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'It's about time': Packers fans are ready for a full-capacity preseason; tickets selling for $5

Posted at 10:21 PM, Aug 13, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-13 23:41:02-04

GREEN BAY, Wis. (NBC 26) -- As the Packers take the field again, fans have the chance to go to a game for just five dollars.

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"If they win, I'll be really happy," Iowa resident Quinn Vober said.

"I'm excited to see the stadium," Minneapolis native Angie Porter said.

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For the first time in over a year, Green Bay will play in front of a full-capacity crowd at Lambeau Field.

"It's about time," lifelong Packers fan Mary Sobralske said.

"That's what life is all about, right?" Travis Millner said about seeing the team all the way from North Carolina.

But for almost an entire season, life was different for many Packers fans.

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Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers scrambles during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, in Green Bay, Wis.

"Except for last year, I had missed ten games in 40 years," Sobralske said.

For the first time in over a year, Green Bay will play in front of a full-capacity crowd at Lambeau Field.

Families have a rare chance to see the Packers play the Texans at a bargain. Ticketmaster's resale website shows dozens of tickets below $10 still available.

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Ticketmaster's resale website shows dozens of tickets below $10 still available.

"Nobody wants to come to the preseason game because they say they don't see the starters," Sobralske said. "Well, this is your chance to do some scouting."

But Ian Porter is treating Saturday like it's the Super Bowl. He's honoring his father by bringing 17 people to the game.

"We usually do a camping trip and we thought what better way to celebrate it than to come to Lambeau and experience this," Porter said. "We know that that's something [my father] would've wanted to do."

The average cost of a Packers ticket was over $120 in 2019. So some are taking advantage of preseason prices.

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The average cost of a Packers ticket was over $120 in 2019. So some are taking advantage of preseason prices.

"To feel the presence, even doing the shopping and doing the touring around the City of Green Bay, people are just on edge," Millner said.

"We have been on probably three different tours," Michele Millner said in excitement. "We have been in and out of the shop, at least this time, about five times."

And though he won't be playing, some are still anxious to see one star in real life.

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Whether it's a $5 or $200 ticket, Green Bay fans all want to see one thing.

"I'm glad that Aaron Rodgers stayed so we can see all of them come out of the tunnel," Vober said.

Whether it's a $5 or $200 ticket, Green Bay fans all want to see one thing.

"I'm just excited that we'll go in and then watch Packers kick the Texans' butts," Keaton Vober said.