Gillette Stadium - wikipedia Gillette Stadium Gillette Stadium The Razor Former names CMGI Field ( 2002 ) Address 1 Patriot Place Location Foxborough, Massachusetts Coordinates 42 ° 05 ′ 27.40 '' N 71 ° 15 ′ 51.64 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.0909444 ° N 71.2643444 ° W ﻿ / 42.0909444 ; - 71.2643444 Coordinates : 42 ° 05 ′ 27.40 '' N 71 ° 15 ′ 51.64 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.0909444 ° N 71.2643444 ° W ﻿ / 42.0909444 ; - 71.2643444 Public transit Foxboro ( game days only ) Owner The Kraft Group Operator The Kraft Group Executive suites 89 Capacity American football : 65,878 ( 2015 -- present ) 68,756 ( 2002 -- 2014 ) Soccer : 20,000 ( expandable ) Field size American football : 120 yd × 53 1 / 3 yd Soccer : 116 yd × 75 yd Surface FieldTurf ( 2006 -- present ) Grass ( 2002 -- 2006 ) Construction Broke ground March 24, 2000 Opened May 11, 2002 ( partial ) September 9, 2002 ( grand ) Construction cost US $325 million ( $442 million in 2017 dollars ) Architect HOK Sport ( now Populous ) Project manager Barton Malow Structural engineer Bliss and Nyitray, Inc. Services engineer Vanderweil Engineers General contractor Skanska Tenants New England Patriots ( NFL ) ( 2002 -- present ) New England Revolution ( MLS ) ( 2002 -- present ) Massachusetts Minutemen ( NCAA ) ( 2012 -- 2016 ) Boston Cannons ( MLL ) ( 2015 ) Gillette Stadium is a stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 28 miles ( 45 km ) southwest of downtown Boston and 20 miles ( 32 km ) northeast of downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It serves as the home stadium and administrative offices for both the NFL 's New England Patriots football franchise and MLS 's New England Revolution soccer team. In 2012, it also became the home stadium for the football program of the University of Massachusetts ( UMass ), while on - campus Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium was undergoing renovations. Gillette will continue to host higher attended home games. The facility opened in 2002, replacing the old Foxboro Stadium. The seating capacity is 65,878, including 5,876 club seats and 89 luxury suites. The stadium is owned and operated by Kraft Sports Group, a subsidiary of The Kraft Group, the company through which businessman Robert Kraft owns the Patriots and Revolution. The stadium was originally known as CMGI Field before the naming rights were bought by Gillette after the `` dot - com '' bust. Although Gillette has since been acquired by Procter & Gamble, the stadium retains the Gillette name because P&G has continued to use the Gillette brand name and because the Gillette company was founded in the Boston area. Gillette and the Patriots jointly announced in September 2010 that their partnership, which includes naming rights to the stadium, will extend through the 2031 season. Additionally, uBid ( until April 2003 a wholly owned subsidiary of CMGI ) as of 2009 continues to sponsor one of the main entrance gates to the stadium. The Town of Foxborough approved plans for the stadium 's construction on December 6, 1999, and work on the stadium began on March 24, 2000. The first official event was a New England Revolution soccer game on May 11, 2002. The Rolling Stones played at Gillette Stadium on September 5, 2002 on the band 's Licks Tour. Jeremiah Freed was the first band to play at the WBCN river rave on June 9, 2002 making them the first band to ever play Gillette Stadium. Grand opening ceremonies were held four days later on September 9 when the Patriots unveiled their Super Bowl XXXVI championship banner before a Monday Night Football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Gillette Stadium is accessible by rail via the Providence / Stoughton and Franklin lines at the Foxboro MBTA station, but only during Patriots games and some concerts. The Patriots have sold out every home game since moving to the stadium -- preseason, regular season, and playoffs. This streak dates back to the 1994 season, while the team was still at Foxboro Stadium. By September 2016 this streak was 231 straight games. Contents 1 History 1.1 Foxboro Stadium 1.2 Location discussions 1.3 Design 2 Events 2.1 NFL 2.2 College football 2.3 Hockey 2.4 Notable soccer games 2.4. 