DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) – We’re one step closer to the start of a new football season.
Preparations began Monday to outfit St. Norbert College’s Victor McCormick Hall to house the Green Bay Packers during training camp.
St. Norbert’s Director of Packers Camp Kelly Nass notes “movers move out approximately 200 dorm beds and frames and they bring in about 100 custom-sized mattresses for the players.”
Nass says the process of preparing the rooms typically takes two days.
She explains what players will see when they arrive early next week.
“It’s two players per room. They’re fitted with two beds, sheets and pillows, a bathroom, and a little computer desk area for them to work in.”
Nass notes the Packers organization is providing its players with some new items this summer.
“The beds are designed to enhance recovery. The team also purchased new sheets, pillows, and comforters. They’re performance bedding, so they help keep the players’ temperature regulated during the night.”
While early arrivals will show up this Monday, Nass says the majority of players will move in on July 25, two days ahead of the team’s first practice.
According to Nass, the players will stay through August 12.
During that time, they will have access to a dining area, that also offers activities like a ping pong table and video games.
There is also a shuttle service that will take players to and from camp.
Nass notes the partnership spans six decades.
“It all started 60 years ago when the legendary coach Vince Lombardi decided that St. Norbert would be the home of the Green Bay Packers’ training camp. It is the longest such relationship between a pro football team and a college, in the NFL.”
Once the players move out August 12, Nass says the bed-moving process will start over again, with the college’s fall athletes slated to move in on August 17.
