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Green Bay ramps up traffic, parking and sanitation plans as NFL Draft charter buses swell to 152
Summary
Public Works told the committee that expected charter buses for the NFL Draft jumped from 40 to 152 for Thursday, prompting planning for bus parking, four designated lawn-parking zones, changes to garbage-collection schedules, and enforcement of a 3-to-5 a.m. parking ban.
City staff told the Improvement and Service Committee on March 12 that preparations for the upcoming NFL Draft are advancing but that planners must respond to a sharp increase in charter buses and other operational challenges.
Public Works staff said the count of charter buses expected on Thursday rose from about 40 (reported two weeks earlier) to 152. That change prompted the city and its partners to identify locations to park buses, produce routing language for four lawn-parking zones, and create GIS graphics that Discover Green Bay and NFL partners can publish. Staff said they are coordinating with the Village of Ashwaubenon, the Brown County Highway Department, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the Wisconsin State Patrol and a private contractor called C3.
"We are further ahead right now as far as traffic management," a Public Works representative said, describing weekly coordination with the NFL and partners and noting that staff is drafting ingress directions for each parking zone so visitors can pre-plan routes from major approaches (I-41, U.S. 41, I-43 and other corridors).
Staff said the city will look for space near Lombardi Avenue for bus parking and will finalize that plan by the following week. Committee members suggested and discussed potential local lots; staff noted some parking lots (for example, Pilgrim Lutheran Church) are too small or hard to access for charter buses.
To reduce conflicts with garbage collection and street sweeping, staff said the city will swap routes for the draft week: regular Thursday routes will be collected Monday and regular Friday routes will be collected Tuesday. Staff told the committee it will keep the city's overnight 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. parking ban in effect so street sweepers can access curbs, and it warned that early set-out fees (referred to in the meeting as an early set-out charge of $38) would apply if residents place garbage out early. Staff also described plans for increased litter patrols and additional street sweeping in neighborhoods expected to host overflow parking, including areas north of the city under municipal jurisdiction.
Staff said the city will conduct media outreach, publish maps on Discover Green Bay's website and coordinate with the NFL OnePass app to share routing information and parking-zone boundaries before the event.
The committee received the director's report and placed it on file.