1 International soccer matches 2.5 Concerts 2.6 Other events 3 Playing surface 3.1 Field logo 4 Patriot Place 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History Foxboro Stadium Main article : Foxboro Stadium From the 1971 NFL season until the 2001 NFL season, the Patriots played all of their home games at Foxboro Stadium. The stadium was privately funded on an extremely small budget and featured few amenities. Its aluminum benches would freeze over during games with cold weather and it had an unorganized dirt parking lot. Foxboro Stadium did not prove to bring in the profit that was needed to keep an NFL team in New England, as it was one of the smallest stadiums in the NFL, with just over 60,000 seats. The team had fallen into debt after team executive Chuck Sullivan funded the Jackson Victory Tour, in an attempt to earn more profit for the team. Tickets sales failed, however, and the team 's debt increased even further -- to a final total of US $126 million. After two unsuccessful owners bought the team and stadium, it was clear that a new stadium had to be built for the team to stay in New England. This is when other cities in the New England area, including Boston ( which was previously home to the Patriots and already had a stadium they could, and for a time before Foxboro Stadium opened, did, play in ), Hartford, and Providence became interested in building new stadiums to lure the Patriots away from Foxborough. Location discussions The first major stadium proposal from another city came in September 1993. Lowell Weicker, the Governor of Connecticut, proposed to the Connecticut General Assembly that a new stadium should be built in Hartford to attract the Patriots to move there, stating that a stadium had `` potentially great benefit '' if it were built. The bill passed in the State Assembly on September 27, 1993. In Massachusetts, there was a proposal to build a `` Megaplex '' in Boston, which would be the site of the stadium, as well as a new Fenway Park ( the home park of the Boston Red Sox ) and a much needed convention center. The proposed sites for this hybrid convention center - stadium were along Summer Street in South Boston or at the so - called Crosstown site along Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury, adjacent to Boston 's South End. The administration of Massachusetts Governor William Weld pushed for construction of a full `` Megaplex '' at the crosstown site, with then - new Boston Mayor Thomas Menino favoring construction of a new, stand - alone convention center in South Boston. Ultimately, the residents of neither of these neighborhoods wanted a stadium, and as a result, Menino backed out, fearing that it would affect his chance at re-election. The Fenway Park plan was cancelled after many `` Save Fenway Park ! '' groups popped up to save the historic ballpark. Kraft then began a plan to build a new stadium in South Boston. In that plan, Kraft was to pay for the stadium himself, hoping to win the support of Weld and Menino. He began to sketch designs, but the project was leaked to the press in December 1996. The residents of South Boston objected to a stadium being built in that location, causing Menino and Weld to become angry at Kraft. Kraft abandoned all plans for a Boston Stadium after the affair. In January 1997, Kraft began talks with Providence mayor Vincent Cianci to relocate the team to Providence and build a new stadium there. The proposed 68,000 - seat domed stadium would have cost $250 million, and would have been paid through income taxes, public bonds, surcharges on tickets, and private funds. Residents of the neighborhood of the proposed project were extremely opposed to the project because the surrounding area would have needed massive infrastructure improvements. The proposal fell through after a few weeks. During a news conference in September 1998, the team revealed plans to build