New England Patriots
Robert Kraft, Mike Vrabel, and the Patriots’ team captains are set to address the crowd.
Workers get Levi’s Stadium ready for Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez
February 1, 2026 | 10:14 AM
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With the Patriots back on the NFL’s biggest stage, so is the pregame pageantry of the Super Bowl send-off.
Festivities got underway at Gillette Stadium after 9 a.m., with several former players making appearances. The Dropkick Murphys will play a half-hour performance starting at 10 a.m.
At 10:30 a.m., Robert Kraft and Mike Vrabel will speak to the crowd, followed by captains Drake Maye, Marcus Jones, Hunter Henry, Robert Spillane, Harold Landry III, and Brenden Schooler.
After the program ends at 11:15 a.m., the team will travel to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, for a scheduled 11:30 a.m. departure.
Super Bowl LX kicks off on Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
This is the first Patriots’ Super Bowl appearance since 2019. Prior to what was an eventual 13-3 win over the Rams in Super Bowl LIII, New England also rallied at Gillette Stadium for a pregame send-off. It has become a tradition alongside the team’s unprecedented number of Super Bowl appearances over the last quarter-century.
The Patriots head into Super Bowl LX as underdogs, with both DraftKings and FanDuel favoring the Seahawks by 4.5 points. This differs slightly from the two teams’ previous Super Bowl matchup in 2015 (Super Bowl XLIX), when Seattle opened as 2.5-point favorites. By kickoff however, it was considered an even pick.
Hayden Bird is a sports staff writer for Boston.com, where he has worked since 2016. He covers all things sports in New England.
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