No. You won't find the stock on a public exchange.
Although the Packers are a publicly held organization, the company has issued stock only for limited times throughout its history, most recently in 1997. Any stock sale has to be approved by existing shareholders and the NFL. As of 2009, there has been no discussion of offering another stock sale.
No it was not a gimmic. The Green Bay Packers is owned by stockholders and the city of Green Bay.
On December 6, 2011, the Green Bay Packers put their stock on sale for $250 a share. You can purchase Green Bay stock on PackersOwner.com. See the Related Link below for more detailed information.
You cannot buy a share any longer. The last sale was in 1997. Current shareholders are only allowed to will them to relatives and heirs. Should you buy a share form a current shareholder you are only getting the certificate which will still be in the original shareholders name and they retain all ownership rights and voting privileges. Please refer to the related link for more information.
No, you don't have to live in green bay to be a shareholder. I purchased my share of stock when I lived in Robstown Texas.
As of the 2009 shareholders meeting there are 112,015 shareholders owning 4,750,934 shares in the Green Bay Packers. There was another stock sale in 2011. According to Packers.com, "The Green Bay Packers' fifth stock offering, which ended Feb. 29, 2012, was a tremendous success with the organization adding more than 250,000 new shareholders." This would bring the total number of stockholders to 327,015 in 2012. Total number of shares was undetermined at the time of writing.
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The fans! The Packers have offered stock in the team five times in their history. When the stock is available, any U.S. citizen can buy shares. Today there are shareholders in all 50 states. There's a lingering misperception that the city of Green Bay owns the team. They aren't owned by any government body, but rather by ordinary citizens.
The Green Bay Packers are still the Green Bay Packers.
The Green Bay Packers are from Wisconsin. It's north of Illinois and east of Minnesota.
No, they are not for sale. Once in a while though you can purchase stock in them though it's mostly for show since it has no real value. They are the only community owned team in all of sports.
The packers are located in GREEN BAY, Wisconsin.
The Green Bay Packers come from Green Bay, Wisconsin.