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City Stadium (Green Bay)

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ5123438 ↗
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City Stadium, known as East Stadium from 1962 to 2002, is an American football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The stadium was built in 1925 for use by Green Bay East High School, which is just to the south of the stadium, and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). City Stadium was the third home field for the Packers, after Hagemeister Park and Bellevue Park, and remained as such until 1956. During this time it was expanded from about 5,000 seats to 25,000. In 1933, the Packers began splitting their home games between Green Bay and Milwaukee, a practice that lasted until 1994 when they returned to playing all their games in Green Bay.

By the early 1950s, City Stadium was too small and lacked the features expected in modern football stadiums of the time. A bond initiative passed in the city of Green Bay to fund a new stadium for the Packers. After the Packers moved to "New City Stadium" (later renamed to Lambeau Field) for the 1957 NFL season, "Old City Stadium" was downsized and continued to be used by East High School. In the early 2000s, the facility underwent multiple renovations, including enhancements to the playing field and stands, as well as the installation of features honoring the stadium's history as it related to the Packers; this included a historic marker and sign for the Packers Heritage Trail.

History

The Green Bay Packers were founded in 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962, 2002, 1925, 1956—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1925. The account is most persuasive where City, Stadium and Green can be independently traced.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5123438. Authority coordinates are 44.508, -87.993. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1962, 2002, 1925 and 1956.

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This entry incorporates text from “City Stadium (Green Bay)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.