Patriots Super Bowl Trophy coming to Dover

posted on: 6/28/2017; updated: 7/10/2017

Dover Mayor Karen Weston and the Dover City Council will welcome the New England Patriots' Super Bowl LI Lombardi Trophy to the Garrison City for public viewing and a photo reception on Monday, July 10. The trophy will be on display at the Rotary Arts Pavilion, at Henry Law Park, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Accompanying the trophy will be New England Patriots’ Hall of Fame linebacker Andre Tippett, team mascot Pat Patriot and a representative from the Patriots Cheerleaders.

“Dover is proud to welcome the Lombardi Trophy to the City,” said Dover Mayor Karen Weston. “Dover is home to some of the most loyal and passionate Patriots fans, including myself, who will be thrilled to continue a celebration of the greatest football team of all time and their spectacular victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI.”

Weston added Dover shares more than team loyalty with the New England Patriots. Weston met Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft at Super Bowl XLIX in February 2015, where she presented Kraft with a City of Dover shirt and invited him and the team to Dover to celebrate their victory. The following year, in 2016, Kraft and Weston were on hand for the grand opening of Rand Whitney’s 120,000-square-foot facility on Stonewall Drive. The Kraft Group owns Rand Whitney.

The trophy reception and viewing is open to all. Patriots fans will have a chance to take the stage and snap a picture alongside the trophy.