Here's what to know about Packers-Jets preseason game: Hot temps, stadium hours, parking

The Green Bay Packers play their first game of the 2025 season, albeit a preseason one, at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 against the New York Jets at Lambeau Field.

The Packers play three preseason games this year, including two at Lambeau Field. In addition to the Jets, the Packers play the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium at noon Aug. 16 and the Seattle Seahawks at 3 p.m. Aug. 23 at Lambeau Field.

The Jets game is for Green package season ticket holders and the Seahawks game is for Gold package holders.Season ticket holders often sell or give away their preseason tickets, so there will be many first-time fans and fans who don’t come to Lambeau Field very often attending the game. Here are some things to know to make it a smoother visit:

Saturday will be hot with a chance of rain in Green Bay

Saturday night will be cooler than during the day, but still warm at 71, according to the National Weather Service Green Bay. The daytime high is forecast to be around 90. The chance of showers and thunderstorms increases from 20% during the day to 50% at night. Umbrellas are not allowed in the Lambeau Field bowl.

Lambeau Field ranked No. 1

USA TODAY and Sports Illustrated ranked Lambeau Field No. 1 among the 30 stadiums in the NFL to attend a football game. SI sums it up nicely: “Football is Lambeau Field, and Lambeau Field is football.”

In addition, sports betting site Bookies.com, said Lambeau Field provides the best pregame experience — tailgating, stadium location and accessibility, nearby entertainment and family friendliness — in the NFL.

When will stadium open?

Lambeau Field parking lots open four hours before game time, so 3 p.m. before the Jets game. The Lambeau Field bowl opens two hours before kickoff. The Lambeau Field Atrium, including the Packers Pro Shop, is open only to ticketed fans beginning six hours before game time. The Packers will do exit scanning, allowing fans to leave and come back, until four hours before the game.

Lambeau Field and all Packers-owned businesses in Titletown are cashless.

Where can fans park?

For those who have parking passes, the Lambeau Field lots open four hours before game time. For those who do not, parking is available at homes and businesses around Lambeau Field. We haven’t had the chance to survey prices yet this year, but generally parking is between $25 and $60, depending on distance from the stadium.

Free parking on streets around Lambeau also is an option, but be mindful of parking-restriction signs, especially west and south of the stadium.

Where can you watch the Packers-Jets preseason game?

Packers preseason games are televised over a network that includes 22 stations in Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and Alaska. WTMJ (TMJ4) in Milwaukee and WGBA (NBC 26) in Green Bay are the lead stations. Others are:

KQDS/FOX – Duluth, Minn./Superior

WLUC-NBC/FOX UP – Escanaba/Marquette, Michigan

WMBD/CBS – Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois

WQRF/FOX – Rockford, Illinois

KCCI/CBS – Des Moines, Iowa

WHBF/CBS – Davenport, Iowa

KWWL/NBC – Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa

KTVI/FOX – St. Louis, Missouri

KETV/ABC – Omaha, Nebraska

KNDB/BEK – Bismarck, North Dakota

KNGF/BEK – Fargo, North Dakota

KNDM/BEK – Minot, North Dakota

KDLT/NBC – Sioux Falls, South Dakota

KYUR/ABC – Anchorage, Alaska

KATN/ABC – Fairbanks, Alaska

KJUD/ABC – Juneau, Alaska

Announcers for the game are Kevin Harlan, a three-time National Sportscaster of the Year and son of former Packers President and CEO Bob Harlan, and former All-Pro Packers fullback John Kuhn.

New York the largest market; Green Bay the smallest

New York City metro area is the largest in the NFL (and the United States) and Green Bay is the smallest. New York clocks in at about 20 million and Green Bay at 328,268, making New York almost 61 times larger.

That disparity does not carry over to home stadiums. MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where the Jets and the Giants play, is the largest in the NFL, with a capacity of 82,500, but Lambeau Field is second at 81,441.

Contact Richard Ryman at rryman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @RichRymanPG, on Instagram at @rrymanPG or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardRymanPG.

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Here’s what to know about Packers-Jets preseason game: Hot temps, stadium hours, parking

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