Freedom Wind Tunnel
Freedom Wind Tunnel was announced in August 2019 for Patriot Place in Foxborough, MA, with an opening planned for fall 2020. It never opened to customers, and in 2025 the building was demolished. There is no indoor skydiving at Patriot Place.
Never opened The facility was announced and work may have started, but it never opened to customers.
News stories from August 2019 announced a 100-foot indoor skydiving wind tunnel at Patriot Place, next to Gillette Stadium, opening in fall 2020. Those stories are still online and are often repeated as if they were current.
Construction started, but the opening was later pushed back to 2022 and the facility never opened its doors to customers. In April 2025 the Foxboro select board approved after-hours demolition work to raze the building, and in July 2025 CBS Boston reported the business was demolished after legal and financial problems.
Timeline
- August 5, 2019: Freedom Wind Tunnel announces a 100-foot indoor skydiving wind tunnel at Patriot Place, planned to open in fall 2020.
- April 30, 2025: Foxboro select board approves after-hours demolition work to raze the building, which had been under construction for years but never opened for business.
Source: The Sun Chronicle
- July 8, 2025: CBS Boston reports a small fire in demolition debris at the site, and that the opening had been pushed back to 2022 before the business was demolished without ever opening to customers.
Source: CBS Boston
Evidence
- The Sun Chronicle, “Foxboro OKs after-hours demolition work to raze indoor skydiving center at Patriot Place”, 2025-04-30.
https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/foxboro-oks-after-hours-demolition-work-to-raze-indoor-skydiving-center-at-patriot-place/article_ff29b6c5-304d-4a8e-96d8-b3fb81b896c0.html
Select board approves after-hours demolition; describes the center as never opened for business. (accessed 2026-10-30)
- CBS Boston, “Freedom Wind Tunnel demolition debris catches fire at Patriot Place near Gillette Stadium”, 2025-07-08.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/freedom-wind-tunnel-patriot-place-gillette-stadium/
States the opening was pushed back to 2022 and the business never opened its doors to customers. (accessed 2026-10-30)
- Patch, “Indoor Skydiving Coming To Foxborough”, 2019-08-05.
https://patch.com/massachusetts/foxborough/indoor-skydiving-coming-foxborough
Announcement; planned fall 2020 opening. (accessed 2026-10-30)
- NBC Boston, “Skydiving 'Wind Tunnel' to Open at Patriot Place in 2020”, 2019-08-05.
https://nbcboston.com/news/local/new-skydiving-venue-patriot-place-foxborough/88047
Announcement; planned fall 2020 opening. (accessed 2026-10-30)
- CBS Boston, “Indoor Skydiving Facility To Open In Patriot Place”, 2019-08-06.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/freedom-wind-tunnel-gillette-stadium-patriot-place-skydiving/
Announcement; planned fall 2020 opening. (accessed 2026-10-30)
- Boston Magazine, “Patriot Place Is Getting an Indoor Skydiving Facility”, 2019-08-06.
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/?p=2539905
Announcement; planned fall 2020 opening. (accessed 2026-10-30)
- Boston.com, “Indoor skydiving is coming to Patriot Place”, 2019-08-08.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/08/08/indoor-skydiving-patriot-place/
Announcement. (accessed 2026-10-30)
Where this claim appears
- https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/freedom-wind-tunnel-gillette-stadium-patriot-place-skydiving/
- https://www.bostonmagazine.com/?p=2539905
- https://patch.com/massachusetts/foxborough/indoor-skydiving-coming-foxborough
- https://nbcboston.com/news/local/new-skydiving-venue-patriot-place-foxborough/88047
- https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/08/08/indoor-skydiving-patriot-place/