Vivian Barrett

2 weeks ago | greenbaypressgazette.com | Vivian Barrett |Nadia Scharf

The NFL took a page from the Green Bay Packers' community engagement playbook, hosting a kids' bike parade on the final day of the 2025 NFL Draft, a tradition usually reserved for Packers training camps dating back to 1958. Two hundred and fifty kids got early access to the Draft Theater and carried on the longtime Green Bay tradition. As a result, hundreds of bikes sailed past the Draft Stage at 8 a.m. April 26, including ones ridden by Packers CEO Mark Murphy and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

2 weeks ago | greenbaypressgazette.com | Vivian Barrett |Nadia Scharf

Only one person was arrested throughout the first two days of the 2025 NFL Draft, according to the Green Bay Police Department, despite attendance surpassing 200,000 people. There was one arrest and three ejections on April 24, day one of the draft, Green Bay Police Chief Chris Davis said in an April 25 news conference in the Lambeau Field Atrium. All four incidents were “low-level disturbance” issues, Davis said.

2 weeks ago | greenbaypressgazette.com | Vivian Barrett |Rashad Alexander |Christopher Clough |Benita Mathew |Jeff Bollier |Ariel Perez | +4 more

11:40 am CTDraft Theater is slowly filling upNadia ScharfFifteen minutes into draft picks starting on April 26, the lot in front of the Daft Theater stage was already a quarter full, with hundreds more filling the sidewalk on their way over. Fans cheered as the announcer told the crowd how many people had watched the draft on TV: over 13 million.

2 weeks ago | fdlreporter.com | Richard Ryman |Kendra Meinert |Vivian Barrett |Jeff Bollier |Rashad Alexander |Christopher Clough | +12 more

5:43 pm CTSuper fans show up in all their gear for NFL draft festivitiesHope KarnoppNear the back of the crowd gathered near the draft theater, fans took pictures with Jeff Kahlow, also known as Frozen Tundra Man. The weather isn’t quite as wintry as his icicle-lined hat. The temperature feels like 50 degrees and the rain is still holding off an hour and a half before the draft picks start. Elsewhere, super fans repping other teams lined up to get their prime spots in the theater.

2 weeks ago | greenbaypressgazette.com | Richard Ryman |Kendra Meinert |Vivian Barrett |Jeff Bollier |Rashad Alexander |Christopher Clough | +10 more

3:55 pm CTNo line for downtown draft shuttle, but riders filtering inNadia ScharfAs of 3:45 p.m., there's no line for downtown Green Bay's shuttle bus to the draft. Around ten riders had been on their way to the stop, and they ran to the bus, hopping on before it closed. Within two minutes, another shuttle drove by. With no line, it didn't even stop. A minute later, a third shuttle came by, this one picking up eight passengers that had come up just behind bus two.