![]() To give visitors a sense of what it’s like for the team, the sounds of cheering fans pours out of some speakers. The tour takes visitors through a tunnel to the stadium. Disappointing, but it also adds to the mystery of the place. ![]() The guide points to the locker room but tells you that the NFL prohibits fans from going inside active locker rooms. Not only that, but mixed in with the grass are 20 million small synthetic fibers that, for those scoring at home, go 8 inches under the surface of the field and a half-inch above it.Īnd get this: While the rest of Wisconsin is buried under a blanket of snow, the heating and lighting systems are so effective at keeping the place warm that the grounds crew is mowing the lawn into December and even January.įrom the skyboxes the tour moves into the bowels of the stadium. That system has been replaced with a new one - here comes one of those facts that will fascinate true believers and bore the rest - that includes 43 miles of hoses coursing with antifreeze and hot water running underneath the field. Turns out there was a heating system under the field but it broke before the game. Unfortunately for the Packers, it froze in what is still Lambeau’s most famous game and perhaps the most famous game in the history of the league: the 1967 NFL Championship game between the Packers and the Dallas Cowboys, forever known simply as the Ice Bowl. Sixty weddings are held here a year - including one in which the bride almost hit those taking the tour with her tossed bouquet - along with school proms.Īs the tour moves to a luxury box, visitors are told not for the first or last time that the “frozen tundra” that ESPN’s Chris Berman keeps referring to when he talks about Lambeau - meaning the field itself - actually froze just one lousy time. The atrium is where you start to get a sense of how important the Packers are to the fans. The store also sells anything and everything one could possibly imagine with a Packers logo, as well as stuff you couldn’t imagine, like the toaster that turns out toast branded with a Packers ‘G’ logo on it. The store houses what must be the largest collection in existence of foam hats shaped like orange cheese in honor of the fans’ nickname - cheeseheads. It’s also a chance to joke that what the statue of Lambeau is pointing to is the stadium’s massive gift shop. Did you know the team’s original colors were not green and gold but blue and gold, which, it turns out, are the colors of Notre Dame, the school Lambeau attended? Or that the Packers name comes from the packing company Lambeau worked for and talked into paying for the team’s first uniforms? This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing, and duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.Īll resumes submitted will be reviewed and selected qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.The tour starts in the atrium, where a guide points outside to statues of the team’s founder and first coach, Curly Lambeau, along with the team’s most famous coach, Vince Lombardi, and gives a brief history. This job description has been approved by management. Travel: No regular travel is expected for this position. Operates in a professional environment.Ability to reach, bend, climb, and lift on a frequent basis.Ability to walk and stand for extended periods of time throughout the day.Be available weekdays, late evenings, weekends, and game weekends.Highly dependable and reliable at all times. ![]()
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