Anyone see that they are building this Patriot/CBS fan center in Foxborough?

[lex]

WTF, is this? Doesnt anyone see kind of a conflict of interest here since a huge part of the NFLs revenue comes from TV contracts and having a network go in on this with one team kind of presents an appearance of being shady. Also, are we going to have to watch the Pats in the future (beyond this year) because Moonves put his name on this building too?

http://www.patriots.com/search/index...&pcid=47&rss=1

12/9/07

Three Story, 15,000 Sq. Ft. Destination To Include Restaurant and Bar, Memorabilia Showcases, Private Meeting Space and Broadcasting Facilities for the CBS Network and its Boston Properties. More Than 130 High Definition Flat Screens to Showcase Classic CBS Programming Throughout Venue

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The Kraft Group and CBS Corporation announced today plans to launch a three-story, 15,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art entertainment and sports venue in the heart of Patriot Place - The CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar, a first-of-its-kind attraction scheduled to open in Fall 2008. The restaurant, which will anchor the 1.3 million sq. ft. super-regional retail and entertainment destination at Gillette Stadium, will include dining and function space, an extensive memorabilia display and broadcasting facilities for the CBS Network, CBS Sports and the company's local Boston TV and radio properties, including WBZ-TV, WSBK-TV, WBZ-AM 1030, WBCN-FM (the flagship station of the New England Patriots), WBMX-FM, WODS-FM and WZLXFM. Additionally, there will be more than 130 high-definition, flat-screen monitors throughout the venue, broadcasting live CBS programming as well as classic moments of some of television's most beloved shows.

"There is no greater franchise right now in the NFL than the New England Patriots, and there is no better or higher rated broadcaster than CBS Sports, which has become network television's #1 supplier of big ticket events like the NFL," said Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation. "The CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar represents a terrific opportunity to bring these forces together to launch a first-of-its-kind dining and entertainment destination at what promises to be one of Northeast's most popular attractions. We're very pleased to be partnering with The Kraft Group in bringing this project to life, and creating a venue like nothing else out there."
"When it comes to entertainment and sports programming, CBS is the premier brand in this country and we are proud to partner with them to bring The CBS Scene to Patriot Place," said Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of The Kraft Group. "With such a rich history of programming, the limitless potential for CBS-themed entertainment and the opportunity for CBS's local television and radio properties to broadcast live from The CBS Scene, I believe it will quickly become one of the most popular restaurants in New England."
The three-story venue will be located adjacent to The Hall at Patriot Place, just outside Gillette Stadium's signature lighthouse and bridge. Spanning 15,000 square feet over three levels, The CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar will include two levels of dining, offering lunch, dinner and dessert menus and featuring seating booths adorned with TV monitors, as well as outdoor terraces open three seasons of the year. In addition, the facility will boast private function space with backdrops and props that can be transformed into popular CBS show settings, like a Survivor-themed birthday party. The CBS Scene will also include state-of-the-art broadcast facilities for the CBS Network, CBS Sports and its New England TV and radio stations to telecast game coverage, pre-game reports, local newscasts and live programming.
Displayed throughout The CBS Scene will be artifacts from the Tiffany Network's storied history, including photos and mementos from some of TV's most cherished programs, as well as a CBS Heritage Wall, which will take visitors on a journey through time with video projections, graphics and artifacts celebrating the 75-year history of the network. In addition, classic moments from shows like "I Love Lucy" and "The Honeymooners," which are part of CBS's voluminous library, will be shown to visitors over 130 high-definition, flat-screen television's spread throughout the restaurant. The centerpiece of the multi-million dollar structure will be a circular stairway designed in the CBS "Eye" motif, in which viewers can enter and watch more classic moments from CBS shows like "Late Show with David Letterman" and "60 Minutes." The venue will also feature a retail store offering a variety of CBS Network's most popular merchandise and apparel.
About CBS
CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW - a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime and CSTV Networks), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Paramount Network Television and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out-ofhome media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS Consumer Products), video/DVD (CBS Home Entertainment), in-store media (CBS Outernet) and motion pictures (CBS Films). For more information, log on to www.cbscorporation.com.
About The Kraft Group
The Kraft Group is the holding company for the Kraft family's various businesses, which has concentrated interests in five specific areas: the distribution of forest products, paper and packaging manufacturing, sports and entertainment, real estate development and private equity investing. Together, the Rand-Whitney Group and International Forest Products do business in more than 80 countries annually and form one of the largest privately-owned paper packaging and distribution companies in the world. The Kraft Group's sports and entertainment division features Gillette Stadium, New England's premier concert and entertainment venue and home to the National Football League's three-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots and Major League Soccer's New England Revolution. The Kraft Group's real estate development team oversaw the construction of Gillette Stadium and is now developing Patriot Place, a 1.3 million square foot lifestyle and entertainment center located in Foxborough, Mass., anchored by New England's first outdoor superstore, Bass Pro Shops and CBS's first sports and entertainment themed restaurant, The CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar. For more information, please visit www.thekraftgroup.com. About Patriot Place
Patriot Place is New England's first super-regional shopping and entertainment destination. The development's south retail center opened in November 2007 featuring New England's first outdoor superstore, Bass Pro Shops, as well as Bed, Bath & Beyond, Christmas Tree Shops and Circuit City. When completed, the 1.3 million square foot development will feature more than 70 shopping, dining and entertainment options. A state-of-the-art Cinema de Lux movie theatre, a four-star Renaissance Hotel, a Partners Healthcare medical facility and The Hall at Patriot Place will anchor the lifestyle center. For more information, please visit www.patriot-place.com.

