The Department of Homeland Security classifies the Super Bowl as the second highest special event classifications. If the Super Bowl is the culmination of a season’s worth of football, it’s only fitting that the concessions at the big game are championship-worthy, too.
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Super Bowl 50 is on Sunday, and for the first time since Super Bowl XIX in 1985, it is being held in the San Francisco Bay Area.
As families and sports fans enjoy live entertainment, games and photo ops, police are roaming Super Bowl City and the surrounding area, some in full tactical gear. “A terrorist group would receive a great deal of publicity [if they attack the Super Bowl], which is what they are looking for”.
The game is expected to attract more than 100 million viewers in the United States and millions more around the world.
“It just adds to the excitement, because it’s about 30 miles away-the super bowl-but everyone here is getting ready for it. I want Carolina to win, because I don’t like the Broncos-Raiders out here!” said Super Bowl City visitor Noah Love.
But officials said the most vulnerable “targets of opportunity” will be outside, not inside, the stadium, and a fear of lone wolf attacks similar to the San Bernardino shootings will see heavy surveillance – both human and mechanical – outside the stadium.
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Police are also bracing for possible street protests mentioned on social media by civil rights activists.