a new stadium in Foxborough, keeping the team in Massachusetts. It was to be funded by the state as well as Kraft himself. This plan brought more competition from Connecticut, as a $1 billion plan to renovate an area of Hartford, including building a stadium. Kraft then signed an agreement to move the team to Hartford on November 18, 1998. The proposed stadium included 68,000 seats, 60 luxury boxes, and had a projected cost of $375 million. As before in Boston and Providence, construction of the stadium was challenged by the residents. Problems with the site were discovered, and an agreement could not be reached regarding the details of the stadium. The entire plan eventually fell through, enraging then Connecticut governor John G. Rowland, who lobbied hard for the stadium and spent weeks deliberating with Robert Kraft. Rowland announced at a press conference that he was officially `` a New York Jets fan, now and probably forever ''. In 1999, the team officially announced that it would remain in Foxborough, which led to Gillette Stadium 's construction. After the Hartford proposal fell through, Robert Kraft paid for 100 % of the construction costs, a rare instance of an NFL owner privately financing the construction of a stadium. Design On April 18, 2000, the team revealed plans for the new stadium in Foxborough. It was announced as a 68,000 - seat stadium at a cost of $325 million, with the entire cost privately funded. Boston is thus the only city in professional sports in which all facilities are privately owned and operated. The Patriots own Gillette Stadium, the Red Sox own Fenway Park, and TD Garden is owned by Delaware North ( the owner of the Bruins ) ( the Celtics rent the TD Garden from Delaware North ). Concurrently announced was a new road to access the stadium from U.S. Route 1, and an additional 3,000 parking spaces to accommodate the increased number of fans. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport ( now Populous ). Kraft wanted it modeled on M&T Bank Stadium which had opened in Baltimore, Maryland in 1998. Kraft insisted on it having a `` front door '' with a Disneyland - like entrance. Populous went through 200 designs before coming up with one that Kraft liked. The entrance includes a lighthouse ( which was originally designed to shoot a light 2 miles ( 3.2 km ) high ) and a bridge modeled on Boston 's Longfellow Bridge. The lighthouse and bridge are now featured on the stadium 's logo. For the first eight years of its existence the stadium used a video display, with a smaller LED scoreboard just beneath it, at each end of the field. The south side also had a large LED scoreboard in addition to the smaller one. In 2010, the stadium installed two new high definition Daktronics video displays to replace the entire previous setup at both ends. At the time of their construction, the larger screen, at 41.5 feet tall and 164 feet wide ( 12.6 mx 50.0 m ), was the second - largest video monitor in any NFL stadium ; only AT&T Stadium had a larger one. Gillette Stadium ranks first among all NFL venues in stadium food safety with a 0 % critical violations. The Gillette Stadium food service, instead of being outsourced like most NFL teams, is run in - house and is led by the Patriots executive director of foods and beverage David Wheeler. Events NFL Gillette Stadium mezzanine area The venue has hosted the NFL 's nationally -- televised primetime season -- opening games in 2004, 2005, 2015, and 2017 ( when the Patriots unveiled their championship banners from Super Bowl XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX and LI ). The stadium also played host to the 2003 AFC Championship Game, in which the Patriots defeated the Indianapolis Colts 24 -- 14. Eight days earlier the Patriots hosted the coldest game ( 4 ° F, − 12 ° F wind chill ) in New England Patriots history in the AFC Divisional Playoff game when the Patriots defeated the Tennessee Titans, 17 -- 14. Gillette Stadium also hosted the 2007 AFC Championship Game, with the Patriots defeating the San Diego Chargers, 21 -- 12. On January 10, 