats to the south end zone.
The Packers are looking to add 400 additional gameday workers for 2013. They are seeking non-profit groups to host concession stands. The non-profit groups earn a commission on concession stand sales. According to the Packers, in 2012, 78 non-profit groups earned more than $800,000.
The Packers have added 325 flat-screen televisions throughout the concourses. Over the next two years, the Packers will be working on a $140.5 million renovation to the Lambeau Field Atrium, which will include excavation to the ground level floor underneath the current Atrium floor. The Packers pro shop will just about double in size from 11,500 square feet to 20,000 square feet, and the Robert E. Harlan Plaza will be upgraded with statues of Vince Lombardi and Curly Lambeau elevated above the pro shop. Murphy said Curly's Pub will be moved to the second floor Atrium, which is the current site of the pro shop, and the Packers Hall of Fame will move from the basement to Curly's current location.
"I'm really excited about that," Murphy said of the Atrium project. "It's like a home when you move into it, but then you realize there are some things you can do better. We will have an entrance from the east side. The Hall of Fame will have much better access."
Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy is excited to see 3,500 more fans lock up season tickets after being on a waiting list for 30 years. The expansion project, which is in the homestretch, makes that possible.
"They are in the final stages, putting the seats in and putting on the final touches," said Murphy, who was in Monroe at Lincoln Park Thursday, May 16, as part of the "Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour."
The $146 million first phase of the Lambeau Field expansion included a new sound system, video boards and the south end zone expansion which is expected to be completed before the start of the 2013 season. The south end zone expansion was completed without any taxpayer money. The seating capacity at Lambeau Field with 7,000 more seats will now come to about 80,000. The expansion adds 336,000 square feet to Lambeau's 1.7 million square feet.
"I'm really excited," Murphy said. "I think it will be a lot louder stadium. Having 7,000 more people will be a big home field advantage."
Even with 3,500 fans expected to come off the waiting list for season tickets, Murphy said there are still about 101,000 fans on the list.
The end zone expansion includes 1,600 premium seats and 5,400 general seating. All of the seats in the south zone expansion are theater-style seats with backs. Murphy said the concourses will have multiple platforms for fans to congregate and watch the game.
Murphy said about 2,000 season ticket holders elected to switched from stadium bowl seats to the south end zone.
The Packers are looking to add 400 additional gameday workers for 2013. They are seeking non-profit groups to host concession stands. The non-profit groups earn a commission on concession stand sales. According to the Packers, in 2012, 78 non-profit groups earned more than $800,000.
The Packers have added 325 flat-screen televisions throughout the concourses. Over the next two years, the Packers will be working on a $140.5 million renovation to the Lambeau Field Atrium, which will include excavation to the ground level floor underneath the current Atrium floor. The Packers pro shop will just about double in size from 11,500 square feet to 20,000 square feet, and the Robert E. Harlan Plaza will be upgraded with statues of Vince Lombardi and Curly Lambeau elevated above the pro shop. Murphy said Curly's Pub will be moved to the second floor Atrium, which is the current site of the pro shop, and the Packers Hall of Fame will move from the basement to Curly's current location.
"I'm really excited about that," Murphy said of the Atrium project. "It's like a home when you move into it, but then you realize there are some things you can do better. We will have an entrance from the east side. The Hall of Fame will have much better access."
