The historic Union Hotel opened in 1883 and has been owned by the Boyd family since 1918. Over the years, Packers legends and other prominent pro football figures made it one of their favorite places to dine. Dad Braisher, the Packers' equipment manager during the Vince Lombardi era and a longtime football and basketball coach at De Pere High School, lived there for roughly 40 years and was part of Lombardi's small inner circle when the Packers' iconic G logo was designed in 1961. Packers head coaches from the time of Curly Lambeau through Lombardi ate there, and many Packers later enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, from Mike Michalske to Tony Canadeo to several of the Lombardi greats, were regular customers. Mike Holmgren celebrated the Packers' victory over Carolina in the 1996 Championship Game by having dinner there with friends soon after the game, and generations of broadcasters and writers also gathered there when they came to town to cover the Packers.