Great reminder Jason. As a Cheesehead who hasn't lived in WI since 2000, and who's lived thousands of miles from Lambeau since 2008, I've been to my fair share of non-division road games.

I had a Pats fan threaten to fight me in the 2010 classic that we lost with Flynn at QB. I was with my wife and father in law (who is a Pats fan). All I was doing was cheering for my team - not dogging the Pats in any way. The guy was obviously sauced - but still.

I was at the 2012 game that GB shellacked the 5-1 Texans 40-10 in with a bunch of Packers fans. Houston fans weren't happy that we killed them, but overall they were very kind.

Regarding fights, I'm convinced there are idiots everywhere. It's not confined to one fan group or any one demographic. In my experience, your odds of being seriously bothered as a road fan depends on what time of day the game is occurring (more time to drink means its more likely at night games), how big the game is, what is the current state of the rivalry between the teams, and last but not least, your own actions. Wearing all green and gold and cheering when the other teams QB makes a mistake is a quick way to be heckled or worse.

I wish people were more understanding of each other in general, but this is not human nature.

Except Vikings fans. Screw them. ;)

Was lucky enough to make my one pilgrimage to Lambeau in December, 2002 (beat the Bears, big interception by McKenzie). Sat above one of the end zone tunnels. A Bears fan was close to us and a couple of GB fans started giving him a hard time. Almost immediately the other fans quashed that activity, saying "We don't treat people like that here".

I was very proud to be associated with some great fans that day.

Perhaps @Nick Perry could help us with some California knowledge here, however, it is my understanding that there is gang activity around the San Francisco home games. People who seem knowledgeable have discussed this on the radio. The specific gang name was mentioned, but I cannot recall it at this time.

I've been to games in Oakland, San Francisco, and San Diego and never had a problem. I've only saw a few altercations at games, but it always seems to be a 5 foot nothing, 170 pound man who consumed WAY too much alcohol and their mouth overloaded their a$$. Alcohol is behind 95% of this stuff.

Jason - a good reminder for everyone. I agree with the previous comments that alcohol is often the cause behind much of the altercations at stadiums but as you correctly mention the venues will continue to sell it because there is too much profit in it. Additional police/security presence might help but that would drive up costs which the fans will bear in higher ticket prices or taxes. With the increasing level and threats of violence coming from just about everywhere it's time as Bearmeat stated for people to be more considerate and respectful of each of other. What is there to fight about at a football game anyway? I took my children to all type of sporting events as they were growing up without hesitation, now I am very hesitant to encourage it with my grandchildren as they are approaching the age where they can go to games. It's a sad commentary on the times. If we can't resolve the issues which are the root causes for the violence then pretty soon we will need to wear more equipment than the players to go to a game or maybe just to go outside at all. Stay safe and peace to all. Thanks, Since '61

I'm not sure I'd describe Lambeau as being "among the tops." More like, "in the middle of the pack." We're #15 out of 32, not #5. Arrest numbers also don't necessarily tell the whole story. I do think Lambeau is far more hospitable than most. So here are some reasons that might slant the numbers: (1) We have a higher number of binge drinkers than most states. In general, the crowd is pretty damn nice. I'd be a lot more nervous around a sober philly fan than the average drunk packers fan. Hell, the Giants fans were talking more smack before the playoff game in Lambeau than the Packers fans were. But stupid drunk is as stupid drunk does. (2) Higher standards. Conduct that might viewed as "typical" at the Meadowlands or in Philly will get you arrested in Wisconsin. (3) There are a number of teams whose fans are too apathetic to get into trouble. I'm talking about you, Jacksonville. Sure, Lambeau gets more arrests, but in proportion to the intensity of the fan base, we're a bunch of kittens.

Hey, I'm not a Caring Bridge guy, but I still give a damn. No surviving Sunday article. Can someone tell me that Adam is doing o.k.?

I'm rather skeptical about the data in that article you referenced. The article seems to be based purely on the raw, total number... in other words, if you had 138 total arrests, that's more than 137, etc. But how do these bare numbers relate to total attendance? A far more compelling statistic would be the PERCENTAGE of fans who got arrested at each venue.

For example, you noted that MIN came in one spot ahead of GB. That makes it sound like the incidents resulting in arrests were about the same in both places. I have my doubts about that. Over the past five years, the Packers were 5th in total attendance and the Vikings were 31st. The average Green Bay crowd was 18,259 people larger than the average Vikings crowd. With that in mind, arrests at Vikings games might actually be much MORE common than at Packer games.

Look at Oakland. Oakland had the MOST arrests, and yet OAK was third LOWEST in total attendance.

No team on the list of 15 had a greater attendance than Green Bay over the past five years - 5th highest in the league. Only New Orleans (7th) and the Jets (8th) are even close.

Regarding alcohol sales (and speaking as an 11+ year sober person):

There are studies showing that in stadium alcohol sales actually decrease the amount of drunken incidents. Supposedly such sales decrease pre game binge drinking.

I'm not sure about the accuracy of said studies, but this issue comes up occasionally locally on the college level. The University of Louisville sells alcohol at athletic events, UK does not. Having been to several UK football games over the years, there is some serious consumption before the game (shockingly), not just by students. It's hard to say, because I hear a lot of reports of bad behavior also at U of L games.

It is really easy to stop hooligans going to games at home or away it is done in the UK all the time. The hooligan has to report to there local police station during any game there team is involved in, this has an extra punishment that you cannot go on a vacation during the football season.

Tell this to multiple queen fans that are my friends. They went down there and got trashed with random packer fans pre game and post game. Shoot one of my friends was shown such great hospitality down there she is now a packer fan. After being a queens fan for 7 plus years!

LAmbeau field, second largest capacity in the NFL, 15th in the league in fan arrests?

Yeah, I'll take those numbers all day long.

Spent good part of a game heckling five Bears fans sitting in front of me at a home game a few years back, as Jay had a three (maybe 4) interception game. Heckling commenced after one of the Bears fans got on me for my Jim McMahon GB jersey. Would do it all again in a second. Maybe dump beer on them next time.

A pre game ritual of some nice food, maybe a beer or two and a brownie for dessert should make for a peaceful and fascinating game day experience

The prison wardrobe in Green Bay should be Purple. It would make the visitors feel welcome and the locals embarrassed.