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Though the city currently has no [[National Football League]] team (it supported the [[Milwaukee Badgers]] in the 1920s), [[Milwaukee]] is considered a home market for the [[Green Bay Packers]].<ref></ref> The team split its home schedule between [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] and Milwaukee from 1933 to 1994, with the majority of the Milwaukee games being played at [[County Stadium]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2PVkWYP County Stadium]. stadiumsofprofootball.com.</ref> Former season ticketholders for the Milwaukee games continue to receive preference for one pre-season and the second and fifth regular season games at [[Lambeau Field]] each season, along with playoff games through a lottery under the "Gold Package" plan.<ref></ref>
The first Milwaukee game was played on December 3, 1922, against the [[Racine Legion]]. The 1939 Championship between the Packers and the [[New York Giants]] was played at State Fair Park in what is currently known as the Milwaukee Mile. The Packers won, 27-0. A 1931 championship against the [[Portsmouth Spartans]] was also scheduled for Milwaukee, but was called off. The Packers final post-season game in Milwaukee was a 1967 divisional playoff against the [[Los Angeles Rams]] which the Packers won convincingly 28-7.[https://ift.tt/2tqaqS0] They went on to capture their last NFL Championship and [[Super Bowl]] victory under [[Vince Lombardi]].
The Packers maintain two separate season ticket plans, reflecting their time spent in Milwaukee: ''Gold'' package holders, made up largely of former Milwaukee season ticket holders, have a three-game package consisting of the annual Midwest Shrine preseason contest plus the second and fifth regular-season home games each year; ''Green'' package holders (made up of original Green Bay ticket holders) attend the annual Bishop's Charities preseason game and the remaining six regular-season contests.
==Before the Packers, there were the Milwaukee Badgers==
The [[Milwaukee Badgers]] played in the [[National Football League]] from [[1922 Milwaukee Badgers season|1922]] to [[1926 Milwaukee Badgers season|1926]].<ref name=pflhere></ref> The team played its home games at Athletic Park, later known as [[Borchert Field]], on Milwaukee's north side.
After the team folded following the season (largely due to being left broke because of a $500 fine by the NFL for using four high-school players in a game against the [[1925 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]], a game arranged after the Badgers had disbanded for the season),<ref name="christl">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> many of its members played for the independent semi-pro Milwaukee Eagles. Some of the players from this team went on to play for the NFL's [[1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] in 1933. This has led some to mistakenly believe that either the Badgers or [[Philadelphia Eagles|Eagles]] became the [[Steelers|Pittsburgh Steelers]].
==List of stadiums==
Although [[City Stadium (Green Bay)|City Stadium]] was the Packers' official home field, in 1933 they began to play some of their home games in Milwaukee to attract more fans and revenue.<ref name=pplwl></ref> After hosting one game at [[Borchert Field]] in 1933,<ref name=recb></ref> the Packers played two or three home games each year in Milwaukee, at [[Wisconsin State Fair Park]] from 1934 to 1951 and at [[Marquette Stadium]] in 1952.<ref name=pplwl/> The games were moved to [[Milwaukee County Stadium]] after it opened in 1953 and continued through 1994, after which the Packers moved back to Green Bay permanently.<ref name=pcitin></ref>
[[Borchert Field]] was also the host to the first [[Green Bay Packers]] game held in Milwaukee,<ref name=co13></ref> a 10–7 loss to the [[1933 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] on October 1, [[1933 Green Bay Packers season|1933]].<ref name=gftfd></ref><ref name=pplwl></ref> The Packers played games in Milwaukee at County Stadium starting in [[1953 Green Bay Packers season|1953]] through [[1994 Green Bay Packers season|1994]].<ref name=pplwl/><ref name=pcitin></ref>
The infield of the quarter-mile dirt infield track at the Mile near the current media center was also the location of a [[American football|football]] [[stadium]], informally known as the '''[[Wisconsin State Fair Park|Dairy Bowl]]'''.<ref></ref><ref name=ppadgm></ref><ref name=pgrnhpp></ref>
[[Marquette Stadium]] hosted three games during the [[1952 Green Bay Packers season|1952]] season; Packer games in Milwaukee were moved to nearby [[Milwaukee County Stadium|County Stadium]] when it opened in [[1953 Green Bay Packers season|1953]].<ref></ref>
During this period, the issue of a new stadium began to crop up. City Stadium was an extremely inadequate facility, seating only 25,000. Players also had to use the locker rooms at the local high school. In order to improve revenue, the Packers began playing one or two home games a year at the newly constructed [[Milwaukee County Stadium]], a practice that continued until [[1995 NFL season|1995]]. The first game played at MCS was a 27–0 shutout at the hands of Cleveland.
