Lambeau Field stands out in the NFL because so much of it still feels like a product of its era, even as it has taken on modern upgrades along the way. Opened in 1957, two years before the start of the Vince Lombardi-era, it is the oldest continuously operated football stadium in the league.
The first thing many visitors notice is the seating. Most of the bowl is made up of metal benches, which can bake in the summer and turn cold in the winter, but they also let the stadium pack in more fans than standard individual seats would. The south end zone is the one place where Lambeau made room for a more modern touch, with chair seats and standing-room-only areas added when that structure was built.
That older design helps create another defining trait: fans feel close to the field almost everywhere they sit. With an upper deck only in the south end zone, even the top row of the bowl-proper stays tight to the action. That layout also helps explain why Lambeau is often associated with a high average ticket price, since it has more seats in each category - end zone, midfield and so on - than stadiums that rely on cheaper upper-deck and nosebleed sections.
The field surface is another Lambeau oddity. It is the only NFL stadium that uses natural Kentucky Bluegrass and SISGrass polyethylene fibers. Most other venues stick with either natural grass, usually Kentucky Bluegrass, or artificial turf.
The stadium’s size also sets it apart. Green Bay is the NFL’s smallest market, yet Lambeau is the league’s second-largest stadium by official capacity at 81,441.
Only MetLife Stadium in New Jersey is larger, at 82,500. AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, can be expanded to more than 100,000 for a football game, but its official capacity is 80,000.
When Lambeau opened, it held 32,150.
Modernization did come to Lambeau, though, and the biggest example is the Lambeau Field Atrium, built during the 2001-03 renovation. It houses the Packers Pro Shop, 1919 Kitchen & Tap and the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Museum, the first of its kind in the NFL. The Hall of Fame started as a series of exhibits in the old Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena and now draws more than 170,000 visitors a year.
The stadium also leans on its neighborhood in a way most NFL venues do not. Lambeau does not have enough parking for a Packers game, so nearby residents help fill the gap by letting fans park in their yards for a fee.
That setup matters even more with the 2025 NFL Draft coming, because none of Lambeau Field’s parking lots will be available to draft attendees. Two weeks before the draft, Discover Green Bay said 600 residences representing 12,000 parking spaces had expressed interest in parking cars.
Ownership is unusual, too. Lambeau Field is owned by the city of Green Bay and the Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District, while the Packers lease the stadium. All three are parties to the lease.
And above all else, Lambeau Field is unique because it belongs to the Green Bay Packers.
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