The arena across from Lambeau: what it books, how the seats work, the cashless lots, the purse rule and dinner a block away.
If your tickets say Resch Center Green Bay, you are headed to the arena across the street from Lambeau Field, at 820 Armed Forces Drive, where the city's arena concerts, hockey nights and family shows happen when the Packers are not playing. The ticket says Green Bay, but the building stands inside the Village of Ashwaubenon, which is why the street signs change as you drive in. None of that changes your plans. In a straight line the arena is about 2.3 miles southwest of downtown, so plan on a car, a cab or a game-day bus rather than walking from the river.
This page covers what the Resch Center books, how the seating works, where the box office is, where you park and what you can carry in, and where to eat within a few minutes' walk of the doors. For the rest of the city, start with these things to do in Green Bay.
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What is on at the Resch Center?
Look at a few months of the calendar and a pattern shows: touring rock, country and comedy acts on Friday and Saturday nights, usually starting between 7 and 8 p.m., Phoenix games on weeknights at 6:30, and pro wrestling, ice racing and holiday shows filling the gaps. Saturday-morning craft and gift shows and the winter RV expo use the complex too, so not every listing on the calendar means a crowd in the arena bowl.
If you want the city's music scene beyond the arena, from the seated theaters downtown and on campus to bands in the bars by the stadium, live music in Green Bay sorts the rooms by size.
How many seats does the Resch Center have?
The Resch Center seats up to 10,500, and a theater setup for smaller shows holds up to 5,000. The arena opened in 2002 as part of the Brown County Veterans Memorial Complex.
Accessible seating is on the third level on the west and east sides, with some courtside and rinkside spots depending on the event. The arena keeps 20 assistive listening devices. Service animals are welcome.
Where is the Resch Center box office?
The box office is in the Resch Center lobby, run by TicketStar, the arena's official ticketing company. It is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 10 a.m. on any day the Resch Center has an event (check before you go, as hours shift in summer). The phone number is 920-494-3401.
The same counter sells tickets for the downtown theater, so if you are juggling a show at the Meyer Theatre and an arena night, one stop covers both. Buy from the official seller where you can; resale listings often carry fees and seat details you cannot check.
Where do you park for the Resch Center?
Event parking is in the Lambeau Field lot or in the NV Technologies Fire and Security lot across Armed Forces Drive, formerly the Blue Lot. Both are cashless: cards, Venmo and Apple Pay work, and cash does not. The arena does not publish a standard event rate, so bring a card and expect to pay at the gate.
Packers home games change everything on this side of town. For the 2026 season the Resch Complex lots charge $50 a car and $155 for RVs, buses and limos on game days, open six hours before kickoff and allow tailgating. Armed Forces Drive closes two hours before kickoff, so do not plan an arena errand for a Sunday afternoon in the fall.
Accessible parking is in the NV Technologies lot, first come, first served, and the usual fee applies. Drop-off is at the front of the building.
What bags can you take into the Resch Center?
For concerts, comedy and wrestling, the Resch Center allows only a small purse no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, and backpacks are not allowed. Bags larger than 8.5 by 11 inches are on the prohibited list, and the venue recommends a clear bag. Some events have no re-entry, so carry what you need for the night. Some portable concession stands are cashless as well.
Where can you eat near the Resch Center?
The closest dinner is in the same block: two restaurants share one building on the other side of Armed Forces Drive, about a tenth of a mile south of the arena doors.
Next door in the same building, Pope's Pizza bakes Sicilian and Neapolitan pizza and has a heated patio, which matters in a Green Bay November. For something sit-down, Heritage Modern Supper Club on Brett Favre Pass, about 0.2 mile southeast, serves lobster bisque, pork tenderloin and Chilean sea bass in the stadium district.
If you want a bar with the game on, Stadium View on Holmgren Way is a big Packers sports bar a block from Lambeau, about 0.2 mile southeast of the arena.
The Bar on Holmgren Way runs darts, volleyball and archery tournaments alongside its pub food, and District Pour Haus, about a third of a mile away, pours its own from 48 self-serve taps.
The full spread of restaurants near Lambeau Field, from tailgate halls to the dining room that looks onto the field, covers the same few streets in more depth.
What else is in the Resch Complex?
The arena shares its campus with the Resch Expo at 840 Armed Forces Drive, a newer exhibition hall that opened in January 2021 and replaced Shopko Hall. The parking lots serve both buildings.
On Packers game days the action shifts to Johnsonville Tailgate Village in the east lot outside the Oneida Nation Gate, about 0.2 mile west, which is open without a game ticket and has a full bar, a kitchen and a party deck. For a standing-room rock or country show in a smaller hall, EPIC Event Center is about a mile south.
And when the arena feels too big for the night you want, the Weidner Center on the UW-Green Bay campus is the seated concert hall on the east side.
A short history of the arena
The Resch Center went up on land the Packers once used for their Hall of Fame, and it opened in August 2002 at a cost of about $45 million. Brown County owns it and PMI Entertainment Group runs it, the same company that books the Meyer Theatre downtown. Within two years Tour Guide Magazine named it the best new venue of 2004, and Pollstar put it in its top 100 arenas in 2007.
For years it sat beside the older Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena and Shopko Hall, and the Resch Expo replaced both in 2021, so the complex you see now is newer than the arena itself.
Where to stay for a show at the Resch Center
If you want a hotel with a bar and a restaurant in the building, Hotel Northland on North Adams Street downtown is about 2.4 miles northeast of the arena. Staying downtown also puts you a few blocks from the Meyer Theatre and the restaurants on both banks of the river downtown, which makes a two-show weekend easy.
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Published September 14, 2026