By then, the status of the Packers' staying in Green Bay was becoming unstable. With City Stadium greatly outdated, and more and more opponents asking for their games against the Packers to be played at County Stadium in [[Milwaukee]], the NFL told the Packers that if they wanted to stay in Green Bay, they had to build a new stadium. The Packers and the city of Green Bay complied, building a brand-new 32,000-seat stadium, naming it [[Lambeau Field|New City Stadium]]. The new stadium was dedicated in a game against the Chicago Bears, with many celebrities attending, including actor [[James Arness]], NFL commissioner [[Bert Bell]], vice president (and future U.S. president) [[Richard Nixon]], and Bears coach [[George Halas]].Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) The Packers won the game, 21–17, but finished the season 3–9.
===Milwaukee County Stadium (1953-94)===
The Packers played two to four home games per year at Milwaukee County Stadium from [[1953 Green Bay Packers season|1953]] to [[1994 Green Bay Packers season|1994]],<ref name=pwbbms94></ref> after using [[Wisconsin State Fair Park]] in nearby [[West Allis, Wisconsin|West Allis]] from [[1934 Green Bay Packers season|1934]] through [[1951 Green Bay Packers season|1951]] and [[Marquette Stadium]] in [[1952 Green Bay Packers season|1952]].<ref name=ggoldmrgr></ref><ref name=ohotp></ref> The Packers compiled a 76–47–3 () regular season record at County Stadium over 42 seasons. It hosted at least one pre-season game annually during this time as well (except [[1983 Green Bay Packers season|1983]]), including the Upper Midwest Shrine Game. Financial considerations prompted the Packers to move some of their games to Milwaukee starting with the [[1933 Green Bay Packers season|1933]] season, with one game played at [[Borchert Field]]. By [[1995 Green Bay Packers season|1995]], multiple renovations to [[Lambeau Field]] made it more lucrative for the Packers to play their full home slate in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] again for the first time since [[1932 Green Bay Packers season|1932]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2RBqjPw Packers.com]. Lambeau Field. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.</ref> Former Milwaukee ticket holders were offered tickets at Lambeau to one pre-season game and games 2 and 5 of the regular season schedule, in what is referred to as the "Gold package."
County Stadium was partly responsible for Lambeau Field's existence, as it was not only intended to lure an MLB team to Milwaukee, but also to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time. As originally constructed, County Stadium was double the size of the Packers' then-home, [[City Stadium (Green Bay)|City Stadium]], leading the NFL to give the Packers an ultimatum—build a bigger stadium or move to Milwaukee. Green Bay responded with a referendum that resulted in a new City Stadium, which opened in September [[1957 Green Bay Packers season|1957]].<ref name=cofgbcs></ref> After eight seasons, the venue was renamed "Lambeau Field" shortly after the death of team founder [[Curly Lambeau]] in [[1965 Green Bay Packers season|1965]].
