Silicon Valley Is Commandeering San Francisco's Super Bowl | WIRED
SUBSCRIBE Date of Publication: 01.23.16. 7:00 am Pete Saloutos/Getty Images The Super Bowl is coming soon. And if you live in San Francisco, the host city of big game's golden anniversary, you're probably anticipating the coming weeks with creeping dread. San Francisco last hosted a Super Bowl in 1985, more than 30 years ago—an eternity in the tech world, and probably all but forgotten by longtime SF residents. While the actual football game will be played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, about 40 miles away, San Francisco—a city home to so many companies that exist to "disrupt"—will itself be disrupted in a huge way. In the days leading up to the game, about a million visitors will descend upon what, geographically, is a relatively small city by the bay (total land area: 46.9 square miles ) for a massive pregame celebration. For almost three weeks in all, street closures and public transportation interruptions make way for Super Bowl City ,Read full article from Silicon Valley Is Commandeering San Francisco's Super Bowl | WIRED
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