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Packers to welcome fans to Lambeau Field for Divisional Playoffs

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The Green Bay Packers‘ announced Thursday that next week’s divisional playoff game will include 6,000 Season Ticket Holders in addition to invited frontline healthcare workers and first responders.

Season Ticket Holders who opted in this summer for the chance to purchase tickets will receive on-sale information in the coming week via email and tickets will go on sale online through Ticketmaster only on Tuesday, Jan. 12.

Seats will be arranged in socially distanced pods of two, four and six tickets throughout the stadium.

The Packers also say tickets will not be able to be resold or transferred and all tickets will be mobile.  The Season Ticket Holders who purchase the tickets are responsible for coordinating all attendees within their pod, since entry to the game will be via a mobile ticket scan on the purchaser’s mobile device.

“Our players have enjoyed the energy provided by the limited fans we’ve had over the past four games.  We’re looking forward to welcoming our Season Ticket Holders to add to that atmosphere in the playoffs,” said Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy.  “We’ve seen our COVID-19 protocols in action and are confident we can safely add additional fans.”

Packers Will Continue Without Fans

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Packers fans against the Eagles

The Green Bay Packers will play the rest of the regular season without fans at Lambeau Field.  The team announced on Tuesday that they will limit themselves to around 500 Packers employees and their household families.

COVID infection rates are trending in a better direction in Brown County, but remain too high overall, forcing the Packers into the decision to move forward without fans.

The approach to any potential home playoff games(s) will be decided at a later date. [Read more…]

Packers sleepwalk their way to 4-point win over Jacksonville (AUDIO)

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Matt LaFleur

The Green Bay Packers went to bed Sunday night with a 7-2 record through the first nine games of the NFL season, but easily could have gone the other way.  After losing to the 1-win Vikings at home two weeks ago, the Packers were facing a 1-win Jacksonville Jaguar team that had the Packers on the ropes until the very end.  The defense got a late stop and the Packers prevailed 24-20.

The Jaguars had the ball at the Packers’ 36 yard line with 1:37 to play with a chance to score a go-ahead touchdown.  This time, the Packers suspect defense clamped down and came up with a huge stop to preserve the victory.  Rashon Gary and Preston Smith came up with key sacks on that final drive to end Jacksonville’s comeback efforts, sending the Jaguars (1-8) home with their eighth straight loss.

Aaron Rodgers passed for 325 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for a score, but the Packers quarterback also threw [Read more…]

There’s nothing normal about this Packers training camp

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Rookie AJ Dillon’s locker

The Green Bay Packers opened training camp last week, but the first several days were devoted to coronavirus testing.  Rookies were in over the weekend and held their first walk through.  The teams veterans finally arrive today (Monday), the sixth day of training camp.

With veterans arriving, there’s another walk through scheduled for today, along with weight lifting and conditioning.  It’ll be two weeks before the team gets its first padded practice.

There’ll be no preseason games ahead of the September 13th opener at Minnesota, which means coach Matt LaFleur will have to get creative in the way he prepares his team.

LaFleur told reporters in a zoom call on Sunday that he anticipates more live-scrimmage scenarios, trying to replicate situations that players could encounter during games.  LaFleur said some of those scrimmage situations will come inside Lambeau Field.

The Packers will start with a splitsquad format, meaning rookies and injured players working in one group and veterans in another.  That scenario allows the Packers to have as many as 90 players in camp before having to cut down to 80 on August 16.  The Packers roster currently stands at 83 players, not including four that are on the COVID-19 list. [Read more…]

Packers are finalists to host 2024 NFL Draft (AUDIO)

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Mark Murphy

Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy said Thursday the team is one of three NFL franchises in the running to host the 2024 NFL Draft.

Murphy met virtually with reporters following the teams annual shareholders meeting on Thursday.

“I feel confident,” said Murphy.  “I think we’ll be able to make a really strong case.”

“The new Resch Expo will be really helpful to us in that effort, as well as Titletown.  By 2024, Titletown is going to look a lot different than it doesn now and be even more attractive as a destination.”

Reach Expo, which is a new exhibit center to the East of Lambeau Field.  It is set to be completed early next year (2021).

Murphy also told reporters that the Packers will apply to host a Big 10 championship game between 2023 [Read more…]

Packers finalize preseason schedule

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The Green Bay Packers finalized their 2020 preseason schedule and both home games are scheduled for afternoon kickoffs.

For the fourth straight season, the Packers will open the preseason at home, facing the Arizona Cardinals in a noon kick at Lambeau Field.  It’s the first time since 2015 (at Pittsburgh)  that the Packers will play a preseason day game and the first during the day at Lambeau Field since 2006.

The Packers remain home in week two of the preseason, hosting the Cleveland Browns at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 22.  It’ll be the 26th preseason meeting with the Browns, tied for the second-most preseason games against a single opponent.

The Packers will hit the road for the final two preseason games, at the New York Giants on Saturday, August 29 (7 p.m.) and at the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday, Sept. 3 (7 p.m.).

NFL Draft to be “fully virtual”

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There’ll be no NFL Draft inside Lambeau Field this year.

The NFL Draft is still set to take place as originally scheduled, April 23-25, but the annual event will feature more significant changes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a memo to NFL teams on Monday, telling them the draft will be “fully virtual.”  It means general managers, coaches and other team personnel will all operate separately from their own homes.

The NFL had originally instructed teams in March to shut down their facilities but had kept open the possibility that organizations might be able to have employees in the same place together, as long as they followed the Center for Disease Control guidelines on social distancing.

In Monday’s statement Goodell said, “All Clubs will not have access to their facilities, which is contrary to the fundamental equity principle that all clubs operate in a consistent and fair way.  Moreover, we want all NFL personnel to comply with government directives and to model safe and appropriate health practices.  And after consulting with medical advisors, we cannot identify an alternative that is preferable from a medical or public health perspective, given the varying needs of clubs, the need properly to screen participants, and the unique risk factors that individual club employees may face.”

 

Lambeau Field will remain closed

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The Green Bay Packers announced Thursday that Lambeau Field and the team-run operations at Titletown District will remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic until at least April 24.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers earlier this week issued a “Safer at Home” order directing people to stay at home as much as possible until April 24.

Operations that are closed include the Packers Hall of Fame museum, the Packers Hall of Fame and 1919 Kitchen & Tap, as well as all team-run public activities in Titletown.

Teams are allowed to conduct normal business operations, which includes signing players and evaluating players for the upcoming NFL Draft.

But the look of the NFL Draft is expected to look different.  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated that the draft dates of April 23-25 will not be moved.  But Goodell informed teams they “should be doing the necessary planning to conduct Draft operations in a location outside of your facility, with a limited number of people present, and with sufficient technology resources to…communicate with other clubs and Draft headquarters.”

 

Wisconsin extends deadline to pay for football season tickets

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University of Wisconsin officials are pushing back the deadline for fans to renew their football season tickets for the upcoming 2020 season.

Season ticket invoices and payment was originally due on April 20th.  That deadline has been pushed back to May 11th.

May 11 will also be the priority deadline for single-game ticket requests, including the Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame game at Lambeau Field on Oct. 3.

Earlier this month, the Green Bay Packers pushed back t heir deadline to June 1, from March 31.

Spring football has been pushed  back until at least April 6 and there’s a good chance it’ll be cancelled entirely.  The school’s spring graduation ceremonies, set for May 8 and 9, have already been canceled.

 

Game time for Packers-Panthers game changed

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The Green Bay Packers‘ Week 10 home game on Nov. 10 against the Carolina Panthers has been changed to a 3:25 p.m. CT kickoff at Lambeau Field.

The game was originally scheduled for noon.  The contest is slated to be broadcast by FOX and will remain on that network.

The Lambeau Field parking lots will open at 11:25 a.m., with stadium gates opening at 1:25 p.m.