The [[Minnesota Vikings]] (15 times) were the Packers' most frequent foe at County Stadium, as the Packers would traditionally host at least one divisional rival from the [[NFC Central]] in Milwaukee each season. Only once, however, did the Packers play [[Bears-Packers rivalry|their ancient arch-rivals]], the [[Chicago Bears]], in a regular-season game in Milwaukee, defeating the Bears 20–3 in 1974. (The Packers and Bears played preseason games at County Stadium every year from 1959 to 1973, and again in 1975 and 1984.<ref></ref>) On November 26, 1989, a County Stadium record crowd of 55,892 saw the Packers beat the Vikings, 20–19.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2PwA0xn] </ref> The Packers' final game at County Stadium was a 21–17 victory over the [[1994 Atlanta Falcons season|Atlanta Falcons]] on December 18, 1994;<ref name=trvl></ref> with fourteen seconds left, the winning 9-yard touchdown run was scored by quarterback [[Brett Favre]].<ref name=wawtgo></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
The Packers hosted one NFL playoff game at County Stadium, in [[1967 Green Bay Packers season|1967]], defeating the [[1967 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] 28–7 in the [[1967 NFL playoffs#Conference championships|Western Conference championship]] game.<ref name=raptsit></ref><ref name=pwrmsmj></ref><ref name=mgnif></ref><ref name=pbbtbr></ref><ref name="pro-football-reference.com"></ref> It was the first year that the [[1967 NFL playoffs|NFL playoffs]] expanded to a four teams, and Green Bay had home field advantage for both rounds, then awarded by rotation. Each subsequent playoff game has been played at Lambeau Field, starting with the [[1967 NFL Championship Game|Ice Bowl]] the following week against the [[1967 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]].<ref></ref>
Following the unsuccessful effort to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time, in 1965 city officials tried to lure an [[American Football League]] expansion team to play at County Stadium, but Packers head coach [[Vince Lombardi]] invoked the team's exclusive lease as well as sign an extension to keep some home games in Milwaukee until 1976.<ref name="AFL">Chris Foran. "[https://ift.tt/2lcLbOk When Lombardi sacked Milwaukee's bid to land a pro football franchise]". ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', October 24, 2017.</ref> Nonetheless, city officials still pursued an AFL franchise, possibly to play at Marquette Stadium, but the [[AFL–NFL merger]] effectively quashed any chances of Milwaukee landing its own team.<ref name="AFL" />
The Packers played their final game at County Stadium on December 18, 1994, against the [[Atlanta Falcons]]. Although the Packers no longer play in Milwaukee, many residents still consider them a Milwaukee team, held in higher regard than the Bucks and Brewers. In spite of no longer playing games in the city, the Packers flagship newspaper and radio have remained the [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] and Milwaukee-based [[WTMJ-AM]], respectively.
Unlike most publicly funded stadiums built in the 20th century, County Stadium was built primarily for baseball, creating issues for hosting football. The playing surface was just barely large enough to fit a football field, which ran parallel with the first base line. The south [[end zone]] spilled onto the [[warning track]] in right field, while the north end zone spilled into foul territory on the third-base side.<ref name=trvl/><ref name=thrxno94></ref> Both teams occupied the east sideline on the outfield side, separated by a piece of tape. At its height, it seated less than 56,000 for football—just over the NFL's minimum seating capacity—and many seats had obstructed views or were far from the field. Over the years, upgrades and seat expansion almost exclusively benefited the Braves and later the Brewers.
Season ticket prices (three games) for the first football season in 1953 were $5.00, $3.80, and $2.50.<ref name=ssntck></ref><ref name=bosdof></ref> The average price in the final year of 1994 was $25.61 per game.<ref name=twcssam></ref>
==Broadcasters==
The Packers are unique in having their market area cover two media markets, both Green Bay and Milwaukee, and [[NFL on television#Blackout policies|blackout policies]] for the team apply within both areas, though they rarely come into effect due to strong home attendance and popularity.
As previously mentioned, the Packers' flagship radio station is Milwaukee-based [[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ-AM]] (620), with the games airing in Green Bay on [[WTAQ]] (1360) and [[WIXX-FM]] (101.1).
In situations where [[Milwaukee Brewers]] baseball playoff games conflict with Packers games (WTMJ and Good Karma Brands also originate that team's broadcasts as the Brewers Radio Network) in September and October, WTMJ's FM sister station [[WKTI]] (94.5) originates the games in Milwaukee, with other stations in the Packers Radio Network making their own determinations about carriage of both games depending on whether they have a sister station to broadcast both games. WTMJ is simulcast on [[HD Radio]] over WKTI-HD2, in addition to the main AM signal's HD broadcast. Despite the NFL's [[NFL Audio Pass|Game Pass]] service nominally restricting WTMJ from streaming PRN coverage over the Internet, the station has streamed the team's games since the 2011 season, outside playoff games, though the streaming has been limited to desktop computers as of the [[2015 NFL season]] due to both the new Game Pass package and [[TuneIn]]'s premium service holding streaming rights for NFL play-by-play on mobile devices.
