Lambeau Field Tailgating
Green Bay Packers · Green Bay, WI
Tailgating is permitted in the Lambeau Field stadium lots, and Green Bay is one of the few clubs that writes the rules down in detail. The detail is unusually strict: a setup has to fit the 9 by 6 foot space directly behind your own vehicle. Lots open three hours before kickoff and gates two hours, and everything must be broken down before you walk in. Charcoal and propane are fine; wood fires and turkey fryers are not. The thing to settle before you plan anything is where you are actually parking, because every lot surrounding the stadium is sold out to season parking-pass holders — which leaves a reserved single-game space, the residential streets, or Titletown across the way, where the club permits no tailgating at all.
Tips & Fan Reports
Shell out the $60 to park in the lot right across from Lambeau. Everyone tailgates there and it is great. The less you have to walk the more you have to pay. Lawn parking for $20 is not too far though.
The Atrium opens four to six hours before kickoff depending on game time for ticketed guests, with the Packers Hall of Fame, the Pro Shop and 1919 Kitchen & Tap — the warm option on a December kickoff.
Parking is cashless on gamedays, at $50 for general parking.
Lots open three hours before kickoff and gates two hours, so the tailgate window is about an hour before most people head in.
Every space in the lots surrounding Lambeau is sold to season parking-pass holders. Single-game spaces go through PMI (800-895-0071) or Ticketmaster, and the Ticketmaster option is Lot 15 in Titletown, where tailgating is not allowed.
Where to Tailgate
Lambeau Field stadium lots
The club-operated lots ringing the stadium, and the only ones where tailgating is permitted. Each setup is confined to the 9 by 6 foot space directly behind the parked vehicle. Lots open three hours before kickoff; general parking runs $50 and is cashless.
Known for Only lots that permit tailgating · Open 3 hours before kickoff · Sold out to season pass holders
Johnsonville Tailgate Village
In the east side parking lot, open from three hours before kickoff through kickoff, with a live band plus food and beverage service. The organised alternative if you have no lot space of your own.
Known for Live band · Opens 3 hours before kickoff · Food and drink on site
Titletown District
The Packers-built district beside the stadium, holding Lodge Kohler, Hinterland and other restaurants. Tailgating is not permitted in its lots, including Lot 15. The club-operated venues here (46 Below, The Turn, Ariens Hill) are cashless and restricted to ticketed guests before games, though some other businesses stay open to everyone.
Known for Restaurants and bars · No tailgating permitted · Cashless
Residential streets around the stadium
The club's own parking page notes that free parking is available on many residential streets within walking distance of Lambeau Field — the standard fallback once the surrounding lots are gone to pass holders.
Known for Free · Walking distance
Rules to Know
What Lambeau Field allows, and what it does not.
- Tailgating is allowed in Lambeau Field lots, but not in Titletown lots.
- Your tailgating set-up must be contained within the 9 x 6 foot space directly behind your parked vehicle.
- Grill cooking with charcoal or propane gas is permitted. Grills must be supervised at all times by a responsible adult and be fully extinguished before being left unattended.
- No recreational wood fires are allowed, nor are turkey fryers.
- Tailgating setup must be broken down before leaving your vehicle, and tailgating ends at kickoff in all stadium-controlled lots.
- Alcohol cannot be brought into or out of the stadium, and sales inside are limited to two per customer per purchase.
- Coolers, umbrellas, wagons, strollers and selfie sticks are prohibited inside the stadium.
- Bags must be clear and under 12" x 6" x 12", or non-clear and under 4.5" x 6.5".
What to Bring
- A bag the gate will accept
Permitted bags include a clear bag no larger than 12 x 6 x 12 inches, a one-gallon clear freezer bag, and a non-clear bag no larger than 4.5 x 6.5 inches.
- Only the outside food and drink the rule allows
Outside food and beverages are prohibited at Lambeau Field.
- A card or a phone wallet
Lambeau Field is cashless at concessions, retail, the ticket office, and other venue points of sale.
- Your tickets on a charged phone
All guests must use a mobile ticket to enter Packers home games at Lambeau Field.
- Winter layers, gloves and a hat
January lows average 11°F in the seats at Lambeau Field.
- A poncho, not an umbrella
Umbrellas are on Lambeau Field's prohibited list, and September averages 3.2 inches of rain.
Tailgate Gear
Lots open three hours before kickoff, ending at kickoff.
- Charcoal or propane grill — wood fires and turkey fryers are both banned
- A setup that fits inside a 9 by 6 foot footprint behind your vehicle
- A lid or bucket to fully extinguish coals before you leave the grill
- A clear bag under 12" x 6" x 12" for whatever goes into the stadium
- A card rather than cash — gameday parking at Lambeau is cashless
Green Bay Packers Tailgate Gear
Canopies, grills, coolers, and official Green Bay Packers gear for the ultimate tailgate.
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- Pregame
Green Bay Packers official Lambeau Field pages: Parking, A-Z Guide, and Gameday Information
- Venue policies
Current 2026 Lambeau Field gameday, accessibility, and concessions guidance reviewed for all structured venue-policy topics.
- Weather
NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals