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Gillette Stadium is committed to delivering sustainable, world-class sports and entertainment events with the goal of managing and reducing environmental impact. Kraft Sports + Entertainment’s Sustainability Policy focuses on:
In August 2024, Gillette Stadium earned ISO 20121, Sustainable Events Management, certification. This prestigious certification encompasses Gillette Stadium, the Patriots, and the Revolution, making the Revolution the first MLS team to earn ISO 20121 certification.
In March 2024, Gillette Stadium earned LEED Gold certification per the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings (v4.1) criteria.
Gillette Stadium has reduced its energy usage through capital planning projects including installing high efficiency chillers (2014), LED sports lights (2019), a cogeneration plant (2019), and energy fuel cells (2019).
Gillette Stadium participates in Demand Response programs which result in cleaner, more affordable electricity throughout New England by helping reduce the need for expensive, fossil-fuel dependent infrastructure to supply electricity when demand is high. Participation in these programs provides valuable standby capacity to prevent blackouts and other disturbances that may be caused by the grid when encountering emergency conditions.
Gillette Stadium leverages renewable energy credits (RECs) to cover all the energy that Gillette Stadium does not get from the on-site cogeneration units and fuel cells, ensuring that the electricity used for events, including Patriots and Revolution home games, is attributed to clean energy sources. All events since 2019 have been powered by clean energy through renewable energy credits (RECs).
Gillette Stadium’s on-site wastewater reuse system is a closed-loop system that serves restroom and non-potable water services to clubs, suites, and concourse levels, as well as retail partners at the adjacent Patriot Place development.
Energy fuel cells
LED sports lights at a Revolution match
Constructing the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place have over 65 EV chargers throughout their parking lots. To view the charging station locations, please see the map.
To alleviate vehicle congestion and curb the resulting idling and gas emissions, Gillette Stadium has implemented various parking enhancements to streamline the process of cars entering and existing parking lots for Patriots games. To learn more, please visit Patriots Parking Options.
To allow visitors the opportunity to take alternative transportation and carpool, with the goal of reducing emissions from fan travel on event day, Gillette Stadium has designated drop-off and pick-up locations. To learn more, please visit Getting to Gillette Stadium.
Gillette Stadium is proud to partner with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) train station to encourage the use of public transportation to local commuters and fans traveling from Boston and Providence. Commuters from Foxborough can park at Foxboro Station in designated Lot 4C, featuring 500-plus parking spaces along with 24-hour onsite security.
Since its opening, commuters have expressed their appreciation for the station, especially the abundance of free parking. The full schedule is available here.
The MBTA Commuter Rail and Keolis provide round-trip, special event trains from Boston and Providence to Gillette Stadium for Patriots home games and other select events. For more details, check out Foxborough Event Service.
Gillette Stadium diverts organic food waste from landfills to anaerobic digestion farms in Massachusetts. These facilities help generate measurable sustainability and environmental benefits for the utility and local community. All organic waste from the stadium food services is collected and deposited into a Grind2Energy sink where it is ground up and put into a holding tank. The resulting slurry is sent to a local farm, where the food slurry is recycled by recovering water and converting captured methane into renewable energy. The remaining nutrient-rich organic material is used as a beneficial natural fertilizer to grow more food.
In partnership with WIN Waste Innovations, WIN Waste collects and processes the trash and recyclables generated at Gillette Stadium, recycling products when possible and converting the solid waste to renewable energy.
Gillette Stadium is committed to educating team members on sustainability policies and engaging with staff to participate in sustainable efforts and initiatives. For example, in 2024, Gillette Stadium employees assisted local organizations in planting trees in support of an Urban Forestry project in Chelsea, MA.
Gillette Stadium seeks input from local communities – spanning from Foxborough to New England – and fosters a commitment to being a responsible community partner. Gillette Stadium is proud to run sustainability tables at various events and to engage with fans about the team’s and the stadium’s green initiatives through an annual tradition of lighting up the stadium green to celebrate Green Sports Day, partnering with One Tree Planted, and aligning with the missions of the New England Patriots and the New England Revolution charities to participate in community initiatives like the MLS Works Greener Goals Weeks of Service and NFL Green.
Gillette Stadium is dedicated to making responsible program and project decisions by taking into consideration environmental, social, and economic impacts and to setting an example for the sports and entertainment industry about how to support events through sustainable venue development.