2010, the Baltimore Ravens beat the Patriots 33 -- 14 here giving the Patriots their first home loss in the playoffs in Gillette Stadium. The Patriots suffered their second home playoff loss on January 16, 2011 in a 28 -- 21 New York Jets victory. During the 2012 NFL playoffs, the Patriots defeated the Denver Broncos, 45 -- 10, and again hosted the AFC Championship, where they won against the Baltimore Ravens, 23 -- 20. The following year, they again hosted the AFC Championship game, where they lost 28 -- 13 to the Baltimore Ravens. During the 2015 NFL playoffs, the Patriots avenged their previous defeat by the Baltimore Ravens by edging the Ravens 35 - 31. They then defeated the Indianapolis Colts, 45 - 7 in the AFC Championship. The stadium hosted its sixth AFC Championship game during the 2016 playoffs, as the Patriots defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 36 -- 17. In all, the Patriots are 16 -- 3 at Gillette Stadium in the playoffs. College football As part of the UMass football program 's move to Division I FBS, the Minutemen played all of their home games at Gillette Stadium for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The stadium is 95 miles away from the UMass campus in Amherst -- the longest trip of any FBS member. The Minutemen 's on - campus stadium, Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium, was not suitable for FBS football in its previous configuration. Its small size ( 17,000 seats ) would have made it prohibitively difficult to meet FBS average attendance requirements, and its press box and replay facilities were well below Mid-American Conference standards. Additionally, several nonconference teams would not even consider playing games in Amherst. McGuirk Stadium was renovated to FBS standards for the 2014 season, but the Minutemen 's current deal with the Kraft Group calls for the Minutemen to play four of their home games in Foxborough from 2014 to 2016 in exchange for keeping part of the revenue from ticket sales. Moving forward, Gillette will continue to host UMass football with those games of anticipated larger attendance. Hockey Gillette Stadium also hosted the eighth edition of the NHL Winter Classic, between the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens, on January 1, 2016. Notable soccer games Memorable Major League Soccer playoff victories include wins over the Chicago Fire in the 2005 and 2007 Eastern Conference Final, sending the Revs to the MLS Cup. Additionally, the venue hosted MLS Cup 2002, four games of the 2003 FIFA Women 's World Cup, and some Copa America Centenario matches in 2016. International soccer matches Date Winning Team Result Losing Team Tournament Spectators September 27, 2003 Norway 7 -- 1 South Korea 2003 FIFA Women 's World Cup First Round 14,356 Canada 3 -- 1 Japan October 1, 2003 United States 1 -- 0 Norway 2003 FIFA Women 's World Cup Quarterfinals 25,103 Sweden 2 -- 1 Brazil June 10, 2016 Chile 2 -- 1 Bolivia Copa América Centenario Group D 19,392 June 12, 2016 Peru 1 -- 0 Brazil Copa América Centenario Group B 36,187 June 18, 2016 Argentina 4 -- 1 Venezuela Copa América Centenario Quarterfinal 59,183 Concerts Date Artist Opening act ( s ) Tour / Concert name Attendance Gross Notes September 5, 2002 The Rolling Stones The Pretenders The Licks Tour -- -- July 6, 2003 Metallica Limp Bizkit LINKIN PARK Deftones Mudvayne The Summer Sanitarium Tour 42,898 / 48,600 $3,217,350 August 1, 2003 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band -- The Rising Tour 96,108 / 98,559 $7,107,215 August 2, 2003 July 24, 2004 Toby Keith Montgomery Gentry Jo Dee Messina Gretchen Wilson Scotty Emerick Don Campbell Band The Big Throwdown Tour 39,717 / 41,354 $2,850,279 July 23, 2005 Kenny Chesney Keith Urban Gretchen Wilson Uncle Kracker Pat Green The Somewhere in the Sun Tour 50,860 / 50,860 $3,263,448 September 3, 2005 Green Day Jimmy Eat World Against Me ! The American Idiot Tour 26,781 / 43,615 $1,006,421 July 16, 2006 Kenny Chesney Dierks Bentley Big & Rich Carrie Underwood Gretchen Wilson The Road and The Radio Tour 55,124 / 55,124 $4,136,945 July 27, 2006 Bon Jovi Nickelback The Have a Nice Day Tour 45,874 / 45,874 $3,384,804 September 20, 2006 The Rolling Stones Kanye West A Bigger Bang Tour 44,115 / 45,285 $4,042,193 July 28, 2007 Kenny Chesney Brooks & Dunn Sugarland Sara Evans Pat Green The Flip - Flop Summer Tour 56,926 / 56,926 $4,496,363 July 26, 2008 Kenny Chesney Keith Urban LeAnn Rimes Gary Allan Sammy Hagar The Poets and Pirates Tour 57,394 / 57,394 $5,274,364 July 18, 2009 Elton John Billy Joel -- Face to Face 2009 52,007 / 52,007 $6,209,342 July 28, 2009 AC / DC Anvil The Black Ice World Tour -- -- August 15, 2009 Kenny Chesney Sugarland Montgomery Gentry Miranda Lambert Lady Antebellum The Sun City Carnival Tour 57,890 / 57,890 $5,041,001 September 20, 2009 U2 Snow Patrol The U2 360 ° Tour 138,805 / 138,805 $12,859,778 September 21, 2009 June 5, 2010 Taylor Swift Kellie Pickler Gloriana Justin Bieber The Fearless Tour 56,868 / 56,868 $3,726,157 Swift became the first woman to headline the stadium. June 13, 2010 Eagles Dixie Chicks Keith Urban The Long Road Out of Eden Tour 26,433 / 41,582 $2,822,410 July 24, 2010 Bon Jovi Kid Rock The Circle Tour 51,138 / 51,138 $4,418,585 August 21, 2010 Brad Paisley Jason Aldean Darius Rucker Sara Evans Easton Corbin The H2O Tour 51,107 / 51,107 $3,476,779 June 25, 2011 Taylor Swift Needtobreathe Randy Montana James Wesley The Speak Now World Tour 110,800 / 110,800 $8,026,350 June 26, 2011 August 26, 2011 Kenny Chesney Zac Brown Band Billy Currington Uncle Kracker The Goin ' Coastal Tour 106,755 / 106,755 $9,228,920 August 27, 2011 August 18, 2012 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band -- The Wrecking Ball World Tour 49,621 / 50,000 $4,548,896 August 24, 2012 Kenny Chesney Tim McGraw Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Jake Owen The Brothers of the Sun Tour 111,209 / 111,209 $9,926,110 August 25, 2012 July 20, 2013 Bon Jovi The J. Geils Band The Because We Can Tour 45,912 / 45,912 $3,514,571 July 26, 2013 Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran Austin Mahone Joel Crouse The Red Tour 110,712 / 110,712 $9,464,063 At the first show, Carly Simon was the special guest. July 27, 2013 August 23, 2013 Kenny Chesney Eric Church Eli Young Band Kacey Musgraves The No Shoes Nation Tour 109,207 / 109,207 $9,465,256 August 24, 2013 May 31, 2014 George Strait Tim McGraw Faith Hill Cassadee Pope The Cowboy Rides Away Tour 55,863 / 55,863 $5,005,789 June 15, 2014 Iggy Azalea -- The New Classic Tour -- -- This concert was part of 103.3 AMP Radio Birthday Bash July 1, 2014 Beyoncé Jay - Z -- The On the Run Tour 52,802 / 52,802 $5,738,114 Jay - Z became the first rapper to headline the stadium. August 7, 2014 One Direction 5 Seconds of Summer The Where We Are Tour 148,251 / 148,251 $13,475,239 August 8, 2014 August 9, 2014 August 10, 2014 Luke Bryan Dierks Bentley Lee Brice Cole Swindell The That 's My Kind of Night Tour 56,048 / 56,048 $4,349,568 July 24, 2015 Taylor Swift Vance Joy Shawn Mendes Haim The 1989 World Tour 116,849 / 116,849 $12,533,166 Walk the Moon was the special guest. July 25, 2015 MKTO was the special guest. August 22, 2015 AC / DC Vintage Trouble Rock or Bust World Tour 48,000 / 50,000 -- August 28, 2015 Kenny Chesney Jason Aldean Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion The Big Revival Tour The Burn It Down Tour 120,206 / 120,206 $11,624,917 August 29, 2015 September 12, 2015 One Direction Icona Pop The On the Road Again Tour 48,167 / 48,167 $4,493,993 Liam Payne and Niall Horan, respectively, made a cover of `` 22 '' by Taylor Swift, because of the 22nd birthday of both. September 25, 2015 Ed Sheeran Passenger Christina Perri The x Tour 51,996 / 54,000 $3,234,377 June 3, 2016 Beyoncé DJ Khaled The Formation World Tour 48,304 / 48,304 $6,008,698 July 15, 2016 Luke Bryan Little Big Town Chris Stapleton Dustin Lynch The Kill the Lights Tour 76,450 / 87,871 $7,511,536 July 16, 2016 July 19, 2016 Guns N ' Roses Lenny Kravitz The Not In This Lifetime... Tour 65,472 / 71,099 $8,302,575 July 20, 2016 July 30, 2016 Coldplay Alessia