About 1,600 Packers fans got letters last week stating that the team “no longer would sell single-game tickets to people with disabilities and their designated companions” and that those people “will have to buy season tickets just like everyone else,” according to Paul Srubas of the GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE. Americans with Disabilities Act changes that went into effect in March require entertainment venues “to treat people with disabilities like everyone else when it comes to ticket sales.” That means the Packers “can’t sell single-game tickets to them.” It also means the Packers “must end the practice of allowing people with disabilities who hold season tickets to sell unwanted tickets back to the team.” The Packers provide “772 seats or spaces for wheelchairs for people with disabilities and their designated companions in Row 61 of the stadium as well as in the club seats.” Packers Dir of Ticket Operations Mark Wagner said that about “half of those tickets went to single-game users on a first-come, first-served basis” (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 2/22).
PACK GIVING BACK: In Green Bay, Patti Zarling notes the Packers "awarded about $255,000 to nearly 80 civic and charitable groups throughout Wisconsin at a special event" yesterday at the Lambeau Field Atrium. Including those grants, the Packers foundation has “donated more than $2.5 million since it was established in 1986.” The Packers organization “estimates it has had a charitable impact of about $6 million in the past year” (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 2/22).
