Twenty months after announcing plans to construct a football-specific training facility, the Patriots on Wednesday hosted the ribbon-cutting ceremony for their gleaming New Balance Athletics Center.
The 160,000-square-foot building, which sits adjacent to Gillette Stadium, opened in the spring, serving as a new home base for players, coaches, and staff. Among the spaces inside are a 15,000-square-foot weight room and a 10,500-square-foot virtual reality room.
“I appreciate the support and the commitment that Robert [Kraft] and Jonathan [Kraft] have made, specifically as it relates to this building,” coach Mike Vrabel said in June. “Jonathan and [vice president of football operations and strategy John Streicher] put a lot of work in to get this thing right, to plan every room and plan every area with the players in mind.”
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