--- ---  # Seattle Suburb Banishes Cheese from City Hall Ahead of Packers Game by [Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated Jan 16, 2015 9:24 PM UTC  Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers reacts after completing a pass during the 2015 NFC Divisional Playoff game on Jan. 11, 2015 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers reacts after completing a pass during the 2015 NFC Divisional Playoff game on Jan. 11, 2015 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Al Bello—2015 Getty Images by [Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated Jan 16, 2015 9:24 PM UTC The city manager of the Seattle suburb of Bainbridge Island is taking drastic measures to make sure city hall is giving the Seahawks its full support for the NFC Championship game against the Packers by banning cheese from the building. [According to executive order 121212](http://www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/4472), a nod to the team’s fans “12th man” moniker, cheese shall be neither consumed nor possessed in city hall on the Friday before the game, and workers are encouraged to wear their Seahawks jersey and enjoy a tailgating inspired lunch. --- > “” --- Showing support for your local team is always a shrewd move for a politician, but taking delicious cheese away from constituents could easily backfire. _This_ [_article_](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/01/15/seattle-suburb-bans-cheese-seahawks-packers-game) _originally appeared on_ [_SI.com_](http://www.si.com/)_._ Seattle Suburb Bans Cheese in Run Up to Packers Game ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3672292/seahawks-packers-cheese-seattle-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3672292/seahawks-packers-cheese-seattle-ban/"},"headline":"Seattle Suburb Banishes Cheese from City Hall Ahead of Packers Game","datePublished":"2015-01-16T21:24:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:01.928Z","description":"\"Due to the relationship between the Green Bay Packers, their fans, and cheese, the possession of and/or consumption of cheese or cheese flavored products shall be banned in Bainbridge Island City Hall \"","url":"https://time.com/3672292/seahawks-packers-cheese-seattle-ban/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Food","Football","NFL","Bizarre","Seattle Seahawks","Cheese"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f682d844898b89c/69877a7b35ba6f9e47c06921/packers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f682d844898b89c/69877a7b35ba6f9e47c06921/packers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers reacts after completing a pass during the 2015 NFC Divisional Playoff game on Jan. 11, 2015 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.","caption":"Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers reacts after completing a pass during the 2015 NFC Divisional Playoff game on Jan. 11, 2015 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.","creditText":"Al Bello—2015 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3672292/seahawks-packers-cheese-seattle-ban/","name":"Seattle Suburb Banishes Cheese from City Hall Ahead of Packers Game"}}]}] ```