Krafts File Suit Against Foxboro

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for excessive entertainment licensing fees

Robert Kraft's New England Patriots and The Kraft Group has filed a lawsuit against the town of Foxboro this week over an entertainment license fee of nearly $1 million dollars related to hosting the World Cup.

Filed through Kraft Sports and Entertainment LLC in Norfolk Superior Court, the Patriots argue that the town improperly charged them administrative fees far more than allowed. The lawsuit says that the town -- which had been at odds with FIFA during the lead-up into the World Cup this year -- sent the Patriots an invoice for more than $950,000 to renew Gillette Stadium's entertainment license.

Gillette Stadium, now referred to as Boston Stadium, is set to host to seven World Cup games this summer, including a quarterfinal matchup on July 9.

"The immediate precipitating basis for this lawsuit is a recent renewal of Gillette Stadium’s entertainment license," the lawsuit states, via The Boston Herald. "Foxborough has state authorization to charge Plaintiffs a maximum fee of $100 each year to renew the Stadium’s entertainment license. This April, Foxborough used what should have been a routine entertainment license renewal as a pretext to charge Plaintiffs approximately $1 million annually in new administrative fees."

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[ParanoidPatriot]

They should be fined for having soccer played on sacred ground.

 

[PumpDee]

So, Foxboro is authorized to charge them $100 per year, but sent them an invoice for $950k? Did they think Kraft wouldn't notice? They should have come to PP and read about how cheap he is before trying this.

 

[Roberto71]

They should be fined for having soccer played on sacred ground.

You mean football......

 

[3 Point Stan]

You mean football......

Something something "soccer at Gillette" something something "ketchup on a hot dog."

 

[HAMMERMILL]

Something something "soccer at Gillette" something something "ketchup on a hot dog."

Sauretrkraut

 

[ParanoidPatriot]

You mean football......

No I mean kickball.

 

[TommyD420]

for excessive entertainment licensing fees

Robert Kraft's New England Patriots and The Kraft Group has filed a lawsuit against the town of Foxboro this week over an entertainment license fee of nearly $1 million dollars related to hosting the World Cup.

Filed through Kraft Sports and Entertainment LLC in Norfolk Superior Court, the Patriots argue that the town improperly charged them administrative fees far more than allowed. The lawsuit says that the town -- which had been at odds with FIFA during the lead-up into the World Cup this year -- sent the Patriots an invoice for more than $950,000 to renew Gillette Stadium's entertainment license.

Gillette Stadium, now referred to as Boston Stadium, is set to host to seven World Cup games this summer, including a quarterfinal matchup on July 9.

"The immediate precipitating basis for this lawsuit is a recent renewal of Gillette Stadium’s entertainment license," the lawsuit states, via The Boston Herald. "Foxborough has state authorization to charge Plaintiffs a maximum fee of $100 each year to renew the Stadium’s entertainment license. This April, Foxborough used what should have been a routine entertainment license renewal as a pretext to charge Plaintiffs approximately $1 million annually in new administrative fees."

Robert Kraft, Patriots Suing Town of Foxboro: What We Know Right Now

The New England Patriots and their owner are taking their home town to court over the World Cup.

www.si.com

Pure greed on Foxboro's part. Without the stadium, Foxboro would be a decrepit race track and woods, and Mansfield would have been the high-end bedroom community (once the 495 exit opened in the 80s).

 

[TommyD420]

They should be fined for having soccer played on sacred ground.

Kraft better keep that grass though.

 

[Roberto71]

Kraft better keep that grass though.

It's Mr. Kraft, please.

 

[HSanders]

It's Mr. Kraft, please.

ahem it"s THUNDER

 

[Roberto71]

ahem it"s THUNDER

Fuck me, I forgot all about that nonsense

 

[signbabybrady]

Pure greed on Foxboro's part. Without the stadium, Foxboro would be a decrepit race track and woods, and Mansfield would have been the high-end bedroom community (once the 495 exit opened in the 80s).

I think Foxboro should go after every dollar they can possibly get from them. It's not like he's going to use it on an ILBer if he wins the lawsuit. This has nothing to do with cap money thus I pull for the town over the obscenely rich.

 

[TommyD420]

It's Mr. Kraft, please.

It's Bologna Bob.

 

[TommyD420]

I think Foxboro should go after every dollar they can possibly get from them. It's not like he's going to use it on an ILBer if he wins the lawsuit. This has nothing to do with cap money thus I pull for the town over the obscenely rich.

The town is obscenely rich thanks to the Patriots. I don't favor one over the other. The "working class" left Foxboro decades ago.

 

[Roberto71]

It's Bologna Bob.

Hand-job Bob?

 

[Flagg the Wanderer]

I think Foxboro should go after every dollar they can possibly get from them. It's not like he's going to use it on an ILBer if he wins the lawsuit. This has nothing to do with cap money thus I pull for the town over the obscenely rich.

Illegal confiscation of funds is the same no matter who the funds are taken from.

 

[signbabybrady]

Illegal confiscation of funds is the same no matter who the funds are taken from.

Allegedly

 

[Flagg the Wanderer]

Allegedly

No, actually. It's a principle, not a question of fact.

 

[signbabybrady]

No, actually. It's a principle, not a question of fact.

The facts are that the town is just billing the Krafts for all the extra police and other stuff needed. Kraft is alleging they can't do that under some pretext of a set price of a license fee.