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It’s a smaller draw than other host cities, but then again, it’s a smaller city.
It’s not the 775,000 that took over Detroit for last year’s NFL Draft, but that’s not really a fair comparison. Green Bay, a city of just over 105,000 residents at last count, is set to welcome an estimated 250,000 visitors starting any minute now.
According to Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO Brad Toll, “it’s the biggest event that we’ll be able to hold.” Waving off comments about attendance and capacity versus other host cities, Toll added, “all I want to do is create three days for football fans to come together and celebrate the beginning of a new season. We want to make the experience for those young men—whether they’re walking across that stage or joining us remotely—to be as special as we possibly can.” About 15 top draft prospects are expected to attend in person.
Green Bay hosting the draft despite its small size and relative lack of infrastructure is an example of the league’s efforts to incorporate every NFL market in its programming ideas.
But despite conversations about what Green Bay lacks, newcomers will likely be pleasantly surprised at what a well-oiled machine the city becomes on an event day. One doesn’t need to travel far from southeastern Wisconsin to see prime examples of inaccessible and poorly planned game day campuses (cough Chicago cough).
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