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Lambeau Field is the home stadium of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team of the National Football League. Originally constructed in 1957 at an approximate cost of $1,000,000 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers home field. It was renamed Lambeau Field in 1965 as a memorial to Earl L. (Curly) Lambeau, the Packers' founder and first coach. A massive reconstruction was begun in 2001 to update the facilities and add more premium and suite seating, but keep the storied playing field of the "frozen tundra", which received its name in a legendary game between the Packers and Dallas Cowboys for the right to represent the NFL in the first Super Bowl, which was played in temperatures of -16 degrees F and has come to be known as the " Ice Bowl". A highlight film of the game, shown frequently on American television for years afterwards, included in its narration the phrase, "the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field", which has become a catch phrase. The renovation project was completed in 2003. Current capacity is 72,515. Lambeau Field is the longest continuously occupied stadium in the National Football League, in its 48th year (as of 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co). ( Soldier FieldLocated on famous Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, reopened on September 27, 2003 after a complete rebuild (the second in the stadium's history), Soldier Field is currently home to the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Fire. Previously it was the site of the form in Chicago has been the site of a football stadium longer, but was not the home of the Chicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a National Football League team based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded 1920 in Decatur, Illinois. One of the charter NFL franchises. Formerly known as the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921), after their corporate spon until the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends.)Lambeau Field has in the past represented for the Packers their legendary and overpowering home-field advantage – from its construction until 2003, Green Bay had never lost a postseason game at Lambeau Field.
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