Titletown District / AshwaubenonVisiting fans pick this
3 min by walk. The Packers built their own bar and restaurant district across Ridge Road from the stadium: Hinterland brewery, Taverne in the Sky and Lodge Kohler, BelAir Cantina, Homefield Pub + Social, 46 Below, and 1919 Kitchen & Tap inside the Lambeau atrium. This is the only real walk-to-the-game option in Green Bay, so you do not need to worry about getting there. The catch is availability: Lodge Kohler is basically the one hotel here, it sits 0.1 miles from the gate, and its own website says rooms open for booking the night the NFL schedule comes out.
Downtown Green BayVisiting fans pick this
12 min. free 'Lambeau Leap' Green Bay Metro gameday bus from the downtown Metro center. A lot of fans assume Green Bay has no downtown worth staying in, but it does have bars and restaurants. The free "Lambeau Leap" gameday bus runs from the Green Bay Metro center downtown to Lambeau on a 20 to 25 minute round trip, so about 10 minutes each way, and it costs nothing. You skip the parking hassle and the rideshare surge, and if you don't have a car this is the best value and convenience you'll find in this market.
Airport-area hotels
25 min. free 'Cheesehead' Green Bay Metro gameday bus (40-50 min round trip). Fans tend to skip the airport area thinking it's dead, but the free "Cheesehead" gameday bus route runs there just for that reason, covering the airport and the hotels around it. A room out here gets you a free ride to the gate and back, and these hotels tend to still have rooms after the stadium-area ones hit their two-night minimum.
Appleton / Fox Cities
39 min by car (32. Appleton is 39 minutes from Lambeau and has its own airport, so it's the real overflow option when Green Bay sells out, which it does. There's no free bus from Appleton though, so booking here means you're committing to a rental car or a long taxi ride. Only go this route if Green Bay is truly booked up.
Around the stadium
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It's unusual for a small-market NFL stadium: the Packers built a district on the far side of Ridge Road with seven bars and restaurants (Hinterland, Taverne in the Sky, BelAir Cantina, Homefield Pub + Social, 46 Below, 4th & Strong, Leaps and Bounds), Lodge Kohler, a skating rink, and a tubing hill. The address is 1025 Lombardi Ave, while the stadium itself is at 1265 Lombardi Ave. So staying near the stadium is possible here, it's just hard to book.
Map of the area
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Getting to Lambeau Field
From Green Bay Austin Straubel
From a specialist guide
Green Bay Austin Straubel International (GRB) is 25 minutes away. The free gameday "Cheesehead" bus route (Green Bay Metro) runs direct from the airport and nearby hotels to Lambeau. You can also take a taxi or rideshare, since GRB is five miles out.
On game day
Checked at the source
Green Bay Metro free gameday route: "Lambeau Leap". It drops you at Lambeau Field, and buses leave the stadium every 30 minutes. Green Bay Metro free gameday route: "Cheesehead", about 25 min. It drops you at Lambeau Field. Green Bay Metro free gameday route: "Quick Slant". It drops you at Lambeau Field. Green Bay Metro free gameday route: "QB Sneak", about 25 min. It drops you at Lambeau Field.
Parking and tailgating at Lambeau Field
Parking
From a specialist guide
Stadium lots are permit-only. Homeowners around Lambeau sell driveway spots for cash a few blocks out, which is the local way in.
Tailgating
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This is the best walk-up tailgate in the NFL if you don't have a car or a game ticket. The Johnsonville Tailgate Village is a permanent venue the Packers run on the Lambeau campus, with live music and food, and it's free to enter even without a game ticket. If you do drive, keep in mind that tailgating in the Lambeau lots is limited to a 9 by 6 foot space right behind your car. Charcoal and propane grills are fine, but wood fires and turkey fryers are not, and tailgating ends at kickoff in every stadium-controlled lot. Johnsonville Tailgate Village is free and does not need a game ticket. Opening time changes with kickoff time, and the Packers post it per game. It stays open until one hour after the game ends. Bart Starr Plaza Tailgate Party needs its own ticket, separate from your game ticket. In Green Bay, a lot of fans end up parking in someone's driveway or front yard. It costs $15 to $50 cash, sometimes a case of beer. It's not a tailgate on its own, but it's the classic way an away fan ends up inside a local tailgate.
