Overview
- The City of Oakland and the Bay Area Host Committee announced two free Super Bowl Sunday events at the Henry J. Kaiser Center: an outdoor Fan Zone and an indoor, NFL-sanctioned watch party.
- Organizers will release 1,400 free watch-party tickets on a first-come, first-served basis with required online registration due to capacity limits.
- Attendees are directed to register at visitoakland.com for both the outdoor festival and the indoor viewing to manage crowd size.
- The Fan Zone opens at 11 a.m. on Super Bowl Sunday with live music, special appearances, interactive experiences and a focus on Oakland and East Bay vendors.
- Pre-game programming begins Friday, Feb. 6 with a Divine 9 HBCU flag football event at Laney College, as officials cite projected regional economic impacts of roughly $350–600 million.