Brenda Krainik and Candy Conard in Green Bay, Wisconsin share the back-story of how the Green Bay Packers came to be America’s only non-profit NFL team. More than 360,000 fans are ardent shareholders, and the concession stands at Lambeau Field are operated by local non-profit organizations. Brenda also shares insights about cool things to do and see in the little town of Green Bay—with the world’s most passionate football fans.
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![Every one of the 81,442 seats at Lambeau Field has been sold out since 1960. Fortunately you can still get tickets online](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/30471f5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2520x1680+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkcbx%2Ffiles%2F201707%2Flambeau_field.jpg)
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