Fans, businesses react to Packers schedule release
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The players and coaches aren’t the only ones excited about the Green Bay Packers schedule getting released on Thursday evening. Fans were refreshing their phones all day to keep up with the matchups that leaked ahead of the official release at 7 p.
m. When the full schedule officially came out on Thursday evening, fans told Local 5 News they liked what they saw. “I was really impressed and happy with the schedule the way it came out, because I really think we wanted the end of the season to (have a lot of) home games and we have four out of five at the end of the year as home games,” Packers fan Patrick Boomer said.
Boomer also pointed out that the first month of the season (away against Minnesota, Tampa Bay, and the New York Jets and home against Atlanta) isn’t too tough. He said this is important because the Packers likely won’t have Micah Parsons for these games as he continues to recover from the ACL tear he suffered last season . Like many Packers fans, Boomer has the Christmas game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field circled on his calendar.
“It doesn’t really matter what day we play them it’s going to be a bloodbath,” he said. “The Bears aren’t going to be as good as last year because they rely on turnovers and luck. ” How to LEGALLY watch Packers games on Prime Video at no cost without subscribing Packers fans who spoke with Local 5 News on Thursday evening, said that the Lambeau Field showdowns against the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills and a rare Wednesday night matchup against the Los Angeles Rams on Thanksgiving Eve are other highlights of the schedule release.
The Packers have nine home games this season and no international games. That is huge for businesses in the Lambeau Field area like Stadium View that are at their busiest when the Packers are in town. “We love having the home games, the international games are obviously really exciting too, but we love to have them (the games) right here in Green Bay,” Stadium View general manager Amber Wrona told Local 5 News.