Sunday's Giants-Packers playoff game has area businesses preparing for what should be a boon to business. Big money from the Big Apple is expected to flood into the Green Bay area as New York fans come to town.
"The heavy hitters coming here on a private jet, they're probably here, spending more money," said Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau President and CEO Brad Toll.
During a regular season, home football game, around $8.2 million is spent in the Green Bay area.
With the upcoming playoff game, the Convention and Visitors Bureau can only speculate, it’s expected that number million will go up, considerably.
"All of these (tourists) are out, enjoying our restaurants, they're shopping in our stores, they're spending money at gas stations,” said Toll.
“So those dollars get spread throughout our community, and a lot of times, in places people don't even think of."
From the moment Eli Manning's knee touched the ground, people from New York started calling Jet Air – an aircraft services operator at Austin Straubel International Airport – looking for spots to park their private planes.
“All six (phone lines) have been ringing since the game ended," said Al Timmerman, Chief Operating Officer of Jet Air Group.
Timmerman says Jet Air can handle around 100 planes on their runway ramps and expects the now-empty ramps to be filled, come Sunday.
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