Tailgating without a car
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Johnsonville Tailgate Village is free, public and needs no game ticket.
Game day at Lambeau Field
Getting in
Checked at the source
Bag policy: Bags allowed are clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC no bigger than 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 inches, a one-gallon clear freezer bag, or a small non-clear bag up to 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches. Medical, diaper, or nursing exceptions are not confirmed on the carry-in policy page.
Re-entry: This is the most complicated re-entry rule in this group, and it can catch traveling fans off guard. Re-entry only works through a pre-kickoff Atrium exit scan, and only in a narrow window between six and four hours before kickoff, at one specific gate. If you leave without that exit scan, or leave after you've already been scanned in for the game, you can't get back in.
Prohibited items: Banned items include umbrellas, coolers, strollers, and wagons, which hits families harder than at most stadiums, along with firearms and weapons, video and still cameras with lenses over 12 inches, unauthorized or obstructive banners and signs, noisemakers, and oversized seats. You can rent a seat back inside instead.
Touring the stadium
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Stadium tours don't run on home gamedays, but the Packers Hall of Fame does, staying open right up to kickoff for anyone with a Hall of Fame ticket. That's the gameday option, not the tour. Lambeau Field stadium tour (home game weekend). The day before and the day after home games, start times vary with kickoff time. Booking opens exactly 30 days before the tour date and not a day earlier, so set a reminder for 30 days out, since this is the fact people miss most when planning a Green Bay trip. Tours sell out often. Game weekend pricing is different from the regular rate, and the Packers post those rates in a PDF on the admissions page. Online orders have a $7 convenience fee, and tickets are nontransferable, nonrefundable, and not for resale.
After the final whistle
From a specialist guide
The Packers don't publish a clearance time for after the game. What is confirmed is that the free gameday bus routes run for about an hour after the game, leaving Lambeau every 30 minutes, and the wider Green Bay Metro gameday service runs from five hours before kickoff until three hours after the game ends for Sunday day games. In practice, if you're on a bus you're moving within about 30 minutes, but if you're driving out of the stadium lots you're not going anywhere fast.
One thing to avoid
From a specialist guide
There are two mistakes fans make here. First, thinking you can decide on a hotel late. Brown County only has 4,100 hotel rooms for an 81,441-seat stadium, hotels can charge premium rates and demand two-night minimums on game weekends, and Lodge Kohler opens booking the night the NFL schedule drops. Wait a month and you'll end up in Appleton or paying well over the normal rate. Second, thinking you need to rent a car. Many fans book one they never use: four free gameday bus routes cover downtown, De Pere, the airport and hotel corridor, and the I-43/East Mason area, and free parking is available on many residential streets within walking distance of Lambeau Field if you do drive.
Food and drink at Lambeau Field
What to eat
The local food this city is known for: bratwurst and cheese curds.
Inside the stadium, 2026 season
Brats and curds are everywhere, down to Brat Egg Rolls, the Bratcho and a brat-topped pretzel. Source
The best-known local spot
1919 Kitchen & Tap, inside the Lambeau complex, serves curds. Reported, not confirmed by the stadium.Source
Stand line-ups change every season.
Bars near the stadium
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Stadium View Bar, Restaurant, & Event Halls, Google Maps
Stadium View Sports Bar, Grill & Event Halls
1963 Holmgren Way, Green Bay, WI 54304
This is the biggest pre-game operation in Green Bay, and it feels more like a festival with a roof over part of it than a bar. It has five full-service bars across two floors inside, plus several more bars outside, along with food trucks and vendors in the lot.
Away fans: the crowd is mixed and welcoming, since the size and noise make it neutral ground for everyone.
William Lakanen, Google Maps
The Bar - Holmgren Way
Holmgren Way, Green Bay, WI
The Bar runs the tailgate logistics for the whole region, with shuttle buses coming in from five sister venues in downtown Appleton, East Green Bay, West Appleton, Oshkosh, and Wausau, so a lot of the room arrives together as one group. Inside, it has 32 HD screens and a 20-foot LED wall, and outside there's a patio that looks across at Lambeau Field and the Don Hutson Center, the Packers' indoor practice facility.
