The Green Bay Packers will again host the popular Halloween-themed events Spooktacular Fun and the Haunted Concoursethis October.
Spooktacular Fun, free to the public, is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, in the Lambeau Field Atrium. Accessed through the Miller Lite Gate on the north end of Lambeau Field, it will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Haunted Concourse this year again is open for two days of thrills and has an admission price of $2, with all proceeds to benefit the Angel Fund for Children with Cancer. The Haunted Concourse is accessed through the Oneida Nation Gate on Lambeau Field's east side. It is open Friday, Oct. 21, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; and again from 9 to 11 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 22, hours are 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 4 p.m., 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and 9 to 11 p.m. Lines may be cut off prior to the end times to ensure no unnecessary waits.
The Haunted Concourse, designed for teens with a PG-13 rating, will be set in a darkened Lambeau Field concourse and feature scenes of high-tech shocks and horrors. Children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by a guardian into the Haunted Concourse, and children under the age of 8 will not be permitted.
Spooktacular Fun will feature interactive and entertaining musicians, magicians, and jugglers. Children also will have the opportunity to receive airbrush tattoos, take part in cookie decorating, and put their artistic skills to work at a Halloween-themed craft station.
"We're very excited to host the ninth Spooktacular Fun event at Lambeau Field," said Cathy Dworak, Packers manager of community outreach and player/alumni relations. "Halloween is a great time of year for bringing families of all ages together to enjoy the variety of thrills and chills the event has to offer."
'Spooktacular Fun' is one in a series of community events held each year by the Packers. Other events include an ecumenical Thanksgiving Day meal for area needy families, 'Project LEAP' and the Jerry Parins Cruise for Cancer.
'Spooktacular Fun' main stage schedule:
- 10 a.m.: John Measner – Magician
- 11 a.m.: Dave Rudolf – Singer and Musician
- 12 noon: Dave Fleming - Juggler
- 1 p.m.: John Measner – Magician
- 2 p.m.: Dave Rudolf – Singer and Musician
- 3 p.m.: Dave Fleming - Juggler
