Schaefer Stadium

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American football venue defunct sports venue outdoor stadium

Schaefer Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the New England Patriots before the construction of Gillette Stadium.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Schaefer Stadium canonical	2
Sullivan Stadium	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7722 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Schaefer Stadium
Context triple: [New England Patriots, formerHomeStadium, Schaefer Stadium]

A. Reser Stadium
Reser Stadium is the primary football stadium and home field of the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, Oregon.
B. Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
C. Everett Memorial Stadium
Everett Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose athletic venue in Everett, Massachusetts, primarily used for local high school football and other community sporting events.
D. Lumen Field
Lumen Field is a major multi-purpose stadium in Seattle best known as the home of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and MLS’s Seattle Sounders FC.
E. Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a historic Major League Baseball ballpark in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the Chicago Cubs and its iconic ivy-covered outfield walls.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Schaefer Stadium
Target entity description: Schaefer Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the New England Patriots before the construction of Gillette Stadium.

A. Reser Stadium
Reser Stadium is the primary football stadium and home field of the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, Oregon.
B. Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
C. Everett Memorial Stadium
Everett Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose athletic venue in Everett, Massachusetts, primarily used for local high school football and other community sporting events.
D. Lumen Field
Lumen Field is a major multi-purpose stadium in Seattle best known as the home of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and MLS’s Seattle Sounders FC.
E. Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a historic Major League Baseball ballpark in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the Chicago Cubs and its iconic ivy-covered outfield walls.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football venue ⓘ defunct sports venue ⓘ outdoor stadium ⓘ
alsoHosted	college football games ⓘ concerts ⓘ soccer matches ⓘ
architecturalStyle	simple concrete bowl design ⓘ
bestKnownAs	longtime home of the New England Patriots ⓘ
builtFor	New England Patriots ⓘ
city	Foxborough, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Foxborough
closed	2001 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demolished	2002 ⓘ
distanceFromBoston	approximately 25 miles southwest of Boston ⓘ
eraOfUseByNewEnglandPatriots	1971–2001 ⓘ
eraOfUseByNewEnglandRevolution	1996–2001 ⓘ
formerName	Foxboro Stadium ⓘ Schaefer Stadium self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sullivan Stadium
homeStadiumOf	New England Patriots ⓘ
hostedLeague	National Football League ⓘ
leagueTenant	Major League Soccer ⓘ surface form: MLS National Football League ⓘ surface form: NFL
location	Foxborough, Massachusetts ⓘ
namedAfter	Schaefer Brewing Company ⓘ
near	U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
notableFeature	exposed upper deck with minimal amenities ⓘ
notableFor	hosting New England Patriots home playoff games in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s ⓘ
opened	1971 ⓘ
openingDate	August 15, 1971 ⓘ
owner	New England Patriots ⓘ surface form: New England Patriots (various ownership groups)
partOf	Patriots home complex in Foxborough ⓘ
precededBy	Harvard Stadium ⓘ surface form: Harvard Stadium (as primary Patriots home field)
primarySport	gridiron football ⓘ
primaryUse	American football ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ
replaced	various temporary home fields used by the Patriots in Boston ⓘ
replacedBy	Gillette Stadium ⓘ
seatingCapacity	about 60,000 ⓘ
sponsoredNamePeriod	Schaefer Stadium name used in the 1970s ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
successorFunction	site of Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place development area ⓘ
surface	natural grass ⓘ
tenant	New England Patriots ⓘ New England Revolution ⓘ
type	open-air stadium ⓘ
weatherExposure	fully open to New England weather conditions ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New England Patriots → formerHomeStadium → Schaefer Stadium ⓘ

Foxboro Stadium → formerName → Schaefer Stadium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sullivan Stadium

Schaefer Stadium → formerName → Schaefer Stadium self-linksurface differs ⓘ