Lambeau Field has been a tough place for opponents to play historically, as the Packers are 14-4 in Green Bay in the playoffs. However, the Packers are 3-4 at Lambeau since 2003, and that recent history would suggest the Packers have lost their edge at home field.
A growing contingency of Packers faithful are organizing to reverse this trend and restore the intimidation factor of playing in the "Frozen Tundra." Social media accounts created after Green Bay's NFC North-clinching victory over the Chicago Bears are calling for "Cheeseheads" to be louder than ever before this Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.
The current record for loudest outdoor stadium belongs to the Seattle Seahawks, who managed to get their "12th man" to top out at 137.6 decibels during their Monday night victory over the New Orleans Saints on December 2nd. Seattle was reclaiming their title from the Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium, who had edged out Seattle's old record of 136.6 decibels by reaching 137.5 in an October contest.
For the sake of comparison, a jet engine at 100 feet is 140 decibels.
This will be the first playoff game at Lambeau Field since a $146 million expansion of the south end zone was completed this past summer. The expansion increased Lambeau's capacity from 72,928 to 80,750 and added 306 feet of height to create a "wall of sound."
As of Wednesday afternoon however, the Packers were struggling to fill those seats. ESPN reported that 8,500 tickets remain for Sunday's game, putting the Packers' streak of 319 consecutive sold-out regular and postseason games in jeopardy.
The struggle to sell out for a 320th consecutive game could be attributed to a bleak outlook at the time invoices were sent out to season-ticket holders. Packers fans started getting requests to buy playoff tickets around the weekend after Thanksgiving, when the playoffs looked like a pipe dream as the season began to slip away without Aaron Rodgers.
Green Bay got their leader back last week, but the fans will have to do their part on Sunday to keep their quest for a Lombardi Trophy alive in 2014.
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