Roll Up The Sidewalks Sunday Afternoon

The Green Bay Press reports a lot of businesses closing Sunday.

"Lambeau Field will be closed on Sunday
Decision will include Curly's Pub
By Scott Williams • swilliams@greenbaypressgazette.com • January 21, 2011

The Green Bay Packers will close Lambeau Field on Sunday, when the team is playing the NFC championship game in Chicago."
Lambeau Field will be closed on Sunday | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press Gazette

So a number of businesses will close early Sunday thanks to an expected lull in retail traffic during the NFC championship game against the Chicago Bears.

Ace Hardware Ridge Road, 2110 S. Ridge Road, Ashwaubenon,will close three hours early, at 2 p.m. ahead of the drop in foot traffic expected to accompany the start of the game.

"We hope it's busy in the morning with our normal Sunday traffic, but its always a gamble for us with the Packers if people are going to spend the morning working on a project or if they're just going to relax the whole day," said store manager Ryan Lindner.

"The last two weeks really reaffirmed to us that at game time you get a couple people coming in but it isn't feasible to be open for the little traffic we get," he said.

Leilani's Tropical Tan & Gift, 940 Hansen Road, Ashwaubenon, also will close early at 1 p.m.

"It's not worth it to stay open — we'd just be sitting here by ourselves," said Lani Zilisch, who owns the business with her husband, Kerry.

Leilani's has previously closed early Sundays, depending on the game.

I have a better question that charlie Sykes asked. When will fans start drinking on Sunday.