EAGAN, Minn. – Stephon Gilmore only has one stadium left to go.

On Sunday, he'll cross Lambeau Field off his list and will be able to say he's played a regular-season game in each of the 30 current NFL venues.

Not an easy accomplishment.

But now in his 13^th season and with his sixth team, the five-time Pro Bowler has truly and tangibly left his mark across the league.

"I'm looking forward to it; I know the history of it," Gilmore told Twin Cities media members this week.

Lambeau Field is the second-oldest stadium of those currently in use, second only to Chicago's Soldier Field, which first opened in 1924 and has been renovated a number of times. The Chicago Cardinals were the first team to call Soldier Field their full-time home, though, and the Bears didn't "move in" until 1971.

Lambeau Field, which opened in 1957, was named City Stadium, but in 1965 it was rechristened in honor of Earl "Curly" Lambeau, the Packers player and head coach.

Green Bay's stadium is historic, to be sure. But when Gilmore and the Vikings head across the border this weekend, they won't be focused on the bleacher seats in the original bowl, or what's been added since.

The Vikings (3-0) are solely focused on winning their next game against a 2-1 Packers squad.

One day at a time. It's a mindset they've held throughout the season's first three weeks and is a large part of the reason Minnesota is one of just two NFC teams (Seattle) still undefeated.

"I know it's a division game," Gilmore said. "I'm just looking forward to learning about them this week. I know how big this game is for us."

He's familiar with the Green Bay-Minnesota rivalry simply from being elsewhere in the NFL, but Gilmore also can glean from fellow 13-year veteran Harrison Smith, who has two AFC venues (Baltimore and Cleveland) to go but has played in a regular-season game at every NFC stadium – including 11 contests at Lambeau Field. The Hitman has nabbed four interceptions on enemy territory.

Smith has grown accustomed to playing every season at Lambeau Field, but Gilmore isn't the only veteran on Minnesota's roster who has yet to play there.

Seven Vikings veterans who logged significant snaps last week are on track to face the Packers in a regular-season road game for the first time: QB Sam Darnold, LB Blake Cashman, OLB Jonathan Greenard, LB Kamu Grugier-Hill, DL Jerry Tillery, OLB Andrew Van Ginkel and Gilmore.

"I've never played there, so I'm excited," Van Ginkel said. "Obviously the history behind it, but at the end of the day it's another game, and it's a game we want to win. We've gotta prepare like it's the next game and the biggest game of the year."

An Iowa native, Van Ginkel played collegiately at Wisconsin but told reporters he's never been a Packers fan.

"In my heart, you know, I've always been a Vikings fan," he said. "I went to Wisconsin, thought it was the best fit for me, but deep down I'm a Viking through and through."

Van Ginkel entered the 2024 season having yet to play a regular-season game at 10 of the current NFL stadiums. He's since crossed off U.S. Bank Stadium, of course, and will also get to check the boxes beside Green Bay and Seattle this season.

"I'm excited for Sunday, and it's gonna be a great atmosphere. At the end of the day, it's just another game. [But it's also] a divisional game," Van Ginkel said. "You know, they don't like us, we don't like them, and it's gonna be a dog fight, so we've gotta prepare this week and take it day by day to go out there and put our best foot forward."