GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Lambeau Field officials are trying to determine how the state's new concealed carry legislation will affect them.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is expected to sign the gun bill into law after July 4. (Getty Images) The Wisconsin legislation allows the carrying of concealed weapons but not in buildings owned or leased by the state.
Gov. Scott Walker is expected to sign the bill after July 4th and the law is expected to go into effect in October or November.
Pat Webb is the executive director of the Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District. Webb tells WLUK-TV he doesn't know if the law officially considers Lambeau a government building.
However, according to LambeauField.com, the official website of the stadium, while the Packers operate and maintain Lambeau, the facility is owned by the City of Green Bay and Brown County.
Lambeau, originally called City Stadium, was initially financed equally by the Packers and the city by referendum in April 1956 and was dedicated in a Sept. 27, 1957 ceremony that included Vice President Richard Nixon and then-NFL commissioner Bert Bell.
The stadium was renamed in 1965, following the death of E.L. "Curly" Lambeau, the Packers' founder and first coach.
Green Bay Police Captain Paul Ebel says they are dissecting the legislation and planning to consult with the city's attorneys and the Packers organization.
The NFL says guns are not allowed in any NFL stadium.
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