The Packers’ Lambeau Field expansion project will cost $25M "more than initially planned," according to Richard Ryman of the GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE. Packers Dir of Public Affairs Aaron Popkey yesterday told the Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District BOD that “new equipment and more extensive construction would drive the cost of the second phase” to $166M. Ryman notes the first phase, which included "nearly 7,000 new south end zone seats, new digital scoreboards and other improvements," cost $146M. The second phase, now under construction, includes "relocating and expanding the Packers Pro Shop, and relocating Curly’s restaurant and the Packers Hall of Fame." A new chiller for air conditioning and new boilers for heat "accounted for much of the increase, but it also was decided to make the Packers Pro Shop bigger than planned, which required more excavation." BOD Chair Ann Patteson said that she was "glad to hear the budget increase was because of added work and not budget overruns" (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 3/11).
