New England Patriots
NFL team owned by the Kraft Group, named alongside it in the Foxborough litigation.
The Patriots were named a co-plaintiff when Kraft Group, their owner, sued Foxborough on 15 June 2026 over a $7.8 million security bill and a fee dispute tied to Gillette Stadium's World Cup matches.
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The New England Patriots are a National Football League franchise based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, playing home games at Gillette Stadium.
Both the team and its stadium belong to Kraft Group, so the franchise's finances and its landlord's are, in practice, the same balance sheet; litigation naming the stadium's owner routinely names the team as well.
The Foxborough case concerns the cost of hosting World Cup matches at Gillette Stadium, not the Patriots' football operations, which continued through the 2026 close season unaffected by the dispute.
Patriots join Kraft's Foxborough suit
The Patriots appear in the Foxborough litigation not because of anything happening on the field, but because Kraft Group's stadium companies list the franchise itself as a plaintiff alongside them. Gillette Stadium, the team's home ground, is what is actually under dispute: Foxborough's 15 June 2026 lawsuit target was a $7.8 million security payment and a fee invoice tied to the venue's World Cup matches.
Foxborough's 7 July counterclaim grouped the Patriots with the other Kraft-owned plaintiffs as multibillion-dollar operators resisting local costs. For the franchise, the case is a landlord-tenant dispute over its own ground, not a football matter; the team's roster and season were unaffected.