[Dukes]

Try being a little more vague in your headline.

[lex]

Originally Posted by Dukes

Try being a little more vague in your headline.

It wasnt vague at all idiot. Check out the story. Its a CBS/Patriots fan center in Foxborough.

[Dukes]

Thanks for adding the story to you post. Kinda helps

[Broncojef]

Hopefully it will end like the NBC/Notre Dame affiliation and just be miserable years from now.

[Kaylore]

Have I mentioned I'm really sick of the Patriots? It's like a restaurant that only serves one kind of food.

[enjolras]

Don't see the issue really...If successful I bet you see the same thing repeated in other cities.

[broncocalijohn]

I am sure ESPN are getting their store in there real quick with the Tom Brady burger, Seau steaks, etc. They will have the store slogan, "You will water from the mouth just like we do for the Patriots." CBS store? What do we have, the housewives coming in during lunch hour to watch their soaps?

[lex]

Originally Posted by enjolras

Don't see the issue really...If successful I bet you see the same thing repeated in other cities.

Even though we all know TV revenue wields a heavy hand, the NFL should still be mindful that they appear to be sufficiently free of influence to the extent where it doesnt reflect inappropriate favoritism. And its already out there. Only last week players on the Ravens were complaining about how the Pats get calls because them doing well is good TV. Whether or not thats true isnt really all that matters. Theres such a thing as "perception is reality" or "in fact and appearance."

[TailgateNut]

Originally Posted by Kaylore

Have I mentioned I'm really sick of the Patriots? It's like a restaurant that only serves one kind of food.

[Jetmeck]

Originally Posted by Kaylore

Have I mentioned I'm really sick of the Patriots? It's like a restaurant that only serves one kind of food.

Maybe they should serve some "HUMILITY" at the place ? What do you think ?

Humble pie, anyone ?

[Hotrod]

Just wait till we get our hands on the Pats in the playoffs........






next year

[Flex Gunmetal]

Originally Posted by lex

Even though we all know TV revenue wields a heavy hand, the NFL should still be mindful that they appear to be sufficiently free of influence to the extent where it doesnt reflect inappropriate favoritism. And its already out there. Only last week players on the Ravens were complaining about how the Pats get calls because them doing well is good TV. Whether or not thats true isnt really all that matters. Theres such a thing as "perception is reality" or "in fact and appearance."

The NFL has never really had trouble finding an audience. Do you think they need to 'manufacture' a good Pats season to stay in business?

[sirhcyennek81]

I hate CBS' NFL package, announcers and CBS in general. Fusing them with the Patriots is like saying Hitler and Stalin had kids, and they got married.

