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LambeauLegs
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I will be up there. If so we should get a beer!
Where there a will there's a way. Set up a Skype meeting.I wish but living in Jacksonville makes that impossible.
Haha man that sucks!I drove up with two buddies two years ago for the Philadelphia game. You know the one after Rodgers got hurt....pissed.
It did indeed. Thankfully I went down to Tampa for the Buc game last year...and wouldnt you know it he got hurt then too lol.Haha man that sucks!
I am not going to make fun of this...
But this is silly.
I am not going to make fun of this...
But this is silly.
Are you the one riding with Jordy?
'It's silly to see if fellow Packer stock holders will be at the annual stock holder meeting to meet up for beers afterwards?
Or is it silly to go hear how the Packers did financially and hear about new developments that will now be developed after the Packers bought 28 acres of land for $27,000,000 that will provide additional income to the team in the future.
With not having a billionaire team owner we are able to find out what the finances are and how the team is being run. If things arent being done right the stockholders can vote in new people on the board of directors as elections are held each year and voted on by the stockholders to vote in new members to the board of directors when current members term are up.
The Packers can only get money from investments in itself. It does not have a billionaire owner to get extra cash from if it is needed for some stadium upgrade or other financial needs.
We also get to head from the GM and he does a report on the last year and goals for the current year.
We get to hear how the Packer foundation did and what charities and how much they were able to give to the charities benefiting the local community. Over $4.8 million has been given back to the community
What charities in Phoenix were able to benefit from the Cardinal Foundation?
Click the link for the full article as it is quite long talking about this future development.
Green Bay Packers have big plans for real estate surrounding Lambeau Field | Press Gazette Media | greenbaypressgazette.com
The Green Bay Packers have spent more than $27 million in the last five years to acquire more than 28 acres near Lambeau Field for what the organization hopes will become part of a multi-jurisdictional sports and entertainment district.
Lambeau-area business owners talk about what it could be like to work in a large-scale entertainment district that could include everything from retail shops to restaurants to hotels.
The land purchases are the groundwork for developments that would give the franchise revenue it won’t have to share with other NFL teams, according to team President and CEO Mark Murphy and Vice President for Administration and Legal Counsel Jason Wied.
It is a business strategy that many NFL franchises are turning to, with the New England Patriots’ 700-acre Patriot Place next to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., the most successful enterprise so far.
For what the team and local officials are informally calling the Titletown District, the Packers have:
♦ Purchased 21 parcels of land since 2006 and paid $321,683 in 2009 property taxes.
♦ Paid about $10 million over the fair market value for the land.
♦ Retained Hammes Consulting of Milwaukee — the same firm that supervised the renovation of Lambeau Field in 2002 — to prepare potential designs for development both west and south of the stadium
So far, the Packers are saying little about what they’ll do with the property, although Murphy said decisions will be made in coordination with Brown County, the city of Green Bay and the village of Ashwaubenon.
Among the possibilities are retail, hotels, restaurants, youth sports and health-care facilities.
“We think this area is prime for development,” Wied said, referring to an approximately 300-acre area from U.S. 41 east to Ashland Avenue, with Lombardi Avenue the northern boundary. “It will help us diversify our investments.”
He said it is not unusual to purchase property at costs higher than the fair market value because the price is set by market demands.