Cara Foxes A Head Full of Dreams Tour 54,952 / 54,952 $6,530,260 August 26, 2016 Kenny Chesney Miranda Lambert Sam Hunt Old Dominion The Spread the Love Tour 121,399 / 121,399 $11,455,368 August 27, 2016 September 14, 2016 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band -- The River Tour 48,324 / 51,664 $5,439,521 May 19, 2017 Metallica Volbeat Mix Master Mike The WorldWired Tour 47,778 / 48,905 $6,095,723 June 25, 2017 U2 The Lumineers The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 55,231 / 55,231 $6,881,340 August 4, 2017 Coldplay AlunaGeorge Izzy Bizu A Head Full of Dreams Tour 52,188 / 52,188 $6,263,906 August 25, 2017 Kenny Chesney Thomas Rhett Old Dominion Midland The No Shoes Nation Tour 2017 121,642 / 121,642 $12,095,688 August 26, 2017 July 26, 2018 Taylor Swift Camila Cabello Charli XCX Taylor Swift 's Reputation Stadium Tour TBA TBA July 27, 2018 July 28, 2018 August 5, 2018 Beyoncé & Jay - Z -- On The Run II Tour TBA TBA August 24, 2018 Kenny Chesney Dierks Bentley Brothers Osborne Brandon Lay The Trip Around The Sun Tour TBA TBA August 25, 2018 September 15, 2018 Ed Sheeran TBA ÷ Tour TBA TBA Other events Gillette Stadium hosted the NCAA Men 's Lacrosse Championships in 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2017. The AMA Supercross Championship has been racing at Gillette Stadium since 2016. Monster Jam has been coming to the stadium since 2014. Playing surface On November 14, 2006, two days after a rainstorm contributed to the deterioration of the grass surface in a Patriots game against the Jets, team management decided to replace the natural grass surface with a synthetic surface, FieldTurf. The Patriots ' first game on the surface was a victory over the previously 9 -- 1 Chicago Bears on November 26. At the conclusion of the 2007 season, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had a career record of 31 -- 3 on artificial turf. The team lost a preseason matchup in August 2007 to the Tennessee Titans on the new FieldTurf but otherwise won its first eleven regular - season and playoff games on the surface covering the period of November 2006 until September 2008, when the Patriots lost to the Miami Dolphins. In February 2010, the surface was pulled and upgraded to FieldTurf `` Duraspine Pro '', which was expected to meet FIFA standards that the previous turf did not, preventing the team from having to place sod on top of their turf to host international soccer matches. The surface was upgraded again in April 2014 to FieldTurf `` Revolution '' with `` VersaTile '' drainage system. The FieldTurf Revolution product is currently used at many venues across North America, including CenturyLink Field ( home to the NFL 's Seattle Seahawks and MLS 's Seattle Sounders ) and Providence Park, home of the MLS 's Portland Timbers, where its installation was recently completed. Field logo When the field is configured for American football, the Patriots have their `` Flying Elvis '' logo painted on the field at dead center of the 50 - yard line. Off to both sides along the 50 - yard line, the Gillette Stadium logo is also painted on the field. This is a gray - and - yellow stylized representation of the bridge and tower at the north entrance of the stadium. Patriot Place 2009 Energy Project Award Winning 525 kilowatt BIPV CoolPly system on the Patriot Place Complex Adjacent to the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. The Solar Project was built, and is owned and operated by Constellation Energy. Main article : Patriot Place In 2006, the Patriots and Kraft announced plans to build a `` super regional lifestyle and entertainment center '' in the area around Gillette Stadium named Patriot Place. The cost of the project was $350 million, more than the cost to build Gillette Stadium itself ; Kraft had purchased much of the surrounding land, about 700 acres ( 280 ha ), when he bought Foxboro Stadium in the late 1980s. The first phase of the project opened in fall of 2007, and featured the first Bass Pro Shops in New England, as well as Circuit City ( now closed ), Bed Bath & Beyond, Five Guys Burgers, Christmas Tree Shops, and Staples. In December 2007, the Patriots and CBS announced plans to build a themed restaurant and nightclub, named `` CBS Scene '', at the site, which would also include studios for CBS - owned WBZ - TV. The restaurant was part of the second phase of the project, which included an open mall, a health center, a Cinema de Lux movie theater, a four - star Renaissance hotel, and `` The Hall at Patriot Place. '' Attached to Gillette Stadium, the Hall includes a two - level interactive museum honoring the Patriots accomplishments and Super Bowl championships, plus the Patriots Pro Shop. 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Gillette Stadium Website Gillette Stadium Tickets Web Cam of Gillette Stadium Official Patriot Place Website Events and tenants Preceded by Foxboro Stadium Home of the New England Patriots 2002 -- present Succeeded by current Preceded by Foxboro Stadium Home of the New England Revolution 2002 -- present Succeeded by current Preceded by Columbus Crew Stadium Host of the MLS Cup 2002 Succeeded by Home Depot Center Preceded by Invesco Field at Mile High Home of the Drum Corps International World Championship 2005 Succeeded by Camp Randall Stadium Preceded by M&T Bank Stadium Home of the NCAA Lacrosse Final Four 2008 -- 2009 Succeeded by M&T Bank Stadium Preceded by Oakland Coliseum RCA Dome Heinz Field Sports Authority Field at Mile High Sports Authority Field at Mile High Host of AFC Championship Game 2008 2012 -- 2013 2015 2017 -- 2018 Succeeded by Heinz Field Heinz Field Sports Authority Field at Mile High Sports Authority Field at Mile High incumbent Preceded by Nationals Park Host of the NHL Winter Classic 2016 Succeeded by Busch Stadium New England Patriots Founded in 1960 Formerly the Boston Patriots ( 1960 -- 70 ) Based and headquartered in Foxborough, Massachusetts Franchise Franchise History Hall of Fame Patriot Place Seasons Players Coaches First - 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FM Radio network Gil Santos Gino Cappelletti Bob Socci Scott Zolak Current league affiliations League : National Football League ( 1970 -- present ) Conference : American Football Conference Division : East Division Former league affiliation League : American Football League ( 1960 -- 1969 ) Seasons ( 58 ) 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Championship seasons in bold New England Revolution Foxborough, Massachusetts The Club History Seasons Records Players CSN New England WBZ - FM Stadiums Foxboro Stadium Gillette Stadium Culture Midnight Riders Affiliated clubs Rochester Rhinos USL Key personnel Owner Robert Kraft General Manager Mike Burns Manager Jay Heaps Major honors ( 1 ) U.S. Open Cup 2007 Major League Soccer Seasons ( 18 ) 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 UMass Minutemen football Venues Alumni Field ( 1879 -- 1964 ) Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium ( 1965 -- 2011, 2014 -- ) Gillette Stadium ( alternate ) ( 2012 -- 2016 ) Bowls & rivalries Bowl games Boston College New Hampshire : Colonial Clash ( Bill Knight Trophy ) UConn Culture & lore Sam the Minuteman `` Fight Mass '' University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band People Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders Seasons 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 National championship seasons in bold Current stadiums of the National Football League American Football Conference East Gillette Stadium Hard Rock Stadium MetLife Stadium New Era Field North FirstEnergy Stadium Heinz Field M&T Bank Stadium Paul Brown Stadium South Lucas Oil Stadium Nissan Stadium NRG Stadium TIAA Bank Field West Arrowhead Stadium Oakland -- Alameda County Coliseum Sports Authority Field at Mile High StubHub Center National Football Conference East AT&T Stadium FedExField Lincoln Financial Field MetLife Stadium North Ford Field Lambeau Field Soldier Field U.S. Bank Stadium South Bank of America Stadium Mercedes - Benz Stadium Mercedes - Benz Superdome Raymond James Stadium West CenturyLink