A display promoting the 2025 NFL Draft is shown at Lambeau Field May 24, 2023. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — When initial plans for the NFL Draft in Green Bay were announced, there was talk of running public shuttle services from remote parking lots to get people to and from the footprint.
Those plans never came to fruition. However, everything from public transportation and private shuttles to ridesharing and carpooling are available for people to use.
People in neighborhoods around Lambeau Field will be parking vehicles, like they do on Packers game days — meaning satellite parking is going to be an option, as well.
Green Bay Southwest High School is one of the latest locations to announce it is offering NFL Draft parking for a fee. The National Railroad Museum is another spot offering satellite parking.
While both locations are just a few miles away from the draft campus, they’re probably too far to walk from.
Neither is offering a shuttle service to the draft campus, but rideshare apps like Uber, Lyft and even Green Bay Metro’s On Demand are expected to be in high demand.
“They’ve seen it in other areas where they have large events. People that are interested in driving and making a little bit of extra money will come to these large events and provide Uber and Lyft transport. The NFL works directly with Uber and rideshare companies to make sure the drop off locations and pick up locations are loaded into their maps,” said Nick Meisner, vice president of marketing and communication for Discover Green Bay.
There will be two rideshare drop-off and pick up locations for the NFL Draft — Reggie White Way near Tony Canadeo Run on the eastside, and Ridge Road at St. Agnes Drive to the west of the campus.
That westside stop is also where Green Bay Metro’s Downtown to Titletown bus route will drop off and pick up.
“It is going to run constantly, non-stop, so probably every 15 minutes or so I would expect people to be able to get on,” said Patty Kiewiz, Green Bay Metro transit director.
Downtown to Titletown is the only route Green Bay Metro is running specifically for the draft. With only a limited number of buses, the city’s transit system can’t run all of its daily routes and its regular game day routes.
But, with plenty of parking downtown, including multiple city ramps, the Downtown to Titletown — which travels down Main to Washington, across the river, down Broadway to 9th, with stops along the way — is an option for those looking to avoid the draft traffic.
Kiewiz added, “They can definitely park downtown or anywhere along our route and get on. The city is providing that route free. We can get people out there and back downtown.”
Discover Green Bay and the NFL stress the importance of downloading the NFL One Pass app. It will have up-to-the-minute information about transportation and parking.
Green Bay Metro says its website allows riders to track individual buses along their routes, including the Downtown to Titletown buses that will run next week during the draft.
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