Advice for first visit to Lambeau

- You can always get tickets on game day from scalpers.  They are everywhere.  

- Assuming you live in NY, I'd fly from NYC to Milwaukee.  Prices are pretty reasonable from my experience.  

- I believe hotels in the GB area are booked a year in advance and have a two night minimum.

 

I guess if I were you, I'd book a hotel in Milwaukee for the weekend and fly in there.  Rent a car for the trip to Lambeau.  Your daughter can drive back to Milwaukee after the game if you have a few brewskis.  A win-win. 

Thanks, Pakrz.  Actually live in Rochester, so would be flying from there, but I assumed it would be easier to get flights into Milwaukee.  

Here is my take, as far as tickets go. Like Pakrz said scalpers are every where so you can go that route. The game I to went back in 2011, aganst the Buccaneers, cost 87.00 from ticketmaster, the saturday before the game. The only other thing I would suggest is bring a seat cushion, those alumm. seats can get quite cold.

I'm actually on the road from Minneapolis to Green Bay to take my son to his first game. Getting tickets is easy since scalping is legal. There is an area cordoned off near the Hutson center if I remember right where there is a cop overseeing the scalpers. Since there is competition, market forces usually bring prices down especially closer to kickoff and I've always gotten really good seats. Even got playoff tickets for the San Fran game at 30 yard line under face value once.

I'm actually on the road from Minneapolis to Green Bay to take my son to his first game. Getting tickets is easy since scalping is legal. There is an area cordoned off near the Hutson center if I remember right where there is a cop overseeing the scalpers. Since there is competition, market forces usually bring prices down especially closer to kickoff and I've always gotten really good seats. Even got playoff tickets for the San Fran game at 30 yard line under face value once.

Eat at Krolls across the street

I have family in Stevens Point, so I go the DET to CWA route often through Delta.  I am assuming you have no issue going from Rochester to DET.  I assume CWA is nothing special relative to other airports in the area, thus, I would couple your flight destination with other things you want to do.  CWA is a fully functional airport with plenty of rentals available. I wouldn't go to Milwaukee only because you think other areas are less reliable, although there could be more flights that way.

Sorry...I am probably missing the obvious, but what is CWA?

 

And thanks to all for the great suggestions.

https://www.google.com/#q=cwa+airport+code

Getting a room in the GB area at this time is going to be pretty tough to do, as most book out within a day or so after the schedule comes out. Also, as mentioned, most require a 2 night stay minimum for game weekends, but not all. I think you can still get a list of local hotels/motels from the GB Chamber of Commerce website (or Better Business Bureau) with phone numbers etc. Plan on making lots of calls. Could get rooms pretty easy I think in Appleton/Neenah/Menasha only about 30 minutes away though. The visiting team always stays at a hotel in Appleton.

 

If possible fly into GB and avoid the pregame traffic on the freeways/roads leading into GB. Traffic is a bear coming and going.

 

There are always plenty of sellers scalping on the road between the Resch Center and Don Hutson Center and practise field (Armed Forces Drive?). Thats a designated legal area to sell tix. Also, may want to try Packer Fan Tours for tix ( I think thats what their called, I already tossed their pamphlet that comes with my season tix, but the GB Packer website should get you their info. I know they have package deals for Packer away games, dont know if they have package deals for home games. Some donate unwanted tix to the GB boys and girls club, as a tax writeoff, dont know how they sell or use them though as a money maker to help fund the club.

 

Probably wont be able to get a paid pass to park at the stadium. I always park at one of the business's on Potts that goes from Oneida to Ashland. Some of those places have porta potties and also allow tailgaiting,  other parking is near the stadium in peoples driveways/yards. More expensive the closer you get.

 

Most of all, just fricken do it, games at Lambeau are an awesome experience! Second the notion of bringing a seat pad or renting a seat back chair one for like $5 at the stadium if you get their early enough before they sell out. New rules this year on what can be brought into the stadium so find out beforehand whats permissable.

 

Lastly, a game at Lambeau is quite the exciting event from a cast of many thousands starting well before gametime outside surrounding the stadium and then the game itself and after at the nearby bars. You and your daughter will remember it forever. Just fricken do it.

 

 

Motels may be an issue.  I just reserved one for the Clev game.  Place I stay is only one night but still was $200.  Just for kicks I looked around at some others, most where $275 per night for two nights or more! 

 

We used to stay right by Lambeau (Days Inn) for 2 nights at $150 per for 2 nights, but that was 7 years ago.  Now it's over 3 bills.  Craziness.  Guess you get what you can as a hotel.  The most ironic thing, the day after the same room was $70.

Where do they rent the seat backs? Is it actually in the stadium after you go in?

I'd look for a motel in Shawno. Lots of good places there and it's only about an hour northwest of Green Bay. I know several friends that have talked to Packers up there after games as it gets them out of Green Bay and away from most of the autograph hounds.

Shawno?

 

Isn't that where the "Shawno Shank Redemption" happened?

Seat backs are available in the stadium, most comfortable for my money are the old ones with cloth backs. Best $8 you'll spend.

I once spent $8.00 on a hooker with no teeth.

 

That was the best $8.00 I ever spent.

 

Was here name Minnie Mazola?

Henry doesn't have teeth?

No, but he does have $8.

Canadian.

 

It's like $6.46.

A Canadian Mountie?

Iowacheese dressed as a Mountie.  He's tired of tazing innocent cows.

With the I43 bridge out over the Fox River and ongoing road construction I would also plan extra time to get to the stadium.   It seems like traffic this year is worse than normal so we try to take the back roads and city streets to get over that way (usually from the south and east).  

 

There should be plenty of scalpers near Resch Center and as a few others mentioned that's generally the spot where people are trying to unload tickets and you usually don't get hassled in that area.   We've parked east of there and mosey our way toward the stadium while making some stops along the way.   There's usually live music and The Bar typically has a big outdoor set up. 

 

Good luck!