23-04-2025
'Dan Patrick Show' packs in a morning crowd on the eve of the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay
This story will be updated with more information.
ASHWAUBENON - Longtime sports personality Dan Patrick brought his radio show to town for the 2025 NFL Draft, and he packed the house during his live broadcast April 23 at The Bar on Holmgren Way.
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Fans were outside as early as 3:30 a.m. to catch the live broadcast of "The Dan Patrick Show" at The Bar, 2001 Holmgren Way. About 175 people watched the show in person.
Patrick brought out four guests, including Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay ben's basketball head coach Doug Gottlieb, former NFL player and current ESPN analyst Marcus Spears, and comedian Frank Caliendo.
Here's what was happening during the show and between commercial breaks that you may have missed.
Patrick notes Green Bay's friendliness
Patrick has been in the Green Bay as early as April 22, as he was part of an NFL Draft Primer that also included Gottlieb and Caliendo. Something that Patrick noted was how nice the people of Green Bay were compared to other cities.
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In other cities, "they don't say anything to you. But here? They're like, 'How are you doing?'" Patrick said when talking about the area. " It's an extremely polite crowd today, but they haven't had their first beer yet."
Fans traveled early in order to make the
Tom Germanotta left at 2 a.m. from Madison in order to attend Patrick's first live show of the week in the Green Bay area. Despite doors not opening until 7:45 a.m., Germanotta made it to Green Bay at 4 a.m. He had an idea that people were gonna line up early, as Patrick's show is pretty popular for many fans.
"Most people I've been talking to in line, they have (the show) on all the time too. I have him on almost every day, listening to what's going on," Germanotta said. "He needs to be at the draft. He's very connected with the people."
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Rashad Alexander can be reached at ralexander@ and 920-431-8214.
This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: 'Dan Patrick Show' makes its 2025 NFL Draft debut in Green Bay area
