Schaefer Stadium
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Schaefer Stadium canonical | 4 |
| 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]
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A.
Reser Stadium
Reser Stadium is the primary football stadium and home field of the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, Oregon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A.
Reser Stadium
Reser Stadium is the primary football stadium and home field of the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, Oregon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
ⓘ
linked to:
Foxborough, Massachusetts
|
| closed | 2001 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| demolished | 2002 ⓘ |
| distanceFromBoston | approximately 25 miles southwest of Boston ⓘ |
| eraOfUseByNewEnglandPatriots | 1971–2001 ⓘ |
| eraOfUseByNewEnglandRevolution | 1996–2001 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Foxboro Stadium
ⓘ
Sullivan Stadium ⓘ
linked to:
Schaefer Stadium
|
| homeStadiumOf | New England Patriots ⓘ |
| hostedLeague | National Football League ⓘ |
| leagueTenant |
MLS
ⓘ
linked to:
Major League Soccer
NFL ⓘ
linked to:
National Football League
|
| 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 (various ownership groups)
ⓘ
linked to:
New England Patriots
|
| partOf | Patriots home complex in Foxborough ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Harvard Stadium (as primary Patriots home field)
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard Stadium
|
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Schaefer Stadium Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Schaefer Stadium
linked to: Schaefer Stadium