[Meck77]

My plan is much more simple. Several choices of ice cold beer on tap (affordable), some nice TVs, hot chicks that are REAL Broncos fans serving up an assortment of seafood, steaks, tailgating food ie Deep fried turkey, pig roasts etc, in a building that is plastered with Broncos memorabilia. I plan on having some cases for fans to display their stuff as well and we can rotate the gear out. Hell a guy like PhillyBroncoNut has enough stuff to do the place up himself!

I have 100 more ideas I've written down. I even had an architect sketch some building plans together at the beginning of the year.

Oh and I came up with this idea the other night. Every bar needs a bouncer right? My bar would have women that you wouldn't want to **** with as security. They are going to wear Gradishar and Meck jerseys around the place. If you want to start trouble you will have to deal with them.

I'm not sure what my policy would be towards raider/chief fans coming into the establishment. Maybe we'll have a little jail cell /booth for the raider fans to dine at.

[Bronx33]

What's next a huge tom brady statue next miss liberty?

[Bronx33]

Originally Posted by Meck77

My plan is much more simple. Several choices of ice cold beer on tap (affordable), some nice TVs, hot chicks that are REAL Broncos fans serving up an assortment of seafood, steaks, tailgating food ie Deep fried turkey, pig roasts etc, in a building that is plastered with Broncos memorabilia. I plan on having some cases for fans to display their stuff as well and we can rotate the gear out. Hell a guy like PhillyBroncoNut has enough stuff to do the place up himself!

I have 100 more ideas I've written down. I even had an architect sketch some building plans together at the beginning of the year.

Oh and I came up with this idea the other night. Every bar needs a bouncer right? My bar would have women that you wouldn't want to **** with as security. They are going to wear Gradishar and Meck jerseys around the place. If you want to start trouble you will have to deal with them.

I'm not sure what my policy would be towards raider/chief fans coming into the establishment. Maybe we'll have a little jail cell /booth for the raider fans to dine at.

Please make room for feather bowling ( i wanna try it )

[Meck77]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

Please make room for feather bowling ( i wanna try it )

Oh yeah and Bronx wants to add in Feather bowling....lol

http://jerseysandhockeylove.com/blog...ather-bowling/

[Bronx33]

Feather bowling

[Black96WS6]

The Patriots will get theirs soon enough. They can't stop Father Time. All dynasties come to an end.

What's San Francisco done lately since the Montana/Young days?

And while Dallas looks good right now, before this, what have they done since the Aikman/Irvin/Smith days?

I'm glad that (hopefully) I'll be alive to see the Patriots having sub-.500 seasons again, and then won't have to listen to their cocky fan-base any more!

You'd think with the continual beatings the Yankees used to put on the Red Sox, that the fans wouldn't be that way and would remember how it feels. Guess not!

[Bronx33]

Originally Posted by Black96WS6

The Patriots will get theirs soon enough. They can't stop Father Time. All dynasties come to an end.

What's San Francisco done lately since the Montana/Young days?

And while Dallas looks good right now, before this, what have they done since the Aikman/Irvin/Smith days?

I'm glad that (hopefully) I'll be alive to see the Patriots having sub-.500 seasons again, and then won't have to listen to their cocky fan-base any more!

You'd think with the continual beatings the Yankees used to put on the Red Sox, that the fans wouldn't be that way and would remember how it feels. Guess not!

Kraft is building a nice place so they can go blow themselves and have a bowl of chowda.

[Flex Gunmetal]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

Kraft is building a nice place so they can go blow themselves and have a bowl of chowda.

Dont fahget the ***in JEAGA BOMBS!

[PatsWin2002]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

Kraft is building a nice place so they can go blow themselves and have a bowl of chowda.

They already do that.

[Bronx33]

Originally Posted by PatsWin2002

They already do that.

Only kraft makes more money

[lex]

Originally Posted by Flex Gunmetal

The NFL has never really had trouble finding an audience. Do you think they need to 'manufacture' a good Pats season to stay in business?

That really has little to do with what I was saying. In fact I wasnt even commenting that the NFL has a hard time finding an audience at all.