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Map Reporter: Adam Duerson
September 20, 2004
... where football and cheese go together like sports and dairy products
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September 20, 2004

Packerland

... where football and cheese go together like sports and dairy products

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[ 1 ] LOMBARDI AVENUE Named for the Latin teacher--immortal Packers coach (seven NFL titles in 9 years) on Aug. 7, 1968, six months before he stepped down. [ 2 ] ALLOUEZ CATHOLIC CEMETERY Visit the modest grave of ex--meat packer Curly Lambeau, who founded the team, with pal George Calhoun, in 1919. [ 3 ] BRETT FAVRE'S STEAKHOUSE Milwaukee branch closed after three years of grisly reviews. Favre didn't go to that one much but does hang at this one. [ 4 ] CITY STADIUM In '34 a fan fell from stands and sued for $5,000, sending team into receivership. [ 5 ] CHILI JOHN'S John Madden picks up yum yum for himself and his Cruiser crew when he's in town. [ 6 ] NEVILLE MUSEUM See a Packers press kit from 1945! [ 7 ] KROLL'S WEST A 1997 SI cover showed Favre and coach Mike Holmgren noshing here; still a prime place to spot a hungry Packer. [ 8 ] ST. NORBERT'S COLLEGE Training camp dorm where Paul Hornung and Max McGee shared room 120 in the '50s and '60s and drove coaches batty with their antics; backfield coach Red Cochran once arrived for an 11 p.m. bed check, flipped on the light and found Hornung and McGee nude and holding each other. "Shut the door. We're busy now," Hornung deadpanned before the players let Cochran in on the joke. [ 9 ] BOTANICAL GARDEN Are you ready for some Renaissance Herb Faire (Sept. 18--19)? [ 10 ] BURGER KING Where 340-pound lineman Gilbert Brown created the Gilbert Burger, a Double Whopper with extra everything, no pickle. Available for 50 cents extra. --Map Reporter: Adam Duerson

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LAMBEAU FIELD

?SEATING CAPACITY: 72,569

? GREEN BAY POP.: 102,313

? SEASON-TICKET WAIT LIST: 63,000

?AVERAGE TIME ON LIST: 30 years

? WEDDINGS AT LAMBEAU ATRIUM SINCE SEPTEMBER 2003 OPENING: 38

? PACKERS HOME RECORD SINCE '92: 84--18 (best in NFL)

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