Fewer fans at Packers games will impact businesses

Fewer fans at Packers games will impact businesses

LOCAL ECONOMY--THAT'S ACCORDINGTO THE GREEN BAYVISITORS BUREAU.NBC 26'S ERICCREST HAS MORETONIGHT ON THEIMPACT CANCELEDHOME GAMES COULDHAVE ON LOCALBUSINESS.THIS WEEK THEPACKERSANNOUNCED THATFANS SHOULDPREPARE FORSEATING CAPACITY..AT LAMBEAU FIELD...TO BE SIGNIFICANTLYREDUCED FOR THEUPCOMING SEASON...WHICH ISN'T JUST AGUT PUNCH FORSEASON TICKETHOLDERS... BUTPOTENTIALLY A LOWBLOW... TO LOCALBUSINESSES..."PACKERS WEEKENDSTHEY BRING PEOPLEFROM ALL OVER THECOUNTRY ALL OVERTHE WORLD."JAN (PA-DRONE) OFTHE NATIONALRAILROAD MUSUEM INASHWAUBENON...SAYS WHEN THEPACKERS HAVE AHOME GAME... IT'SAPPARENT AT HERMUSUEM..."A LOT OF THEM DOWEAR GREEN ANDGOLD BUT WE'RE INGREEN BAY PEOPLEWEAR GREEN ANDGOLD ALL OF THETIME."SHE SAYS IT'SCOMMON FOR FOLKSFROM OUT OF TOWN...TO PUT A TRIP TO THEMUSUEM ON THEIRBUCKET LIST WHENTHEY'RE HERE FOR AGAME... BUT TODAY...SHE'S WELL AWARETHAT LESS PEOPLEALLOWED TO SIT INTHE STADIUM... WILLLIKELY IMPACT MANYBUSINESSES."WILL THERE BE ACHANGE INATTENDANCEABSOLUTELY.WHETHER THAT'S THEAMOUNT OF PEOPLEOR THEDEMOGRAPHICS OFWHERE THEY ARECOMING FROM.

BUT ITIS SOMETHING THAT ITHINK EVERYBODY ISANTICIPATING JUSTWITH THE WAYEVERYTHING IS RIGHTNOW."AND WHILE PEOPLEARE DRAWN TOLAMBEAU FIELD TOTAKE IN ANATMOSPHERE THAT ISUNMATCHED IN THENFL... PA-DRONEHOPES THAT THECOMMUNITYREMEMBERS...THEY'RE OFFERINGMEMORIES... ANDLARGER THAN LIFEEXPERIENCES... YEARROUND..."IT'S JUST ONE OFTHOSE UNIQUEEXPERIENCES TOREALLY GET UPCLOSE ANDPERSONAL WITHHISTORY IN WAYSTHAT YOU MIGHT NOTGET IN OTHERPLACES."IN ASHWAUBENONERIC CREST NBC26.THE SUMMERMONTHS HAVETRADITIONALLY BEEN