Patriots Send-off Rally Set For Boston City Hall Plaza
The Patriots travel to Arizona on Monday afternoon for Super Bowl 49 and have a scheduled 12:30 p.m. flight out of Logan Airport in Boston.
But first, after an 11a.m. departure from Gillette Stadium, there will be a send-off rally at Boston City Hall Plaza with Mayor Marty Walsh. Scheduled to appear will be Pats owner Robert Kraft, team President Jonathan Kraft, Bill Belichick and the five team captains, Tom Brady, Matthew Slater, Vince Wilfork, Dan Connolly and Devin McCourty. All are expected to speak to the crowd before departing for Logan.
“I am thrilled to host our conference champion New England Patriots at City Hall to rally before we send them off to another Super Bowl,” said Mayor Walsh. “This is an exciting time for Boston and I remind all fans to celebrate responsibly and make our city proud.”
The team is scheduled to arrive in Arizona at 6 p.m. ET (4 p.m. MT) when Belichick will address the media. The team will then retire to the hotel until Media Day on Tuesday.
The rally will be hosted by John Rooke, the in-stadium voice of the Patriots. Also scheduled to appear are the New England Patriots cheerleaders, the Patriots Drum Line, Patriots mascot Pat the Patriot and the Patriots End Zone Militia.
With the impending winter storm approaching the festivities may be abbreviated at City Hall Plaza as Boston and the surrounding area braces for as much as three feet of snow in some places. The storm is scheduled to hit the New England area on Monday afternoon.
The Super Bowl will take place on Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. and will be televised on NBC.
