Foxborough, MA Suffolk and The Kraft Group celebrated the topping off of a new training facility for the New England Patriots. The facility will include a weight room, training room with hydro capabilities, and meeting rooms. It is located adjacent to Gillette Stadium.
“The Kraft Group is committed to delivering a quality product for its fans and providing its players and staff an unparalleled experience while they train at the Gillette Stadium campus,” said John Fish, chairman and CEO, Suffolk. “We are honored to partner with The Kraft Group to build this important training facility for the New England Patriots, and we are thankful to the trade partners for their hard work and commitment to reaching this project milestone on time and on budget and look forward to the successful completion of the facility next spring.”
“Suffolk is our long-time highly trusted partner for every complex construction project we take on,” said Jonathan Kraft, president of The Kraft Group. “They not only meet our timelines but do so while working around complicated jobsite logistics and constraints. The quality of the finished product is always at the highest level, and the overall value of their work is unparalleled. We are proud to work together to deliver this new training facility that will support the New England Patriots and provide our players, coaches, and staff with the environment and the resources they need to succeed both on and off the field.”
The building will include a nutrition center, player lounge and an open-space locker room. The locker room will be connected to an expanded weight room, opening directly onto three practice fields. The facility will feature training rooms with a significant expansion of “hydrotherapy” capabilities, including hot tubs, cold plunge tubs, a pool and an underwater treadmill. Football administration offices and meeting rooms will feature virtual reality rooms and new technologies for draft operations. The ground floor of the building will be home to the media workroom, providing access to the team’s practice fields and locker room.
The training center was designed by global design firm and long-time Kraft Group partner Populous, which specializes in sports facilities at the collegiate and professional levels. The targeted completion date for the new Patriots Training Facility is spring 2026.
“We’re designing not only for player performance, but also for the entire organization’s performance,” said Scott Capstack, senior principal and design director at Populous. “Intention and innovation drive our people-focused creative process, and The Kraft Group has collaborated every step of the way to create a space that will support the team well into the future.”
Suffolk recently partnered with The Kraft Group on a $250 million renovation at Gillette Stadium, the largest and most transformative project since the stadium opened in 2002. Key parts of that project included construction of the new Gillette Stadium Lighthouse, a 22-story tower with a 360-degree observation deck open to guests year-round, and a new 50,000 s/f premium space, G-P Atrium, overlooking the field.
The renovation also included the installation of the country’s largest outdoor curved-radius videoboard at a sports venue, a new entry canopy, a remodeled Row of Honor, connectivity on the upper concourse for movement east to west, increased restroom capacity and permanent bars and concession.
