Not only will the Green Bay Packers broadcast the team’s Family Night practice on the Packers TV Network, but the team is planning to live stream the event — set for a 7:00 p.m. start from Lambeau Field — on the team’s website.
In years past, the Packers have only made the event available through the limited-area television broadcast, mostly in fear of compromising a competitive advantage with a full broadcast of a training camp practice. Now, fans from across the country will get an opportunity to see Family Night without needing to find an alternate online stream. It’s possible the team now sees the folly of attempting to limit the reach of a practice open to over 80,000 in-person fans and already televised locally.
From the Packers:
“For fans not attending the event, a statewide telecast will be available on various local and Packers TV Network stations. The stations broadcasting the event include WACY-TV (Channel 32) in Green Bay and WPXE-TV (Channel 55) in Milwaukee, as well as WAOW-TV in Wausau, WKOW-TV in Madison, WXOW-TV in La Crosse, WQOW-TV in Eau Claire, KQDS-TV in Duluth-Superior and ELUC-TV in Escanaba-Marquette. The event will also be televised on KWWL-TV and WHBF-TV in Iowa; KATN-TV, KYUR-TV and KJUD-TV in Alaska; and KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls, SD. For fans outside of these viewing areas who want to follow along, the event will be livestreamed on packers.com.”
All available tickets for Family Night have been sold.
The Packers are planning for a full practice on Saturday night. It will serve as the team’s 10th practice of training camp.
Practice is set for a 7:30 p.m. start. On-field warmups will begin at 7:00 p.m. The Packers will have fireworks at Lambeau Field following the practice.