when was the city of green bay founded
Green Bay, Wisconsin Nicolet founded a small trading post here in 1634, originally named La Baye or La Baie des Puants (French for "the Bay of Stinking Waters").[12] Nicolet's settlement was one of the oldest European permanent settlements in America.[citation needed]
List of Green Bay Packers stadiums As of 2016[update], the current home of the Green Bay Packers is Lambeau Field, a 81,435 seating capacity stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[citation needed] By the 1950s, City Stadium was seen by the NFL as too small and outdated to host an NFL team. After threats of forcing the team to move to Milwaukee, the City of Green Bay built New City Stadium, which was funded by a voter-approved bond issue, in 1957.[3] In April 1956, Green Bay voters responded by approving (70.3%) a bond issue to finance the new stadium.[4] After the Packers founder, Curly Lambeau, died in 1965, the stadium was renamed to Lambeau Field.[citation needed] Its original capacity was 32,500 seats, although it was continually expanded from 1961 to 1995 to a capacity of 60,890 seats.[5][6][7] The stadium was farther renovated from 2001 to 2003 to a capacity of 72,515, while also updating various aspects of the stadium.[citation needed] The south endzone was expanded in 2013 and the Lambeau Atrium entrance was completed in 2015.[citation needed] These renovations increased the stadium's capacity to 81,435, making it the third largest football stadium in America.[citation needed] It has been continuously ranked as providing one of the best game time experiences for fans in the NFL.[citation needed] As of 2016[update], it is also the oldest continually operating NFL stadium, with the Packers having completed their 59th season. Only the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field have longer active home-field tenures in American professional sports.[8]