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Packers Ban Fans at Lambeau Field for First Two Home Games of 2020 Season
breitbart.com ^ | 8/7/2020 | AP

Posted on 08/07/2020 11:15:55 AM PDT by rktman

The Green Bay Packers won’t allow fans into Lambeau Field for their first two home games of the 2020 NFL season because of the coronavirus pandemic, the team announced Thursday.

The decision means the Packers’ iconic stadium will remain empty in Week 2 against the NFC North rival Detroit Lions and Week 4 versus the Atlanta Falcons on ESPN’s Monday Night Football.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: blacklivesmatter; blm; byeeeee; negrofootballleague
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Are they going to pump in artificial fan noise and cheering on NFL games, the way baseball broadcasts are doing that?

And computer generated fans the way they have been doing on European soccer matches?

21 posted on 08/07/2020 12:07:40 PM PDT by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Yes. They are billions of dollars of the US economy and enable tens of thousands of jobs.


22 posted on 08/07/2020 12:14:16 PM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: rktman

That is ~ a $70M revenue hit per home game for the Packers and a ~$20M hit to the local economy per game..


23 posted on 08/07/2020 12:20:14 PM PDT by EVO X
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To: LukeL

“I wonder if the luxury suites are also closed? Will the front office be allowed to view the game? Will their families?”

I wonder if anyone will know.


24 posted on 08/07/2020 12:37:01 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: metmom

We stopped watching a few years before the politics hit with Kaepernick, etc. The NFL has ruined the game with too many interruptions and they’ve lost the “in the moment celebration” of great plays because too many plays are now questioned, examined and sometimes overturned.


25 posted on 08/07/2020 12:40:35 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: ridesthemiles
Over the past decade, the Packers attendance at Lambeau Field had consistently ranked among the NFL's top 10, aside from one year. In 2011, the team fell out of the top 10 with a season average of 70,512 per game. The team had a decade-best average of 78,413 during the 2015 season. In the latest Forbes estimated valuation rankings for NFL teams, the Packers were valued at of $2.85 billion, a 9% increase from the prior year, when Forbes ranked the franchise 12th at $2.625 billion. For their fiscal 2019, the Packers reported total revenue of $477.9 million, relative to $454.9 million in 2018. Just a little FYI. 👍
26 posted on 08/07/2020 12:42:20 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: alstewartfan

I lived in Michigan for 5 1/2 years so I feel your pain.

We had Rodney Peete and Andre Ware on the roster as quarterbacks, and by Game Four some white guy off the waiver wire was always starting.


27 posted on 08/07/2020 12:44:31 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ridesthemiles

I know, I was born 35 miles from Green Bay.
Life long fan until the NFL went anti-American.


28 posted on 08/07/2020 12:58:53 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: rktman

Wait a minute. IIRC, Packers are owned by the people of Green Bay. Did they ban themselves?


29 posted on 08/07/2020 1:20:32 PM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: NTHockey

Management. Just sayin’.


30 posted on 08/07/2020 1:25:16 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

it was said a few years ago that nfl, nba, mlb are over-saturated with games available during season,, making it not so special like it used to be..
nfl thursday night, sunday day/night, monday night, saturday games in the uk,


31 posted on 08/07/2020 1:25:22 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: ßuddaßudd

Screw the nfl. Their embracing anti-American values is disgusting. Hopefully, they will go out of business.


32 posted on 08/07/2020 2:26:58 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Pretty good chance it would have been empty against the Lions anyway.”

Now, that’s something Alex Karras would have said. Good job.


33 posted on 08/07/2020 3:52:45 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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34 posted on 08/07/2020 4:14:22 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: rktman; ridesthemiles; All

Listen, Peeps. I am a die-hard Packer Fan, good years and bad, since 1963 when I was old enough to figure out the game.

I will always be a Reggie White Girl, and was simply AMAZED the two times I got to see games at Lambeau Field. It was like being in church.

If you really like the game, I encourage all of you that aren’t quite ready to let go, to cheer for the Green Bay Packers. We are the ONLY team in the NFL that is sole OWNED by their fans.

When that ends, ALL football ends for me.

UW Madison Badger Football (college) will be played but with NO fans in the seats. FOR THE WHOLE SEASON.

Wisconsin is in mourning - but it’s soon to get seriously p*ssed because this @#$%^&*! PLAN-demic is doing so much damage to us all - mind, body and soul.


35 posted on 08/07/2020 4:20:45 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Mrs rktman was born in milwacky so she bleeds packer blood as well. Also loved Reggie. Sad dang situation.


36 posted on 08/07/2020 4:25:54 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

I grew up in Milwaukee, too. We moved out in 1970 when Dad moved up the Work Food Chain.

My Grandma was the biggest Brewers Fan Ever. We spent many Mother’s Day Opening Game in our snowmobile suits at Brown County Stadium and the Packers alternated between Brown County and Lambeau Field for a number of years to spread the Fan Love around the state.

*SIGH*

Socialists/SJWs Ruin Everything. :(


37 posted on 08/07/2020 5:25:10 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: rktman
I keep telling you folks this is all by design. The Left has been trying to destroy football since the days of Teddy Roosevelt, and even he threatened to ban the game if it wasn't made safer.

The NFL players, coaches, and owners - they're all pawns. They're useful idiots. They simply do not realize that the Communist Left wants them destroyed because sports represent racial harmony and capitalism.

I live here in Packer country, near Green Bay actually. It's just sad that on Sundays people aren't going to get together and knock down a few brews and tailgate this year.

38 posted on 08/07/2020 5:30:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

She was in Oak Creek until her dad got transferred to New Orleans in 78(?).


39 posted on 08/07/2020 5:38:00 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Oak Creek is nice - peaceful and safe. I still have family living there. :)


40 posted on 08/07/2020 5:40:14 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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