==Results==
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/38NR5tY Milwaukee County Stadium History - Pro Football Reference]
*[https://ift.tt/35pILyC Green Bay Packers - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
*[https://ift.tt/2M0Hzdx Green Bay Packers Franchise History (1921-2019)]
*[https://ift.tt/2XMviAu 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the Packers leaving Milwaukee County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/2PqnKyd Stadiums by Munsey & Suppes - County Stadium]
**[https://ift.tt/36IRNXU Bellevue Park]
*[https://ift.tt/2EnDkEx The Packers' roots run deep in Milwaukee - OnMilwaukee]
*[https://ift.tt/2RYUIHH How the Packers Kept Milwaukee a One-Team Town]
*[https://ift.tt/38NR09E Green Bay Packers Have Deep Roots in Milwaukee]
*[https://ift.tt/2M5g0Qi Green Bay Packers - Milwaukee County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/2tq8toF '82 strike made County Stadium Packers' home field]
*[https://ift.tt/35wowzw Jerry Kramer Talks About the Packers Playing at Milwaukee County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/38NpB84 Today In Brewer History: County Stadium's Last Packers Game]
*[https://ift.tt/34tkV3M Green Bay Packers History - The Football Database]
*[https://ift.tt/35uaMoQ Packers at 100 | What if? Five moments that would've changed Packers history if they HADN'T happened]
*[https://ift.tt/38HzGn3 Green Bay Packers - The Gridiron Uniform Database]
*[https://ift.tt/2M3g6HV Cheesehead TV]
*[https://ift.tt/38LgxAE PACKERVILLE, U.S.A.: A Visit to Old County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/2RXnoRh Today in Pro Football History: Past Venue: County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/38Lyxe5 The Packers/Brewers Connection - Reviewing the Brew]
*[https://ift.tt/2qXLYq7 Clem's Baseball ~ (Milwaukee) County Stadium]
**[https://ift.tt/2M0fOBE Clem's Baseball ~ Football use of baseball stadiums]
*[https://ift.tt/2PqnL5f Milwaukee County Stadium Green Bay Packers NFL Photo WB223 (Select Size)]
*[https://ift.tt/2RYUJLL Stadiums of Pro Football - County Stadium]
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[[Category:Green Bay Packers|Milwaukee]]
The first Milwaukee game was played on December 3, 1922, against the [[Racine Legion]]. The 1939 Championship between the Packers and the [[New York Giants]] was played at State Fair Park in what is currently known as the Milwaukee Mile. The Packers won, 27-0. A 1931 championship against the [[Portsmouth Spartans]] was also scheduled for Milwaukee, but was called off. The Packers final post-season game in Milwaukee was a 1967 divisional playoff against the [[Los Angeles Rams]] which the Packers won convincingly 28-7.[https://ift.tt/2tqaqS0] They went on to capture their last NFL Championship and [[Super Bowl]] victory under [[Vince Lombardi]].
The Packers maintain two separate season ticket plans, reflecting their time spent in Milwaukee: ''Gold'' package holders, made up largely of former Milwaukee season ticket holders, have a three-game package consisting of the annual Midwest Shrine preseason contest plus the second and fifth regular-season home games each year; ''Green'' package holders (made up of original Green Bay ticket holders) attend the annual Bishop's Charities preseason game and the remaining six regular-season contests.
==Before the Packers, there were the Milwaukee Badgers==
The [[Milwaukee Badgers]] played in the [[National Football League]] from [[1922 Milwaukee Badgers season|1922]] to [[1926 Milwaukee Badgers season|1926]].<ref name=pflhere></ref> The team played its home games at Athletic Park, later known as [[Borchert Field]], on Milwaukee's north side.
After the team folded following the season (largely due to being left broke because of a $500 fine by the NFL for using four high-school players in a game against the [[1925 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]], a game arranged after the Badgers had disbanded for the season),<ref name="christl">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> many of its members played for the independent semi-pro Milwaukee Eagles. Some of the players from this team went on to play for the NFL's [[1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] in 1933. This has led some to mistakenly believe that either the Badgers or [[Philadelphia Eagles|Eagles]] became the [[Steelers|Pittsburgh Steelers]].
