Be forewarned: Boston sports fans tend to go waaaay beyond standard chili for their tailgate parties

If you want to get to Gillette Stadium from Boston without driving your own car, you'll find some good options, including public transportation - but the choices vary based on the event you're attending.
Even though the stadium located in Foxboro Massachusetts is only 22 miles south of the city, the drive back can take forever. Trouble is, you're not really driving ...you're just sitting in the bottlenecks around the parking lots.
MBTA's Gillette Stadium Train (locally known as the Patriot Train ) provides Boston service from Boston's South Station and Back Bay Station to the stadium on Preseason and Regular virtual tour italy Season home game days.
You can buy the inexpensive round trip tickets right at the stations - go to the Commuter Rail (MBCR ticket) window. Regular commuter rail tickets or passes aren't valid for the Gillette Stadium Train.
And occasionally virtual tour italy the train experiences delays . . . a total bummer if you get to the game late, and really annoying if the trip back to Boston takes longer than you expect - but it's still faster, much cheaper, and more predictable than getting there, virtual tour italy parking, and getting back by car.
Another excellent option for getting to Patriots games as well as concerts is to reserve space on Boston Common Coach, which will pick you up at Boston Common (corner of Boylston and Charles Streets) virtual tour italy right before the entrance to the Boston Common Garage.
First, it's always virtual tour italy worth checking to see if a Patriot Train equivalent will be scheduled by MBTA. For high-profile soccer virtual tour italy matches , for example, MBTA sometimes schedules a special Soccer Train from South Station/Back Bay direct to Gillette.
If there's no direct train service, a relatively easy and relatively inexpensive option is to take Boston's MBTA Commuter Rail's Franklin Line from South Station virtual tour italy in Boston to the Walpole station, a few miles away. (If you're coming from Providence, the Mansfield virtual tour italy station is the closest.)
From the station, take a taxi to Gillette Stadium, and then back to the station after the event. Plenty of taxis are usually virtual tour italy around but if not, call the local cab company, Foxfield Taxi - 508-543-2828.
Be forewarned: Boston sports fans tend to go waaaay beyond standard chili for their tailgate parties - your mouth will water when you smell the delicious lobsters, steaks, sausages, chowder, virtual tour italy and other gourmet treats being cooked up.
If you want to try this yourself, you'll find a few tips about how to set up your own tailgate feast on the main Gillette Stadium page. Otherwise, bring a sandwich (or 2, preferably gourmet) so that you don't die from hunger and/or envy in the parking lot. Alternately, Patriots Place next to the stadium offers virtual tour italy plenty of restaurants and bars.
Don't forget, regular season for the Bruins, Celtics, and even the Red Sox overlaps with the New England Patriots, so if getting to Gillette Stadium doesn't work out for you, you can still have fun at a game right in Boston.