GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers will invite enthusiasts to Lambeau Field next weekend for the NFC Championship Game.
The Packers said Sunday that they would allow the same number of enthusiasts to attend the game at 2:05 p. m. January 24, as in Saturday’s departmental game. The Packers will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The team said the overall turnout for Saturday’s game was 8,456, adding 7,439 paid-price ticket holders. Lambeau Field would possibly house more than 80,000 enthusiasts, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was empty, or almost, the normal season. -18 The playoff win over the Los Angeles Rams was the first time this season that paid enthusiasts were allowed into the stadium.
The Packers will re-sell about 6,500 tickets to pre-season subscription holders who would buy if the Packers allowed enthusiasts to return to the pits. Tickets for Sunday’s game pass will be on sale at 10am on Wednesday on the Ticketmaster website. Saturday’s game sold out in 27 minutes last week.
Prices, set through the NFL for playoff games, will be $215 in finish zones to $280 between 20-yard lines. Ticketmaster will also charge a service fee.
Tickets are sold in lots of two, 4 and six seats. Purchases are limited to one module according to the subscription account. Tickets are distributed electronically and reselled or transferred.
The Packers first sold 6,500 tickets to Saturday’s game, but some distributed tickets for other uses were returned, so they were also sold, bringing paid attendance to nearly 7,500. The rest of the enthusiasts were invited, first adding physical care workers. lifeguards, workers and families in these groups.
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Dennis Grall of Escanaba, Michigan, has not missed a home playoff game for Packers since 1961, even with a service in Vietnam. Grall would like to see more enthusiasts in Sunday’s game, but the Packers said the outdoor seats in Lambeau were fully used as a component of the social estating rules they use. The team does not use interior seats, which come with club seats and luxury boxes.
“Overall, we were pleased with the entrance, exit and lobby,” said Aaron Popkey, director of public affairs at the Packers. “We will conduct a more detailed review of operations as we prepare for next Sunday. “
Grall said the Packers were respectful but persistent in encouraging enthusiasts to wear masks and keep their distance.
“They were right, they made sure you wearing your mask as you passed (the doors),” he said. “If they saw who didn’t have a mask, they would come up to him and tell him to put on his mask. If I didn’t eat or drink, they were tight enough.
Grall provided a friend, who will pick up tickets again for Sunday. He said it would be devastating to miss a playoff game now. He and his friend had their first COVID-19 vaccines.
“I hope the averages come into play,” he said.
Dave Davel of Brookfield, a long-time Packers fan, attended his first game at Lambeau Field on Saturday after they gave tickets to a friend, but it probably wouldn’t be his last. Even with only 10% of the stadium full, Davel said it was a fabulous experience.
“Moving was simple and the crowd was so excited, and it seemed like everyone knew each other,” she said. “It was incredibly noisy. Everyone in my quick domain was doing everything they could to make noise. I didn’t see anyone sitting and watching the game. “
Davel expects to be at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
“Now I’m addicted. It’s like your first fried potato,” he says.
Once they return, fans will be invited to stick to fitness and protection protocols, adding masked dresses and social estating.
“Enthusiasts were especially attentive and receptive if our other friends asked them to hide again,” Popkey said. “We will continue to watch. “
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