Constructing a future-ready infrastructure at Gillette Stadium

As a lifelong Patriots fan, I’ve spent loads of Sundays at Gillette Stadium feeling the electrical vitality that defines New England Patriots soccer. However what followers see on the sphere is barely a part of the story.  

Behind the scenes, the Patriots and The Kraft Group are reworking the expertise that powers their group—and I’m proud that Cisco is the essential infrastructure companion making it occur. 

Since 2023, Cisco has been the Official Expertise Accomplice of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium. Now, we’re increasing that relationship to develop into the Official Enterprise Networking, Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Analytics Accomplice — powering a extra linked, safe and clever stadium expertise.  

Bringing that imaginative and prescient to life takes robust collaboration. NWN, the Kraft Group’s Official Expertise Infrastructure Accomplice and a longtime Cisco Accomplice, works alongside the group to assist its broader expertise surroundings. Collectively, Cisco and NWN contribute complementary experience as The Kraft Group continues to evolve the expertise supporting its venues, services and operations—with Cisco offering the essential networking and connectivity basis on the coronary heart of this transformation. 

There are three issues we’re delivering via our expertise: 

Accelerating Operational Agility 

The Kraft Group is shifting from a group of siloed applied sciences to a unified, safe, IP-powered platform. That offers their IT groups larger visibility, extra management, and fewer complexity of managing infrastructure.  

Cisco Cloud Management will add one other layer of intelligence to that surroundings. Utilizing AI-powered capabilities to assist handle and monitor the community, the platform will give The Kraft Group new methods to grasp and handle its surroundings – capabilities that haven’t been beforehand obtainable. 

And when expertise groups spend much less time managing infrastructure, they will spend extra time utilizing expertise to rework the enterprise — from the entrance workplace to soccer operations. 

Whether or not it’s utilizing AI to boost safety on sport days or observe exercise throughout manufacturing warehouses, AI use circumstances proceed to multiply throughout The Kraft Group’s portfolio. And that’s precisely why the infrastructure issues. We’re establishing Cisco because the essential infrastructure for the AI period — and The Kraft Group is investing in the suitable basis they should take full benefit of AI’s potential. 

Unlocking AI-Pushed Efficiency

Michael Israel, The Kraft Group’s CIO shared a imaginative and prescient that resonated deeply with our mission at Cisco: “At The Kraft Group, we’re consistently on the lookout for methods to innovate and elevate our operations. By upgrading our infrastructure with Cisco, we’re bringing AI capabilities straight into our personal information facilities with a deal with efficiency and, most significantly, safety. This basis ensures that as we deploy refined AI brokers and new workloads, we will accomplish that with the boldness that our community is each resilient and future-ready.” 

You possibly can see that imaginative and prescient taking form within the Patriots’ new 160,000-square-foot coaching facility, the New Steadiness Athletics Heart. Designed to be AI-capable, the ability can create a better surroundings that understands schedules, occupancy and the wants of gamers and workers. Think about lighting and temperature adjusting earlier than the primary participant even walks via the door. 

That’s expertise working within the background to assist folks carry out at their finest. 

Turning Infrastructure right into a Aggressive Benefit with Cisco Wi-Fi 7

Following the 2026–27 season, we’ll deliver Cisco Wi-Fi 7 to Gillette Stadium. For followers, which means a better-connected expertise. For the group, it means a future-ready basis that may proceed to evolve as expertise does. 

And it is a vital aggressive win for Cisco. We’re changing the stadium’s legacy supplier and increasing our position with one of the crucial iconic organizations in sports activities. Gillette Stadium will be part of numerous main stadiums and venues in deploying Cisco Wi-Fi 7—a robust sign that sports activities and leisure organizations want to Cisco to assist construct the infrastructure for the AI period. 

Trying Forward – A Related Future for Gillette Stadium

I’m extremely pleased with the Cisco and NWN groups who’ve labored tirelessly to make this partnership a actuality. It takes belief, persistence and a willingness to maintain pushing via obstacles—and this group has delivered all three. 

And, personally, there’s one thing fairly particular about seeing Cisco expertise assist rework a spot that has meant a lot to me for thus a few years – and can proceed for the years to come back. 

The way forward for Gillette Stadium goes to be extra linked, extra clever, and safer. 

And I’m proud Cisco helps construct what comes subsequent. 

Let’s go, Pats!