Comments on: Lambeau Expands-Into the Sky

By: Random Thoughts For the Bye Week | Eat More Cheese

Random Thoughts For the Bye Week | Eat More Cheese — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:55:12 +0000

[...] time I see a shot of the new seats at Lambeau, I still think to myself “those are way too high.” Every. [...]

By: Bearmeat

Bearmeat — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:51:08 +0000

I’m glad that they’ll be enclosing the bowl. It’s going to raise the decibel levels for the opponent exponentially. Plus, getting some of those punks ahead of me off the season ticket waiting list will be nice too.

But I agree John, that looks too high… hope it doesn’t mar the beauty of Lambeau on a crisp, cool, Fall afternoon.

By: Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived | AllGreenBayPackers.Com

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:31:04 +0000

[...] John Rehor of Eat More Cheese got a glimpse of the seating expansion at Lambeau Field and was not a fan. [...]

By: Church42

Church42 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:35:20 +0000

The only closeness you’re losing is the detachment of the new sections from the bowl.

That said, those sitting in the new sections are still going to be packed in together on the same bench seating in the bowl (though I do believe some of the more “premium” seating in those areas will be chair seating)

By: Church42

Church42 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:33:17 +0000

I’m really interested in seeing what the SRO section will look like that is reportedly going into the north end zone.

By: Kparis99

Kparis99 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:03:25 +0000

I think we actually do agree. The bowl seats are the best in the NFL, hands down. The box and indoor club seats are terrible. I think the south end zone expansion seats are somewhere in the middle, but much closer to the experience the bowl provides, than the indoor seats. Really, what else could they do? This is the best solution without reconfiguring the bowl. Which they better not ever do!

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:24:03 +0000

“The organization is just too smart to mess this up.”

This is a valid point. They did not mess up the renovation, so there is reason to think this would not be done if it wasn’t discussed in depth. And I will give it an honest opinion once it is complete. But right now, I don’t like it. Maybe I’ll change my mind. Sure hope so

By: Pack Morris

Pack Morris — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:14:00 +0000

I’ve seen this whole thing go up, and I think it’ll be cool. It’ll be different, definitely, but the most important thing is how it will make it louder in there.

Regarding the design, the new scoreboard on the north end will be about as high as the new work on the south. I don’t think the expansion will be so tall that it will be alienating.

I think it’s going to turn out sharp, and some day it’ll be strange to think about Lambeau without it. The organization is just too smart to mess this up.

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:55:31 +0000

My biggest issue is how high they are going to be. Building vertically is fine, but these look like they are going straight up. That is what I don’t like. Doesn’t follow the arc of the bowl, which i get can’t happen naturally when you are building on the outer most part of the stadium.

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:52:37 +0000

Read my response to Kathy below. I might wind up liking them once all is said and done, but at this moment, I think they will take away from the closeness inside the bowl.

When Lambeau was built, the entire population of Green Bay could fit inside the stadium. That was one of the unique features of having a large stadium inside the smallest NFL city. The new section looks like it is going to be a suburb of Lambeau-still really close, but detached at the same time.

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:48:01 +0000

For all I know, I’ll love the new seats when they are completed. But right now, they do not appeal to me. At all. I’m a fairly open minded person (although some would argue against that statement) so I’ll wait until they are complete to pass final judgement-I may have to actually sit in the new section before my mind is made up. But for now, I’ll pass.

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:44:41 +0000

I will look forward to your opinion. If you can, post it here so it can follow the thread of comments.

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:41:38 +0000

I have never sat in the indoor seats-and never would. Besides the money factor, part of the experience of going to Lambeau is to be in the elements with other fans. Sitting in a warm luxury box doesn’t appeal to me at all.

I’m all for more fans adding to the home field advantage Lambeau brings. But it just seems to me these seats are going to be a little detached (meaning high in the sky) for my liking

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:38:26 +0000

Thanks for adding that-good way to show progress so far

By: Sunnie

Sunnie — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:42:20 +0000

I am with you John, I was not a fan of the expansion. I feel like it just wouldn’t “fit” right. Part of the Lambeau experience, like you said is the closeness. I love how packed in everyone gets and how close we all are there, I feel that section will take away from it. I have not seen the newest construction, I will try to sneak a peek this weekend.