Like Feingold, Quadracci was impressed by the intimacy of the stadium. Feingold, the Democratic senator from Wisconsin, gazed at the inside of Miller Park for the first time just moments earlier. Thompson attracted quite a crowd of well-wishers as he walked through the stadium. Thompson could barely finish a sentence without being stopped for a hug, handshake or high-five from various fans. It makes me feel really good.
People know how difficult it was to get it built.
I knew it would be a terrible thing for Milwaukee and Wisconsin to lose the Brewers. Former players, too In addition to Yount, who was whisked on and off the field for the pre-game ceremony, attendees Friday included former Brewers players Jim Gantner, Gorman Thomas and Teddy Higuera and Green Bay Packers lineman Fuzzy Thurston. Johnny Logan, a shortstop from the old Milwaukee Braves, was one of the first people in the stadium Friday. And there were those who are involved in their own stadium projects. Packers President Bob Harlan and John Jones, the team's senior vice president of administration, were there.