Field Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Levi 's Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium Hall of Fame Game Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium International Series Wembley Stadium Twickenham Stadium Estadio Azteca Both the New York Giants ( NFC ) and the New York Jets ( AFC ) share the same venue. Current stadiums of Major League Soccer Current Primary Avaya Stadium Banc of California Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium BC Place BMO Field CenturyLink Field Children 's Mercy Park Dick 's Sporting Goods Park Gillette Stadium Mapfre Stadium Mercedes - Benz Stadium Orlando City Stadium Providence Park Red Bull Arena Rio Tinto Stadium Saputo Stadium StubHub Center Talen Energy Stadium TCF Bank Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Stadium Yankee Stadium Secondary Levi 's Stadium Olympic Stadium Stanford Stadium Future Allianz Field Audi Field Miami MLS stadium Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium 2003 FIFA Women 's World Cup stadiums Columbus Crew Stadium ( Columbus ) Gillette Stadium ( Foxborough ) The Home Depot Center ( Carson ) Lincoln Financial Field ( Philadelphia ) PGE Park ( Portland ) RFK Stadium ( Washington, D.C. ) Drum Corps International World Championship host venues Warhawk Stadium ( 1972 -- 73 ) Schoellkopf Field ( 1974 ) Franklin Field ( 1975 -- 76 ) Mile High Stadium ( 1977 -- 78 ) Legion Field ( 1979 -- 80 ) Olympic Stadium ( Montreal ) ( 1981 -- 82 ) Miami Orange Bowl ( 1983 ) Grant Field ( 1984 ) Camp Randall Stadium ( 1985 -- 87, 1992, 1999, 2002, 2006 ) Arrowhead Stadium ( 1988 -- 1989 ) New Era Field ( 1990, 1995, 2001 ) Cotton Bowl Stadium ( 1991 ) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium ( 1993 ) Foxboro Stadium ( 1994 ) Camping World Stadium ( 1996 -- 98, 2003 ) Byrd Stadium ( 2000 ) Invesco Field at Mile High ( 2004 ) Gillette Stadium ( 2005 ) Rose Bowl Stadium ( 2007 ) Memorial Stadium, Bloomington ( 2008 ) Lucas Oil Stadium ( 2009 -- 28 ) Venues of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group stage BBVA Compass Stadium ( Houston ) BMO Field ( Toronto ) Bank of America Stadium ( Charlotte, North Carolina ) Gillette Stadium ( Foxborough, Massachusetts ) Soldier Field ( Chicago ) Children 's Mercy Park ( Kansas City, Kansas ) StubHub Center ( Carson, California ) Toyota Stadium ( Frisco, Texas ) University of Phoenix Stadium ( Glendale, Arizona ) Quarter - finals M&T Bank Stadium ( Baltimore ) MetLife Stadium ( East Rutherford, New Jersey ) Semi-finals Georgia Dome ( Atlanta ) Third - place playoff Talen Energy Stadium ( Chester, Pennsylvania ) Final Lincoln Financial Field ( Philadelphia ) Official website Copa América Centenario stadiums Camping World Stadium ( Orlando ) CenturyLink Field ( Seattle ) Gillette Stadium ( Foxborough ) Levi 's Stadium ( Santa Clara ) Lincoln Financial Field ( Philadelphia ) MetLife Stadium ( East Rutherford ) NRG Stadium ( Houston ) Rose Bowl ( Pasadena ) Soldier Field ( Chicago ) University of Phoenix Stadium ( Glendale ) AMA / FIM World Supercross venues Current ( 2017 ) Angel Stadium of Anaheim ( Anaheim ) AT&T Stadium ( Arlington ) CenturyLink Field ( Seattle ) Daytona International Speedway ( Daytona Beach ) Ford Field ( Detroit ) Lucas Oil Stadium ( Indianapolis ) MetLife Stadium ( East Rutherford ) Oakland Coliseum ( Oakland ) Petco Park ( San Diego ) Rice - Eccles Stadium ( Salt Lake City ) Rogers Centre ( Toronto ) Sam Boyd Stadium ( Las Vegas ) The Dome at America 's Center ( St. Louis ) University of Phoenix Stadium ( Glendale ) U.S. Bank Stadium ( Minneapolis ) Former Astrodome ( Houston ) AT&T Park ( San Francisco ) Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium ( Atlanta ) BC Place ( Vancouver ) Camping World Stadium ( Orlando ) CEFCU Stadium ( San Jose ) Charlotte Motor Speedway ( Charlotte ) Chase Field ( Phoenix ) Dodger Stadium ( Los Angeles ) EverBank Field ( Jacksonville ) Georgia Dome ( Atlanta ) Gillette Stadium ( Foxborough ) Houlihan 's Stadium ( Tampa ) Hubert H. 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