==List of stadiums==
Although [[City Stadium (Green Bay)|City Stadium]] was the Packers' official home field, in 1933 they began to play some of their home games in Milwaukee to attract more fans and revenue.<ref name=pplwl></ref> After hosting one game at [[Borchert Field]] in 1933,<ref name=recb></ref> the Packers played two or three home games each year in Milwaukee, at [[Wisconsin State Fair Park]] from 1934 to 1951 and at [[Marquette Stadium]] in 1952.<ref name=pplwl/> The games were moved to [[Milwaukee County Stadium]] after it opened in 1953 and continued through 1994, after which the Packers moved back to Green Bay permanently.<ref name=pcitin></ref>
[[Borchert Field]] was also the host to the first [[Green Bay Packers]] game held in Milwaukee,<ref name=co13></ref> a 10–7 loss to the [[1933 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] on October 1, [[1933 Green Bay Packers season|1933]].<ref name=gftfd></ref><ref name=pplwl></ref> The Packers played games in Milwaukee at County Stadium starting in [[1953 Green Bay Packers season|1953]] through [[1994 Green Bay Packers season|1994]].<ref name=pplwl/><ref name=pcitin></ref>
The infield of the quarter-mile dirt infield track at the Mile near the current media center was also the location of a [[American football|football]] [[stadium]], informally known as the '''[[Wisconsin State Fair Park|Dairy Bowl]]'''.<ref></ref><ref name=ppadgm></ref><ref name=pgrnhpp></ref>
[[Marquette Stadium]] hosted three games during the [[1952 Green Bay Packers season|1952]] season; Packer games in Milwaukee were moved to nearby [[Milwaukee County Stadium|County Stadium]] when it opened in [[1953 Green Bay Packers season|1953]].<ref></ref>
During this period, the issue of a new stadium began to crop up. City Stadium was an extremely inadequate facility, seating only 25,000. Players also had to use the locker rooms at the local high school. In order to improve revenue, the Packers began playing one or two home games a year at the newly constructed [[Milwaukee County Stadium]], a practice that continued until [[1995 NFL season|1995]]. The first game played at MCS was a 27–0 shutout at the hands of Cleveland.
By then, the status of the Packers' staying in Green Bay was becoming unstable. With City Stadium greatly outdated, and more and more opponents asking for their games against the Packers to be played at County Stadium in [[Milwaukee]], the NFL told the Packers that if they wanted to stay in Green Bay, they had to build a new stadium. The Packers and the city of Green Bay complied, building a brand-new 32,000-seat stadium, naming it [[Lambeau Field|New City Stadium]]. The new stadium was dedicated in a game against the Chicago Bears, with many celebrities attending, including actor [[James Arness]], NFL commissioner [[Bert Bell]], vice president (and future U.S. president) [[Richard Nixon]], and Bears coach [[George Halas]].Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) The Packers won the game, 21–17, but finished the season 3–9.
===Milwaukee County Stadium (1953-94)===
The Packers played two to four home games per year at Milwaukee County Stadium from [[1953 Green Bay Packers season|1953]] to [[1994 Green Bay Packers season|1994]],<ref name=pwbbms94></ref> after using [[Wisconsin State Fair Park]] in nearby [[West Allis, Wisconsin|West Allis]] from [[1934 Green Bay Packers season|1934]] through [[1951 Green Bay Packers season|1951]] and [[Marquette Stadium]] in [[1952 Green Bay Packers season|1952]].<ref name=ggoldmrgr></ref><ref name=ohotp></ref> The Packers compiled a 76–47–3 () regular season record at County Stadium over 42 seasons. It hosted at least one pre-season game annually during this time as well (except [[1983 Green Bay Packers season|1983]]), including the Upper Midwest Shrine Game. Financial considerations prompted the Packers to move some of their games to Milwaukee starting with the [[1933 Green Bay Packers season|1933]] season, with one game played at [[Borchert Field]]. By [[1995 Green Bay Packers season|1995]], multiple renovations to [[Lambeau Field]] made it more lucrative for the Packers to play their full home slate in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] again for the first time since [[1932 Green Bay Packers season|1932]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2RBqjPw Packers.com]. Lambeau Field. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.</ref> Former Milwaukee ticket holders were offered tickets at Lambeau to one pre-season game and games 2 and 5 of the regular season schedule, in what is referred to as the "Gold package."
