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Green Bay Packers stock offering ends Friday night

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The Green Bay Packers stock offering, just the sixth in the team's history, ends Friday night. Click here to learn more.

The Packers stock sale ends at 11:59 p.m. Central Time. The sale has raised more than $65.4 million so far, with 197,200 shares sold so far in 178,402 transactions.

The team says the money raised from selling Packers stock at $300 will be used for more construction projects at Lambeau Field. The Packers say the upgrades include new video boards and concourse upgrades.

The Packers' last stock offering went for $250 per share in 2011.

According to previous reports, the 2011 sale with shares priced at $250 added more than 250,000 new shareholders and raised $67.4 million, the team said. That money was used for a new entrance tower and viewing platform, and an expansion that added about 6,600 seats.

The 1997 sale with shares priced at $200 added 105,989 new shareholders and raised more than $24 million. That money was used for the Lambeau Field redevelopment project completed in 2003, according to the Packers.

Other stock sales took place in 1923, 1935, and 1950.