In case you hadn’t heard, Green Bay, Wisconsin, will be hosting the NFL Draft for the first time this year from April 24 to April 26. Concurrent with the drafting of college players, the NFL Draft Experience is a free, family-friendly football festival in the Lambeau Field parking lots, featuring games, exhibits, player autograph signings, youth-focused activities, and various chances to test your football skills. But I’m not writing to tell you about the NFL Draft Experience as much as to guide you to the awesome things around town you need to check out and perhaps pack in your suitcase to take home with you.
Green Bay is the smallest city with an NFL team, and the Packers are the only publicly owned, nonprofit professional sports team (full disclosure: I am an owner). Lambeau Field, the tallest building in the city, stands like a holy temple to the sport. This is a town built on football. If you visit Green Bay on an away game day, the streets look practically abandoned.