County Stadium was partly responsible for Lambeau Field's existence, as it was not only intended to lure an MLB team to Milwaukee, but also to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time. As originally constructed, County Stadium was double the size of the Packers' then-home, [[City Stadium (Green Bay)|City Stadium]], leading the NFL to give the Packers an ultimatum—build a bigger stadium or move to Milwaukee. Green Bay responded with a referendum that resulted in a new City Stadium, which opened in September [[1957 Green Bay Packers season|1957]].<ref name=cofgbcs></ref> After eight seasons, the venue was renamed "Lambeau Field" shortly after the death of team founder [[Curly Lambeau]] in [[1965 Green Bay Packers season|1965]].
The [[Minnesota Vikings]] (15 times) were the Packers' most frequent foe at County Stadium, as the Packers would traditionally host at least one divisional rival from the [[NFC Central]] in Milwaukee each season. Only once, however, did the Packers play [[Bears-Packers rivalry|their ancient arch-rivals]], the [[Chicago Bears]], in a regular-season game in Milwaukee, defeating the Bears 20–3 in 1974. (The Packers and Bears played preseason games at County Stadium every year from 1959 to 1973, and again in 1975 and 1984.<ref></ref>) On November 26, 1989, a County Stadium record crowd of 55,892 saw the Packers beat the Vikings, 20–19.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2PwA0xn] </ref> The Packers' final game at County Stadium was a 21–17 victory over the [[1994 Atlanta Falcons season|Atlanta Falcons]] on December 18, 1994;<ref name=trvl></ref> with fourteen seconds left, the winning 9-yard touchdown run was scored by quarterback [[Brett Favre]].<ref name=wawtgo></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
The Packers hosted one NFL playoff game at County Stadium, in [[1967 Green Bay Packers season|1967]], defeating the [[1967 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] 28–7 in the [[1967 NFL playoffs#Conference championships|Western Conference championship]] game.<ref name=raptsit></ref><ref name=pwrmsmj></ref><ref name=mgnif></ref><ref name=pbbtbr></ref><ref name="pro-football-reference.com"></ref> It was the first year that the [[1967 NFL playoffs|NFL playoffs]] expanded to a four teams, and Green Bay had home field advantage for both rounds, then awarded by rotation. Each subsequent playoff game has been played at Lambeau Field, starting with the [[1967 NFL Championship Game|Ice Bowl]] the following week against the [[1967 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]].<ref></ref>
Following the unsuccessful effort to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time, in 1965 city officials tried to lure an [[American Football League]] expansion team to play at County Stadium, but Packers head coach [[Vince Lombardi]] invoked the team's exclusive lease as well as sign an extension to keep some home games in Milwaukee until 1976.<ref name="AFL">Chris Foran. "[https://ift.tt/2lcLbOk When Lombardi sacked Milwaukee's bid to land a pro football franchise]". ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', October 24, 2017.</ref> Nonetheless, city officials still pursued an AFL franchise, possibly to play at Marquette Stadium, but the [[AFL–NFL merger]] effectively quashed any chances of Milwaukee landing its own team.<ref name="AFL" />
The Packers played their final game at County Stadium on December 18, 1994, against the [[Atlanta Falcons]]. Although the Packers no longer play in Milwaukee, many residents still consider them a Milwaukee team, held in higher regard than the Bucks and Brewers. In spite of no longer playing games in the city, the Packers flagship newspaper and radio have remained the [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] and Milwaukee-based [[WTMJ-AM]], respectively.
Unlike most publicly funded stadiums built in the 20th century, County Stadium was built primarily for baseball, creating issues for hosting football. The playing surface was just barely large enough to fit a football field, which ran parallel with the first base line. The south [[end zone]] spilled onto the [[warning track]] in right field, while the north end zone spilled into foul territory on the third-base side.<ref name=trvl/><ref name=thrxno94></ref> Both teams occupied the east sideline on the outfield side, separated by a piece of tape. At its height, it seated less than 56,000 for football—just over the NFL's minimum seating capacity—and many seats had obstructed views or were far from the field. Over the years, upgrades and seat expansion almost exclusively benefited the Braves and later the Brewers.
