MAKING THE TRIP TO GREEN BAY. YES THEY WILL. SO HOW DOES A TOWN HOST AN EVENT? NEARLY THREE TIMES ITS SIZE? WELL, WE TOOK THAT QUESTION TO THE CITY’S MAYOR IN OUR EXCLUSIVE ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW TONIGHT. LAMBEAU FIELD, FRONT AND CENTER. THE NFL SELECTS GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, THE SMALLEST CITY IN THE NFL, SITS PATIENTLY IN THE BACKFIELD. HERE WE GO. NFL DRAFT IS UPON US. IS GREEN BAY READY? WE ARE. WE ARE TOP OF MIND FOR GREEN BAY MAYOR ERIC GENRICH KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE. WOULD YOU SAY YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS PUBLIC SAFETY? YEAH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT’S THE MOST CRITICAL RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS A CITY. SO MUCH SO, HE SAYS THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE CITY’S BIGGEST EXPENSES FOR THE DRAFT, COMING IN JUST NORTH OF $1 MILLION. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE REALLY HAVE GOING FOR US IS A PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM THAT DOES THIS ON A ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS. REFERRING TO PACKERS GAMES IN THE PAST, BUT NOTES THIS WILL BE MUCH DIFFERENT. IT’S A BIG UNDERTAKING, ESPECIALLY FOR A COMMUNITY OF OUR SIZE. AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. THE MAYOR CALLED A MEETING WITH HIS PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM IMMEDIATELY. DO THINGS LIKE THAT KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT? YEAH, THEY CERTAINLY FACTOR INTO OUR PLANNING FOR THE EVENT. WHILE $1 MILLION INVESTMENT ON THE FRONT END, THE MAYOR BELIEVES THE RETURN WILL BE WORTH IT. EARLY PREDICTIONS POINT TO THE CITY POCKETING $20 MILLION. THE HISTORIC LAMBEAU FIELD WILL BE THE CENTERPIECE OF THE NFL DRAFT, BUT THE MAYOR OF GREEN BAY SAYS HE WANTS TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE CITY WHEN A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE COME TO TOWN. THE CITY IS HOSTING MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS IN ADDITION TO THE DRAFT, CALLING IT TOUCHDOWN DOWNTOWN. A KICKOFF WITH FIREWORKS, A MUSIC FESTIVAL, EVEN A DRAFT DAY. FIVE-K. MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO WHEN THE EVENT IS NOT GOING ON, TO LEAVE THAT CAMPUS AND TO GO TO YOUR DOWNTOWN. THE MAYOR SAYS THIS IS WHAT HE LEARNED FROM OTHER CITIES WHO’VE HOSTED THE BIG EVENT BEFORE. NOW HE’S THE NEXT MAN UP. HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT? YOU KNOW, I JUST EVERYBODY STAYING SAFE, HAVING A GREAT TIME. AND SO THE KICKOFF WITH FIREWORKS IN DOWNTOWN GREEN BAY. EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY. A FULL LIST OF