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'It's absolutely incredible': NFL Draft Experience opens to excited football fans
The NFL Draft Experience is a free street festival-like event in and around Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Updated: 8:11 PM CDT Apr 24, 2025
The No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft can be just about anyone at a makeshift Draft stage outside of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It's one of several activities in the free NFL Draft Experience in and around the iconic stadium. Fans representing teams from all over are getting a glimpse at greatness, like checking out just about every Super Bowl ring to ever exist."I thought it was really cool. I've seen pictures of it, but it's a whole new perspective when you actually physically see it," Eagles fan Ethan Welsh.Right next door, football fanatics can check out the NFL's crown jewel: the Lombardi Trophy. "That's as close as a Cowboys fan or any Cowboys will get in while, so it's been 30 years, and I feel lucky enough to be that close to it," Dallas fan Austin Schmackle said. Then there's the Draft Haus, a Packers-themed dive bar with a lot of activities Wisconsinites know well. Those activities include "Shake of the Day." It's a dice game found mainly in Wisconsin bars. Same goes for pull tabs, an instant lottery ticket. The experience is a once-in-a-lifetime one for those in Titletown this weekend."Oh, it's absolutely incredible. I mean, this is like the Mecca for football," said Packers fan Robert Hofschulte. The NFL Draft Experience is free and open all three days of the NFL Draft.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft can be just about anyone at a makeshift Draft stage outside of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It's one of several activities in the free NFL Draft Experience in and around the iconic stadium.
Fans representing teams from all over are getting a glimpse at greatness, like checking out just about every Super Bowl ring to ever exist.
"I thought it was really cool. I've seen pictures of it, but it's a whole new perspective when you actually physically see it," Eagles fan Ethan Welsh.
Right next door, football fanatics can check out the NFL's crown jewel: the Lombardi Trophy.
"That's as close as a Cowboys fan or any Cowboys will get in while, so it's been 30 years, and I feel lucky enough to be that close to it," Dallas fan Austin Schmackle said.
Then there's the Draft Haus, a Packers-themed dive bar with a lot of activities Wisconsinites know well. Those activities include "Shake of the Day." It's a dice game found mainly in Wisconsin bars. Same goes for pull tabs, an instant lottery ticket.
The experience is a once-in-a-lifetime one for those in Titletown this weekend.
"Oh, it's absolutely incredible. I mean, this is like the Mecca for football," said Packers fan Robert Hofschulte.
The NFL Draft Experience is free and open all three days of the NFL Draft.
