They're loving it! Fans' appetites ramp up production of "Horse Collar" at Lambeau

GREEN BAY (WITI) -- It's been such a big hit -- they're planning on making more!Fans at Lambeau Field are loving the "Horse Collar" so much, crews are quadrupling the production for Thursday night's Packers game.The "Horse Collar" is a 22-inch ring Kielbasa sandwich, that sells for $20.The sandwich includes about a pound of sausage with beer-cheese sauce and fried sauerkraut on a homemade bun.For last week's Packers game, crews made just 50 "Horse Collars." Those sold out 30 minutes before the game even started!For Thursday night's game, crews are making 200 sandwiches.CLICK HERE for more on this story via the Milwaukee Business Journal.Related stories:

Headed to Lambeau Field on Thursday? Allow extra time to get there

GREEN BAY (WITI) -- The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region in Green Bay is reminding motorists heading to Lambeau Field on Thursday, August 28 for the Green Bay Packers/Kansas City Chiefs football game that US 41 and adjacent roadways from Oneida Street north to Suamico are under construction.

Fans fill Lambeau Field for ever-popular Packers Family Night

GREEN BAY (WITI) -- It's your first chance to see the 2014 team inside hallowed Lambeau Field!The Green Bay Packers take to the not-so-frozen tundra Saturday evening, August 2nd for the 14th annual Family Night.The popular event features a full practice inside the stadium, and a game-like atmosphere with use of the video boards and game-day music.

Want to work at Lambeau Field this football season? Food & beverage service provider is hiring!

GREEN BAY (WITI) -- Delaware North Companies Sportservice, the exclusive food and beverage service provider for the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, is set to hold two job fairs to recruit for immediate positions in preparation for the 2014 season.The job fairs will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, in the Lambeau Field Atrium.Sportservice is seeking employees to fill a variety of part-time seasonal and game-day positions in general concessions, premium dining and catering operations, as well for daily operation of Curly’s Pub.Positions include supervisors, cooks, kitchen preparation staff, dishwashers, bartenders, servers, runners, porters, beer and food vendors, vending commissary workers, cash room clerks, alcohol compliance, concession stand attendants and cashiers.Interested individuals will be asked to fill out an application and interview for positions during the job fair.Applicants should be highly motivated and customer-oriented.Sportservice is an equal opportunity employer.All qualified applicants, including minorities and women, are encouraged to apply.The job fair will be held on the third floor of the Atrium.Attendees should enter through the Oneida Nation Gate.

As Packers continue to build on Lambeau Field, houses are being demolished

GREEN BAY (WITI) -- As the Green Bay Packers continue to build on to the stadium, the team is doing the opposite with some area houses.A block of houses, south of the stadium, started coming down Thursday, June 5th.“Well my first thought was 'well, there goes the neighborhood,'” said Stephen Hermann of Ashwaubenon.Neighbors near Lambeau Field watched the demolitions Thursday.They're wondering whether their home could someday meet the same fate as the ones on Barberry Lane.“It worries us a little bit, but it is what it is,” said Hermann.Hermann rents a home on Ridge Road, just around the corner from the homes being demolished.“We’re surrounded by houses and when it’s all said and done, it’s going to be pretty much fields,” said Hermann.Fields that will be used for parking.In all, twelve houses will be demolished during the next few weeks.

Sales tax sunset: Lambeau Field tax to end by end of 2015

GREEN BAY (AP) — The Brown County sales tax that has helped fund Lambeau Field improvements will end by the end of 2015.Patrick Webb, executive director of the Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District, provided the Brown County Board of Supervisors' Executive Committee with an update Monday evening.He said the 0.5 percent sales tax will expire no later than the end of 2015 and possibly as soon as Sept. 30, 2015.The district was set up by state law after Brown County voters in fall of 2000 approved a plan to fund improvements to Lambeau Field with the 0.5 percent sales tax.The tax produces about $20 million annually.

FREE: Packers offer youth football coaching school

GREEN BAY (WITI) -- The Green Bay Packers will host a free youth football coaching school on Saturday, June 8, in the Legends Club at Lambeau Field.The complimentary coaching school, funded exclusively by the Packers, will feature classroom sessions in the Legends Club of the Lambeau Field Atrium and football drills in the Don Hutson Center.

Green Bay Packers will NOT host Draft Day Party, but why?

GREEN BAY (WITI) -- The Green Bay Packers will not host their annual Draft Day Party due to the ongoing Atrium renovation project.Curly’s Pub, the usual site of the event, is currently operating in a smaller configuration during the renovation work and cannot accommodate the draft party.However, Packers fans who want to watch the NFL Draft from Lambeau Field can still take in the action Thursday night, May 8, from Curly’s Pub, which will take on a festive atmosphere of the draft.To celebrate the draft, Curly’s will have several contests throughout the night, offering fans the chance to win gift certificates to Curly’s Pub and the Packers Pro Shop.Curly’s also will feature various appetizer, main course and dessert specials, created in the spirit of the cuisine of a handful of NFL cities.

Packers fans: YOU could win a VIP Lambeau Field package!

GREEN BAY (WITI) -- The Packers are offering fans the chance to win a VIP Lambeau Field package in celebration of the Packers 2014 schedule release.Now through Friday, May 2, fans can sign up for the sweepstakes by CLICKING HERE.One first prize winner will receive two tickets to a 2014 Green Bay Packers home game of the winner’s choice, two pre-game on-field sideline passes, a one-night stay at a Green Bay-area hotel the night of the game and a $100 Packers Pro Shop gift card.Contestants must be 18 years or older to be eligible and may only enter once.