This was one of the most incredible days of my life. I got to go to Green Bay and tour the Green Bay packer stadium. This was amazing!
The trip started early in the morning, at 6:30 to be exact, and a long, three hour coach bus ride to Green Bay. We watched several movies, talked, and interacted in that long period of time. (Refer to Social Diary for Events of Today)
When we arrived at Lambeau Field, we first all got together for a group picture in front of two statues of two great men, Vince Lombardi, and Curly Lambeau. We, the seventh grade, went inside for a while and looked around and quickly went back to the bus. We headed for Sammy's Pizza, where some of the best pizza I have eaten is made.
I ate 9 pieces of Cheese pizza, and had 3 glasses of Mountain Dew.
After the eat, we went back to Lambeau field. We got our own special tour of the stadium. It began out front of the atrium, in front of the two statues mentioned earlier. The tour guide gave a long history on the two men, explaining where they came from, what they did, etc. etc.
After the front part, we took an elevator up to the sixth floor of the stadium, which is as high as you can go. We got to go into the very special private box, named,"The Pro-Bowl Box". We could see lambeau field itself excelently. The guide talked much about the renovation, explaining about the new seating capacities, new private boxes, club seats, extra seating, etc. etc. It seemed as if they had put a lot of work into the stadium.
After we were in the private box, we took an elevator down to the lowest floor. We got to go in the ever famous tunnel, where the packers themselves come through. They built a new tunnel, and replaced the old with extra seats. However, they wanted to keep something that all of the packers had step on for many years. Mike Sherman came up with the idea to bring in cement blocks from the old tunnel and put them in a special spot in the tunnel. There was a special plaque that read,"Many generations of ledgends and heros have stepped on this very cement."
We went to the boundaries of the field, but we weren't allowed on the field itself. This was probably becuase they didn't want people all over it. We got to sit in front row seats, and screamed as loud as we could,"GO PACK! GO!" Then we headed back to the atrium and the tour was finished.
After our visit to the stadium, we went and saw the musical,"Oliver". It was pretty good. It was at this fancy perforiming arts center with great accousticts.
After that, we went to the Appleton mall and hung around there for an hour and a half. We ate, and looked around the large place. After that, we decided to leave for home. We made it home exactly on schedule, and to my surprise, dad was actualy waiting outside the bus.
Posted by Computer_Man at March 20, 2004 11:41 PM