FOXBOROUGH – If you're headed to Gillette Stadium for one of the Patriots last two home games later this month you might notice the start of a construction project near the team's current practice fields. Following their work on the redesign of Gillette Stadium's north end, the Kraft Group has again contracted Suffolk Construction to begin work on a brand-new, stand-alone training facility for the exclusive use of the football team.
The three-level structure will more than double the square footage of the team's current footprint located inside Gillette Stadium. While the day-to-day activities will primarily be spent in and around the new center, the core pieces for the team's gameday needs, including their stadium locker room, will remain intact.
"The whole project is designed around the players and the player experience," explained Kraft Sports and Entertainment Chief Operating Officer Jim Nolan. "As teams and team operations have grown, it was time for us to design a larger facility exclusively for the operation of the football team. The main floor is designed for where the players will work out, train, rehab, relax, and eat. The top floor is designed for where players and coaches will watch game film, strategize and meet."
The training center has been designed by global architectural firm and long-time Kraft Group partner Populous, who specializes in sports facilities at both the collegiate and professional levels, with crucial input from every facet of football operations, including coaches, players, training staff, and other internal personnel.
Upon arrival through a two-story foyer, the nutrition center will be the first thing players see when they arrive in the morning and last thing they see when they leave. Adjacent to nutrition is a player lounge and an enlarged, open-space locker room connected to an expanded weight room that will open directly onto three redesigned practice fields. The facility will also feature training rooms with a significant expansion of "hydro" capabilities, to include hot tubs, cold plunge tubs, a pool and an underwater treadmill.
The building will house all football administration offices and meeting rooms, as well as cutting-edge virtual reality rooms. The personnel offices will include a conference room featuring new technologies for hosting the annual draft operations.
The ground floor of the building will be home to the media workroom, providing easy access to the team's practice fields and locker room.
The Kraft Group's Vice President of Construction, Dan Krantz, who played a significant role in the construction of Gillette Stadium is serving as one of the principals coordinating this development and said the timeline for construction has a targeted completion date of Spring 2026.
