Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A perfect Packer Country day would go as follows. Start by watching some of the prac-
tice sessions; those standing along the fence line to watch are known as “railbirds,” and it's
a tradition for Packer players to ride local kids' bikes to and from the playing field. Offer
your handkerchief to a weeping Packer fan who's come from afar to realize this dream.
You
can't
miss the
Lambeau Field
tour. Visitors explore virtually every corner of this
locallandmark(except—sadly—thePackers'lockerroom),includingthepressbox,thevis-
itors' locker room, the skyboxes, and even the field itself. Hour-long tours are given 10am
or 11am-4pm daily on nongame days; cost is $11 adults.
The number-one Packer destination is the Lambeau Field Atrium, home to the
Green
Bay Packers Hall of Fame
(9am-6pmdaily,hoursvaryforhomegames,$10adults).Pack-
ers, Packers, Packers. That's all that's here. It's an orgy of fandom. Most fans weep at the
life-size re-creation of the 1967 Ice Bowl—the defining moment in making the team the
real “America's Team;” kids will have to push adults out of the way to go wild in the inter-
active zone.
Other Packer Sights
In 2013 a 30-foot-tall statue of longtime Packer fave Donald Driver (“Double D”) was un-
veiled outside Titletown Brewing Company at the corner of Dousman Way and Donald
Driver Way.
True fans will also head to
Fuzzy's 63
(2511 W. Mason St., 920/494-6633,
www.fuzzy63sportsbarandgrill.com
)
, a bar owned by retired Pack legend Fuzzy Thurston.
The most unusual sight? How about
Skip a Stone Diner
(2052 Holmgren Way, 920/
494-9882) in Ashwaubenon. It preserved the stool sat in regularly by a Packer linebacker,
the ferocious Ray Nitschke. (The street name Holmgren Way, incidentally, comes from a
Packer coach.)
In 2002, a plaza was dedicated at
City Stadium
(1415 E. Walnut St., behind Green Bay
East High School), where the Packers played 1925-1956.
Believe it or not, in Packer-nuts (and utterly anti-Chicago
anything
) Green Bay there
exists a
Chicago Bears bar.
The
Lorelei Inn
(1412 S. Webster St., 920/432-5921,
www.lorelei-inn.com
)
was originally owned by a Bears fan (and the decor tells it), but his
kids are Packers fans. You can expect good-natured ribbing. It's closed Sundays except
when the Pack and Bears clash.
