GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Packers held their annual shareholders meeting at Lambeau Field on Monday, and fans outside of the stadium were getting excited for the season.
While the front office share the financial details, fans like Ray from Milwaukee are hoping for one big thing as the franchise moves forward.
“Obviously more wins. I think it’s all about football, not politics, not whether somebody’s coming back or not, it’s about winning football. That’s all we want, is winning football,” Ray told WTAQ News. “We need to be behind our team and it’s not the players seem and they can’t let players dictate what they’re gonna do.”
Ray says he put his name on the list to get his hands on season tickets just over 20 years ago, and he’s made it into the 5,000’s – something that makes him hopeful that he might get to use them in his lifetime.
“I think they got a good chance of winning and going back to the title game,” said Tom Smith of Saint Germain. “I think they’ve improved themselves, and [Rodgers] is playing good. So if he don’t get hurt, it can be a big thing…If they don’t do it this year, they are going to have problems. The big thing is that Rodgers could get hurt again, and what’s going to happen then?”
Some people were in town for the shareholders meeting. Others were coming in to check out the start of training camp. While some just wanted to have the experience of stepping foot inside of Lambeau Field.
“Lambeau is just mystic. It just is one of the coolest places on Earth,” said Scott from Minneapolis. “This is the greatest. I mean there there’s one week [of training camp]. It’s going to be a little different because we’re kinda guarded from the players, so we’ll see what we can do, but we’re going to make the most of it.”
“Here just to pay the annual homage to the Mecca here in Green Bay. We usually do the Packer partners meeting. I’m excited to come see what’s going on and see some people and feel a little Packer love,” Ian from Princeton said.
Tom Driscoll was in town from Austin, Texas. He’s been a Packers fan since he was 11-years-old back in 1965.
“I’ll always be a Packers fan, Rodgers or no Rodgers. Players come and players go. I lived through that Dan Devine saga and all the seventies and eighties, that was tough. But at least we’ve remained relevant for the last almost 30 years,” Driscoll said. “[The neighborhood] is part of the uniqueness of an entirely unique franchise. Back in the forties, there were over 40 NFL teams – Pottstown, Decatur, here and there – this is the only one left from those all Midwestern towns.”
Mark drove all the way from Little Canada, Minnesota for the shareholders meeting. He only had one thing to say about his passion for the Green and Gold.
“I’d rather be a Packer fan any day than a Bears fan.”
Training camp officially kicks off on Wednesday.
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