Packers invite kids to lend their bikes to Seattle players before joint practice

The Green Bay Packers put out a call to kids to provide bikes for the joint practice with the Seattle Seahawks on Aug. 21.

The teams will begin their practice at 10:30 a.m. at Ray Nitschke and Clarke Hinkle Fields, but they’ll start at Lambeau Field well before then.

The joint practice is the final practice open to the public this season. The Packers play the Seahawks at 3 p.m. Aug. 23 at Lambeau Field. They open the regular season at 3:25 p.m. Sept. 7 against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field.

It is a tradition for Packers players, and in recent years, of those from visiting teams, to ride bikes, accompanied by their owners, from the Lambeau Field locker rooms to the practice fields east of the stadium. Players from several other teams, the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans among them, have joined in the experience.

Packers invite kids to lend their bikes to Seattle players before joint practice — Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker (9) rides a young fan’s bicycle to a joint practice with the Green Bay Packers on Aug. 22, 2024. in Green Bay.

Kids who want to provide bikes for Packers players can line up in Lot 1 near the Oneida Nation gate on the east side of the stadium. Kids who want to provide bikes for Seahawks players can line up near the Invisalign gate at the end of Valley View Road on the south side of the stadium. There are usually more than enough bikes for Packers players.

Fans can gather as early as 8 a.m., but are asked to be in place by 9:30 a.m. at the latest. Bike corrals will be in place at both places to allow kids and players to make contact.

The Packers will open practice at Ray Nitschke Field, entering off of Armed Forces Drive, the Seahawks at Clark Hinkle Field, entering through the gate on South Oneida Street. After the teams warm up, they will conduct a joint practice on Ray Nitschke Field.

After practice, the Packers will meet bike kids on Armed Forces Drive. Seahawks players will meet kids at the entrance to Lot 1 across from Clarke Hinkle Field and west of South Oneida Street.

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