Season ticket prices (three games) for the first football season in 1953 were $5.00, $3.80, and $2.50.<ref name=ssntck></ref><ref name=bosdof></ref> The average price in the final year of 1994 was $25.61 per game.<ref name=twcssam></ref>
==Broadcasters==
The Packers are unique in having their market area cover two media markets, both Green Bay and Milwaukee, and [[NFL on television#Blackout policies|blackout policies]] for the team apply within both areas, though they rarely come into effect due to strong home attendance and popularity.
As previously mentioned, the Packers' flagship radio station is Milwaukee-based [[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ-AM]] (620), with the games airing in Green Bay on [[WTAQ]] (1360) and [[WIXX-FM]] (101.1).
In situations where [[Milwaukee Brewers]] baseball playoff games conflict with Packers games (WTMJ and Good Karma Brands also originate that team's broadcasts as the Brewers Radio Network) in September and October, WTMJ's FM sister station [[WKTI]] (94.5) originates the games in Milwaukee, with other stations in the Packers Radio Network making their own determinations about carriage of both games depending on whether they have a sister station to broadcast both games. WTMJ is simulcast on [[HD Radio]] over WKTI-HD2, in addition to the main AM signal's HD broadcast. Despite the NFL's [[NFL Audio Pass|Game Pass]] service nominally restricting WTMJ from streaming PRN coverage over the Internet, the station has streamed the team's games since the 2011 season, outside playoff games, though the streaming has been limited to desktop computers as of the [[2015 NFL season]] due to both the new Game Pass package and [[TuneIn]]'s premium service holding streaming rights for NFL play-by-play on mobile devices.
==Results==
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/38NR5tY Milwaukee County Stadium History - Pro Football Reference]
*[https://ift.tt/35pILyC Green Bay Packers - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
*[https://ift.tt/2M0Hzdx Green Bay Packers Franchise History (1921-2019)]
*[https://ift.tt/2XMviAu 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the Packers leaving Milwaukee County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/2PqnKyd Stadiums by Munsey & Suppes - County Stadium]
**[https://ift.tt/36IRNXU Bellevue Park]
*[https://ift.tt/2EnDkEx The Packers' roots run deep in Milwaukee - OnMilwaukee]
*[https://ift.tt/2RYUIHH How the Packers Kept Milwaukee a One-Team Town]
*[https://ift.tt/38NR09E Green Bay Packers Have Deep Roots in Milwaukee]
*[https://ift.tt/2M5g0Qi Green Bay Packers - Milwaukee County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/2tq8toF '82 strike made County Stadium Packers' home field]
*[https://ift.tt/35wowzw Jerry Kramer Talks About the Packers Playing at Milwaukee County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/38NpB84 Today In Brewer History: County Stadium's Last Packers Game]
*[https://ift.tt/34tkV3M Green Bay Packers History - The Football Database]
*[https://ift.tt/35uaMoQ Packers at 100 | What if? Five moments that would've changed Packers history if they HADN'T happened]
*[https://ift.tt/38HzGn3 Green Bay Packers - The Gridiron Uniform Database]
*[https://ift.tt/2M3g6HV Cheesehead TV]
*[https://ift.tt/38LgxAE PACKERVILLE, U.S.A.: A Visit to Old County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/2RXnoRh Today in Pro Football History: Past Venue: County Stadium]
*[https://ift.tt/38Lyxe5 The Packers/Brewers Connection - Reviewing the Brew]
*[https://ift.tt/2qXLYq7 Clem's Baseball ~ (Milwaukee) County Stadium]
**[https://ift.tt/2M0fOBE Clem's Baseball ~ Football use of baseball stadiums]
*[https://ift.tt/2PqnL5f Milwaukee County Stadium Green Bay Packers NFL Photo WB223 (Select Size)]
*[https://ift.tt/2RYUJLL Stadiums of Pro Football - County Stadium]
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[[Category:Green Bay Packers|Milwaukee]]
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