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The decision to play games in Milwaukee (including State Fair Park and County Stadium) played a key role in the Packers' survival. It allowed the team to tap a larger market and thwart any efforts to establish another competing pro football team there. The Packers played games in Milwaukee for 62 straight years (1933-94) until opting -- mostly for financial reasons -- to move all games to Green Bay beginning with the 1995 season.
The Packers' seven home fields, 1919-94
GREEN BAY
Hagemeister Park, 1919-22...Classic sandlot, near Baird and Walnut streets, adjacent to East River...East High School and Joannes Park now occupy land.
Bellevue Park, 1923-24...Minor league baseball park, near Hochgraves Brewery, in 100-200 block of North Main Street.
City Stadium, 1925-56...Located behind East High School...Expanded several times to reach peak capacity of 24,500...Annually voted the NFL's best playing surface, because it sat just yards from the East River...EHS football team still uses downsized facility.
MILWAUKEE
Borchert Field,1933...Hosted one game...Minor league baseball park, home to NFL's Badgers from 1922-26...Located near Burleigh, Chambers and North Eighth streets...Torn down in 1954, it's now a children's playground.
State Fair Park, 1934-51...Location: West Allis, Wis., near West Kearney, Greenfield, South 77th and South 84th streets, on Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
Marquette Stadium, 1952...Located on Marquette campus.
County Stadium, 1953-94...Home to baseball's Milwaukee Braves and Brewers...Off Interstate 94...Both benches were on east sideline...end zones ran north-south, from third base to right field...demolished in 2000 to make parking lot for Miller Park.
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