Sunday, March 18, 2007

Milwaukee County Stadium


In 1994, the Packers played their last game in the old Milwaukee County Stadium, which has since been replaced by Miller Park. The Packers began playing a portion of their “home” schedule in the baseball stadium in 1953, and when they moved all their home contests to Green Bay starting in 1995, they offered Milwaukee season ticketholders two regular season games at Lambeau Field. Over 97% of the ticketholders took them up on this offer. Today, the former Milwaukee ticketholder package — which is called the “Gold” season ticket package — receive tickets to games 2 and 5, regardless of the opponent, plus one pre-season game and a shot in a lottery for playoff tickets.

Even though going to Lambeau is a priceless experience, some of us former Milwaukee folks still miss games at the old County Stadium.