Premier Lacrosse League Announces Return to Gillette Stadium for
Opening Weekend of 2020 Season Gillette Stadium will host the Premier
Lacrosse League’s first three games of the league’s second season
on Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30 Tickets will be available for
sale on February 17 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The Premier Lacrosse League
(PLL) today announced that the league will return to Gillette Stadium
to open the 2020 season with a three-game slate May 29 and 30, 2020.
The PLL season will begin at Gillette Stadium for the second
consecutive season, getting underway with a primetime matchup under
the lights on Friday, May 29 before continuing with two games
Saturday, May 30. PLL Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder Paul Rabil
made the announcement during a press conference at Gillette Stadium
Tuesday afternoon. Rabil, a lacrosse superstar, 2x Gold Medalist with
Team USA and veteran of 11 seasons in professional lacrosse, launched
the PLL in October 2018 alongside his brother, PLL CEO and Co-Founder,
Mike Rabil. “We couldn’t think of a better location to kick off
our action-packed 2020 schedule,” Mike Rabil said. “Last season,
we saw an unbelievable turnout from fans looking to watch the best
players in pro lacrosse at the fastest level. The stadium offers fans
and players a first-class experience from the minute they walk into
the venue and we will look to take things to an even another level
this summer. Lastly, working closely with the Patriots organization
was exceptional. They understand the seriousness of gameday operations
and work at a rapid pace with their partners. This was a no brainer
for us.” The PLL is a tour-based model featuring seven teams and the
180 best players in the world. In addition to being full-time
employees and receiving health benefits, players will get equity
stakes in the league – a first in professional sports. The league
recently announced its expansion to seven teams, adding the Waterdogs
prior to the start of the second season. The 2020 PLL season will take
place over the course of 15 weeks running from May to September of
this year. For the second consecutive year, PLL games will be
distributed via an exclusive media rights agreement with the NBC
Sports Group, with action being shown through a combination of NBC,
NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold, the network’s direct-to-consumer
streaming platform. Remaining regular and postseason locations will be
announced over the next several months. Paul Rabil, a John Hopkins
men’s lacrosse alumnus, played in Gillette Stadium’s first NCAA
Lacrosse Championship weekend in May 2008. He also played at Gillette
Stadium as a member of the Atlas during the 2019 PLL season, notching
a goal and an assist. This weekend will mark the second straight year
Gillette Stadium has hosted PLL games after hosting the league’s
inaugural games last June. Gillette Stadium has also hosted five NCAA
Men’s Lacrosse Championships since 2008 and holds the NCAA Men’s
Division I Championship attendance record (2008: 48,970), the top
three attendance records for Division I National Championship Games
since 2012 (2012: 30,816, 2018: 29,455 and 2017: 28,971) and the top
three Division II and Division III National Championship attendance
records (2017: 31,560, 2008: 24,317 and 2009: 24,072). The venue also
hosted professional lacrosse games in 2015. Kraft Group
President-International Dan Kraft, who played lacrosse goalie at the
collegiate level for Tufts University in the 1980s and served on the
executive Board of the Federation of International Lacrosse’s World
Championships, expressed his continued support for the league and its
ongoing potential to further grow the sport in New England and
throughout the country. “We are thrilled to continue our partnership
with Paul and Mike Rabil and the Premier Lacrosse League to once again
host the league’s opening weekend at Gillette Stadium this
summer,” Kraft said. “Following such an exciting and successful
slate of games here last season, we look forward to welcoming the PLL
back for another weekend. We strongly believe that Gillette Stadium is
a top lacrosse venue in the country and we look forward to hosting
another world-class event promoting the sport in such a large and
passionate lacrosse region.” For more information about the PLL,
visit www.premierlacrosseleague.com. For more information about the
PLL’s opening weekend games at Gillette Stadium and tickets, visit
www.gillettestadium.com. ABOUT PREMIER LACROSSE LEAGUE The Premier
Lacrosse League (PLL) brings the sport of lacrosse to a national stage
for the first time through a tour-based model, complete with the best
players the sport has to offer. Co-founded by lacrosse superstar,
philanthropist, and investor Paul Rabil and his brother, serial
entrepreneur and investor, Mike Rabil, the Premier Lacrosse League is
backed by an investment group comprised of The Raine Group, Joe Tsai
Sports, Brett Jefferson Holdings and Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
The upcoming 2020 season is scheduled to begin on May 29 with the
season culminating with a Championship Game on September 20. The PLL
season is distributed through an exclusive media-rights agreement with
NBC Sports Group. For more information, visit
www.premierlacrosseleague.com and follow on social media: Instagram
(@PLL), Twitter (@PremierLacrosse), Facebook (@PremierLacrosseLeague)
and YouTube (YouTube.com/PLL). ABOUT GILLETTE STADIUM Gillette
Stadium, located in Foxborough, Mass., is New England’s premier
sports and entertainment venue. The 65,878-seat stadium is the
full-time home of the NFL’s six-time Super Bowl Champion New England
Patriots, which has sold out every home game at Gillette Stadium since
the venue opened in 2002. Gillette Stadium is also the home field of
the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer and one of the
world’s top grossing concert venues, according to Billboard and
Pollstar. Other notable sporting events held at Gillette Stadium
include the 2016 NHL Winter Classic, international soccer matches,
NCAA athletics, professional lacrosse, motor sports and the
Massachusetts high school football state championships. For more
information, visit www.GilletteStadium.com or follow @GilletteStadium
on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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