Your Packerville, U.S.A. editor, posing with some guy named Vince (didn't catch his last name) out in front of the Lambeau Field Atrium. Both of us are wearing team-supplied masks, although his has a much larger team logo. My mask is one of the two that the Packers sent to all season ticket holders. Tip: Cloth masks also make great face warmers when you’re walking around outside and taking photos of football-related matters.
Now, let’s take a look at the Titletown District construction. This view is from the vantage point of approaching the western construction site gate off Marlee Lane. The building on the left will be the commercial real estate and the building on the right will be residential apartments.
A closer view of the “130,000 square feet of mixed-use office space above retail and restaurant space” currently under construction.
Another view of the residential structure with Lambeau Field to the east in the distance. The commercial and residential construction is on the western end of the Titletown District.
Now we see a frozen playground in the foreground, with some of the “70-90 townhomes available for ownership” which have been, and are currently being, constructed along the south edge of the Titletown District, along Brookwood Drive.
Above and below are more views of the townhomes in various stages of completion, facing the Titletown District football field.
Now we are looking at the apartments structure again, this time as viewed from the east, or more specifically, from the west end of the Titletown District football field.
As you might imagine, there was no activity on the Titletown District football field on a weekday morning in February.
Another view of the west end of the Titletown District construction site. The football field is to the left in this photo.
Now we shift our focus to construction projects on the other side of Lambeau Field. In today’s Green Bay Press Gazette, there was a small article on the “big dig” going on in the east side of the main stadium parking lot. This image accompanied their article.
(Photo: SARAH KLOEPPING/USA TODAY-WISCONSIN).
Well, if we wanted to do the same thing, we could just provide our readers with the same type of photo (seen here), pulled back a bit to show more of the construction site’s location. But that doesn’t depict what’s really going on.
At Packerville, U.S.A., we hope you expect more, and so we strive to go the extra mile and give you photos like this to show you exactly what the project entails. You can see Lambeau Field behind the construction, with the Johnsonville Tailgate Village extending towards the right edge of the photo. The two buildings are perpendicular to each other, and the giant hole being dug backs up to S. Oneida Street, which runs north and south along the eastern edge of stadium property.
The project is a relocation of a 400,000-gallon wastewater surge tank that was originally installed during stadium renovations in 2003. The original tank is the one in which a construction worker told us they installed a sign that reads “Vikings Locker Room.” Let’s hope that continues with this new tank!
The Resch Expo building is complete and has recently hosted a boat show and a bridal show. This building sits at the northeast corner of Armed Forces Drive and S. Oneida Street, and the city and Packers hope it will figure into the equation of Green Bay being awarded the NFL Draft soon.
It also created a problem (and added costs) for the Packers which will be explained in a minute. See how the Resch Expo has a second level? Hold that thought...
As we look ahead to the summer, we hope to be walking up these steps in a few months to watch Packer Training Camp practices. Well, no, not not with snow on them obviously. Last year I watched zero practices for the first time since 1988 because of the dreaded pestilence. I want to again attend every practice at training camp. How do we all give that a better chance of happening? WEAR YOUR DANG MASK AND GET YOUR VACCINE WHEN AVAILABLE.
There is also no snow here in the summertime during camp. Although there are many super hot days when a little snow would be welcomed.
O.K., now back to the Resch Expo and the Packers. All of these tall black posts are new since last fall. Because the new expo center has a second level, the Packers were concerned about potential spying occurring during in-season practices on either Clarke Hinkle Field or Ray Nitschke Field practices.
You see, during training camp, fans and media are allowed to watch practices. But, during the regular season, the green tarps go up on all fencing around the practice field being used and no viewing of the goings-on are allowed. The media is also restricted in their access.
So, because of the construction of the Resch Expo and that second level, these tall posts were added. What do these posts do, you ask?
These last photos are from January 14, 2020 in the days prior to the NFC Divisional game against the Los Angeles Rams.
To block any view of practice from the new Resch Expo, the Packers now raise black screens while the team is using the field(s).
Here we see media members leaving practice while the team continues with their preparatory work before the playoff game.
This shows the traditional green tarps on the practice fields once preparations for the regular season starts.
We’ll end with a shot from video showing the field scoreboards in use during Packers practice sessions, and the black screens as they appear from inside. This is what you’d see while waiting at the stoplight in the northbound lane on S. Oneida Street. Thanks for visiting. Stop by again during the offseason.