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===Stadium and headquarters=== {{Main|Gillette Stadium}} {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | header = | header_align = left/right/center | header_background = | total_width = 400 | footer = | footer_align = left/right/center | footer_background = | width = | image1 = Foxborostade crop 1.png | caption1 = Aerial view of [[Foxboro Stadium]], where the Patriots played for their first 31 seasons in [[Foxborough, Massachusetts]] after not being able to find a permanent home in [[Boston]], from 1971 to 2001 | image2 = Gillette Stadium02.jpg | caption2 = The field of [[Gillette Stadium]], the current home stadium of the Patriots in Foxborough since 2002 }} Since 2002, the Patriots' home stadium has been [[Gillette Stadium]], a $350{{nbsp}}million facility privately financed by [[Robert Kraft]], located in [[Foxborough, Massachusetts]]. It houses the team's practice facilities, the team's administrative offices, as well as its owning entity's, [[The Kraft Group]], along with the Kraft-owned [[Major League Soccer]] team, the [[New England Revolution]].<ref name="gs">{{cite web|url=http://www.gillettestadium.com/sports|title=Sports|publisher=Gillette Stadium|access-date=March 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302074342/http://www.gillettestadium.com/sports|archive-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> The field, which was originally natural grass, was replaced with a [[FieldTurf]] surface during the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fieldturf.com/en/artificial-turf/artificial-turf-news/patriots-select-fieldturf-for-gillette-stadium|title=Patriots Select FieldTurf for Gillette Stadium|publisher=FieldTurf|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104192531/http://www.fieldturf.com/en/artificial-turf/artificial-turf-news/patriots-select-fieldturf-for-gillette-stadium|url-status=live}}</ref> The Patriots installed a new video board, the largest in the United States, in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Randall |first=Dakota |date=April 29, 2023 |title=Patriots' New Gillette Stadium Video Board Is Really, Really Big |url=https://nesn.com/2023/04/patriots-new-gillette-stadium-video-board-is-absolutely-enormours/ |access-date=July 29, 2023 |website=NESN.com |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729165942/https://nesn.com/2023/04/patriots-new-gillette-stadium-video-board-is-absolutely-enormours/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite not being around for more than 20 years, Gillette Stadium is home to the second most postseason games ever, [[Candlestick Park]] being first with 27 total. The Patriots have a 19β4 playoff record in this stadium as of the conclusion of the [[2019 NFL season]], the AFC playoffs consistently had the Patriots playing from home in 2001β2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maske |first=Mark |date=January 18, 2019 |title=For all of their greatness, the Patriots haven't won a road playoff game since 2007 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/01/18/all-their-greatness-patriots-havent-won-road-playoff-game-since/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530171534/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/01/18/all-their-greatness-patriots-havent-won-road-playoff-game-since/ |archive-date=May 30, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pennington |first=Bill |date=January 12, 2019 |title=Foxboro(ugh!): Where Visiting N.F.L. Teams Hate to Play β The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/sports/new-england-patriots-playoffs-foxborough-.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819220945/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/sports/new-england-patriots-playoffs-foxborough-.html |archive-date=August 19, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2019 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The area around the stadium was developed, beginning in 2007, into a $375{{nbsp}}million "lifestyle and entertainment center" called [[Patriot Place]]; among its largest structures is a multi-floor restaurant and bar called [[CBS Scene]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patriot-place.com/|title=Patriot Place|publisher=[[Patriot Place]]|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314142041/http://www.patriot-place.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to 2002, the Patriots played in [[Foxboro Stadium]] dating back to 1971, the team's second year in the NFL after the AFLβNFL merger, and this venue was also privately funded. The final game in this stadium was the [[Tuck Rule Game|2001 AFC Divisional Playoff game]] which was a 16β13 overtime win over the visiting [[Oakland Raiders]], known for the raging snowstorm and the "tuck rule" call.<ref name="gs"/> During the team's days in the [[American Football League]] and its first year in the NFL, the Boston Patriots were hosted by a number of fields in or around [[Boston]].<ref name="gs"/> ====Stadium history==== [[File:Fenway Park (10374097904).jpg|thumb|Boston's [[Fenway Park]] was the home stadium of the Patriots from 1963 to 1968]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New England Patriots|border=2}};"|Stadium ! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New England Patriots|border=2}};"|Location ! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New England Patriots|border=2}};"|Duration |- | [[Nickerson Field|Boston University Field]] | rowspan=2|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] | 1960β1962 |- | [[Fenway Park]] | 1963β1968 |- | [[Alumni Stadium]] | [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts]] | 1969 |- | [[Harvard Stadium]] | [[Allston, Massachusetts]] | 1970 |- | [[Foxboro Stadium]] | rowspan=2|[[Foxborough, Massachusetts]] | 1971β2001 |- | [[Gillette Stadium]] | 2002βpresent |} {{clear}}
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