Posted on 02/08/2011 6:52:06 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
Green Bay Packers fans turned out in droves to welcome their Super Bowl championship football team back to town on Monday.
Fans lined the city streets all along the Packers’ route from Austin-Straubel Airport back to Lambeau Field after the team’s plane landed around 1:45 p.m. The players and coaches traveled in a caravan of Green Bay city buses, and on some streets fans were lined up as much as five or six people deep, on both sides.
The crowds grew considerably larger the closer the team got to Lambeau. Upon arriving at the stadium, thousands of fans were waiting in the parking lots and had packed the plaza outside the Lambeau Field atrium.
Fans dressed warmly to brave the winter weather, which actually wasn’t much colder than what the team experienced during the past week in Dallas leading up to Super Bowl XLV. A variety of signs were visible, including many depicting the Vince Lombardi Trophy with the message, “Welcome Home,” and others with a drawing of a championship “belt,” in honor of quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ now famous touchdown celebration.
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