City Stadium

City Stadium was home to the Packers for 32 years and remains one of the last surviving relics of the National Football League’s early days, reflecting the team’s humble, hardscrabble roots despite major changes to its appearance. In its heyday, the mostly wooden stadium held about 25,000 people. The Packers first played there on Sept. 13, 1925, in an exhibition game against the Iron Mountain All-Stars, and last played there on Nov. 18, 1956, against the San Francisco 49ers in a game featuring nine future Pro Football Hall of Famers. Curly Lambeau starred in the first game, and Bart Starr made his first career start in the last game. More than 85 players, including 11 Packers, who appeared there in regular-season or exhibition games were later enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Although the Packers won six NFL titles from 1925 to 1956, the stadium’s most important game may have been a 1949 intra-squad contest scheduled for Thanksgiving Day when the team faced $90,000 in losses and hoped to raise enough money to finish the season; the game drew 15,000 fans on a cold, blustery afternoon and was considered a huge success.

Green Bay, Wisconsin · United States