Packers announce 2018 training camp schedule with 15 public practices

GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers will have fifteen public practices during training camp, including four before the Aug. 4 Family Night practice at Lambeau Field.

The team on Friday released its 73rd training camp schedule, which includes all public practices beginning at 11:15 a.m. or later.

The Packers' preseason begins on July 20 with a 1K Kids Run at Lambeau Field and picks up speed from there. An adult 5K run takes place the next day, as do the inductions of kicker Ryan Longwell and guard Mark Tauscher into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.

Four days later, on July 25, coach Mike McCarthy will hold his season-opening news conference, players report during the day and at 7 p.m., the Packers hold their first nighttime annual shareholders meeting at Lambeau Field.

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Football kicks off in earnest the next morning, July 26, with the first practice. Partying kicks off in earnest too with the first of four days of the Packers Experience, celebrating 2018 as the team's 100th season of football. 

The first preseason game is at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 when the Tennessee Titans visit Lambeau Field. 

Normally, training camp will host 90,000 visitors from across the United States and nearly two dozen countries, according to a study commissioned by the Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau. The month-long camp has an estimated total economic impact to Green Bay of $9 million. 

With the Packers' 100-year celebration and the free four-day Packers Experience added to the mix, the number of visitors and their economic impact could be even greater.

Dates to know:

» July 20, 6 p.m., Packers 1K Kids Run, Lambeau Field

» July 21, 8 a.m., Packers 5K Run/Walk, Lambeau Field

» July 21, 7 p.m., Packers Hall of Fame induction. Inductees are Ryan Longwell and Mark Tauscher, Lambeau Field Atrium

» July 25, Players report for training camp, Lambeau Field

» July 25, 7 p.m. Packers annual shareholders meeting, Lambeau Field

» July 26, 11:30 a.m., first practice, Ray Nitschke Field

»  July 26-29, Packers Experience, free festival celebrating 100 Seasons of football

» Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m., Family Night, Lambeau Field. Tickets are $10 and go on sale June 27.

» Aug. 27, 11:45 a.m., final practice that will be open to the public, Ray Nitschke Field