GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Officials at Jet Air are preparing for a busier than normal weekend as college football fans start flying into the area in anticipation for the Lambeau Field College Classic on Saturday.
Jet Air CEO Al Timmerman says many of those arriving will be from Louisiana.
“Most of the people are staying for two days because a lot of hotels have a 2 day minimums so, a lot of people are coming in on Friday and then staying Friday night and Saturday night and then departing Sunday.”
On a normal weekend Jet Air can get anywhere from 20-30 aircraft using their facility, this weekend they expect around 100, which is similar to a Packers home game.
“It’s what we anticipated and we expected this to be a huge, huge game so this going to be close to a playoff game for us,” says Timmerman.
He says everybody that’s available will be working Friday through Sunday.
Jet Air will even be putting on a tailgate party for the pilots that have to stay at the airport while their passengers go to the game.
LSU vs. Badgers kickoff is set 2:30 p.m.
