GREEN BAY – Readers questions about the Green Bay Packers business operations and fan issues this month focused heavily on Lambeau Field and the team's lease negotiations with the city of Green Bay.
Robert: The Packers, I believe, were set up as a nonprofit. Do they pay taxes?
Richard Ryman: Good question, Robert. They are not a nonprofit, as in a charity. In their case, non-profit means they don't pay dividends to shareholders. As to taxes, they pay a lot of them. They don't pay property taxes for Lambeau Field because it is on city-owned land, but they do pay property taxes on land they own directly, about 92 acres worth in Green Bay and Ashwaubenon.