Away fans: the crowd is mostly home fans, but it's built to welcome visitors too, since it sells tailgate packages for every game, including Bears, Vikings, and Lions matchups.
American Marketing & Publishing, Google Maps
Kroll's West
1990 S Ridge Road, Green Bay, WI 54304
Kroll's is the heritage pick, the place to send someone who wants real Green Bay instead of just the tailgate scene. The family started serving meals at their hotel in 1931, opened the first real Kroll's restaurant on Main Street in 1936, and moved to the Lambeau site in 1974.
Away fans: the crowd is mixed, and it works as much as a restaurant as it does a bar.
Anduzzi's Sports Club - Holmgren Way, Google Maps
Anduzzi's Sports Club - Stadium District
1992 Holmgren Way, Green Bay, WI 54304
Anduzzi's opened in 1999 and has grown into a three-site group in Green Bay, but the Holmgren Way location is the one that matters on a Sunday. It sits in the middle of the Stadium District strip and sells its own Packers gameday parking, which makes it a solid base as well as a bar.
Away fans: the crowd is mixed, since it runs Packers gameday events but also hosts college watch parties.
Things to do around Lambeau Field
Listed in the order they happen on game day. Each one earns points.
Ritual25 points
Titletown the night before
This is the district across from the stadium, full of bars, a tubing hill in winter, and the whole town dressed in green. Go the night before and soak it in.
$. The day before
Tour100 points
Classic Stadium Tour, day before the game
The guided stadium tour runs about 60 minutes, but they don't run it on home game days. Book the day before or after, since weekend slots often sell out.
$$. The day before. Bookable
Fan zone40 points
Giant games in Titletown park
You'll find free oversized Jenga, Connect Four, checkers, and chess near Ariens Hill and the Grand Stairs, a short walk from the stadium. Hours depend on the weather.
Free. The day before
Ritual25 points
Walk the Packers Heritage Trail downtown
This self-guided walking trail covers under three miles and passes team history sites marked with bronze plaques. You start at the front entrance of the Neville Public Museum, where you pick up the map.
Free. 19 hours before kickoff
Eat65 points
46 Below bistro under Ariens Hill
It's a bistro built 46 feet under Ariens Hill in Titletown, named for the wind chill at the 1967 Ice Bowl. Stop in for quick bites, comfort food, and drinks while you're at the park.
$. 4 hours before kickoff
Tailgate65 points
Johnsonville Tailgate Village
It's free, it's public, and you don't need a game ticket to get in. If you don't have a car, this is the one big-name tailgate you can actually join.
Free. 3 hours before kickoff
Eat65 points
Butter burger at Kroll's West
These charcoal grilled burgers come with butter melted inside and have been served across the street from Lambeau Field since the 1930s. There's a separate dining room and bar, so it works for groups with kids.
$$. 3 hours before kickoff
Landmark65 points
Packers Hall of Fame before kickoff
On game day the Hall of Fame stays open to ticketed guests until kickoff, inside the atrium. The regular tours don't run then, so this is the game-day version of it.
$. 2 hours 30 minutes before kickoff
Drink25 points
Stadium View Sports Bar
This sports bar is two blocks from Lambeau and has three bars, two patios, a rooftop balcony, and an event hall. It's been drawing locals, Packers fans, and visitors since 1992.
$$. 2 hours 30 minutes before kickoff
Drink25 points
The Bar on Holmgren Way
It's a pre-game bar three blocks from Lambeau Field with 32 high definition TVs and multiple sports channel packages. People treat it like a Packers tailgate headquarters.
$$. 2 hours before kickoff
Photo25 points
Lombardi and Lambeau statues, Harlan Plaza
Bronze statues of Vince Lombardi and Curly Lambeau stand in the plaza outside the Lambeau Field Atrium. The figures are 14 feet tall and it's the standard photo stop before kickoff.
Free. 1 hour 40 minutes before kickoff
Seats and views at Lambeau Field
Where each part of the stadium sits, and what you see from it.
Lower bowl100 to 138Upper bowl300 to 354Level 4403 to 435 outdoor club, 470 to 492 indoor club, 432s to 450s in the South EndLevels 6 and 7670 to 694 indoor club, 630s to 648s and 730s to 750s in the South EndTap any part of the stadium to see its view.
