The Don Hutson Center is the indoor practice facility of the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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. Located across the street from Lambeau Field

Lambeau Field

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, it was built in 1994 at a cost of $

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4.7 million.

The center is named after Don Hutson

Don Hutson

Donald Montgomery Hutson was the first star wide receiver in National Football League history. He is considered by many to have been the first modern receiver....

, who played for the Packers from 1935 to 1945. A member of both the Pro Football

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 and Packers

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 Halls of Fame, Hutson was the dominant player of his era, setting records that stood for fifty years after his retirement.

The Don Hutson Center is the largest element of the Packers' practice complex, which includes Ray Nitschke Field

Ray Nitschke Field

Ray Nitschke Field is one of the two outdoor practice facilities of the Green Bay Packers . These fields, together with the Don Hutson Center, comprise the team's training complex....

 and Clarke Hinkle Field

Clarke Hinkle Field

Clarke Hinkle Field is one of the two outdoor American football practice facilities of the Green Bay Packers . These fields, together with the Don Hutson Center, comprise the team's training complex....

, which were also named after Packer greats.

There are two practice fields inside the Center, a 70 yards (64 m) field runs east-west, with another 60 yards (54.9 m) field running north-south, allowing the offense and defense to practice simultaneously. With 90 feet (27.4 m) and 85 feet (25.9 m) high ceilings over the respective fields, the facility allows the special teams to run full punting and kicking practices. The FieldTurf

FieldTurf

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surfaces allow the Packers to replicate game conditions for road games where they will have to play indoors or on artificial surfaces.

The Packers' video department has elevated camera positions on the inside of the Hutson Center for filming practices, as well as four porches on the exterior of the west side for filming practices at Clarke Hinkle Field.

The Center was dedicated on July 18, 1994, at a ceremony presided over by the then 81-year-old Hutson himself.