If there’s one person who didn’t get enough recognition in the run-up to today’s Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium, it’s Dan Williams, the former director of information technology for the Niners and the man who was largely behind the venue’s celebrated network design.
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Celebrities and billionaires joined locals in San Francisco for a party-packed week of celebrations in the lead-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl, with sky-high prices for some of the festivities.
Lady Gaga, wearing a sparkly red pantsuit with matching eye shadow, performed the national anthem before the game. His refusal to make excuses provides the league with an excuse it doesn’t merit, because the field wasn’t almost as good as it should have been, raising yet again the question of why the NFL fails far too often to ensure that players get the absolute best and safest surfaces. The Broncos had to settle for a 33-yard field goal.
When they finally arrived at the end of the security process, many stopped to take pictures of and with the soldiers.
James Brown visits with Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. The rays had fans in some parts of the stadium seeking shade for the first half. There were three turnovers, including this one-handed catch by Panthers’ defensive end Kony Ealy. It was the first of seven such aborted drives for both sides in the first half.
At the previous two Super Bowl, beers started at $12 each.
Pylon cam has been one of the great technological successes of this season and will now be making its Super Bowl debut. He lost two fumbles, threw an interception and failed to produce a touchdown for the only time this season.
Turnovers proved costly for the Panthers.
A late fourth quarter touchdown and 2-point conversion sealed Denver’s fate. Newton’s reaction to the TD below.
Following an ensuing two-point conversion, it was 24-10 with 3:08 to play-and Denver never looked back.
The NFL sent a grounds crew onto the Levi’s Stadium turf just before Sunday’s Super Bowl to pick up loose turf and collect in buckets.
No credible threats surfaced, but members of the Super Bowl Joint Operations Center in the Mountain View area tracked informal threats on social media, said John Lightfoot, FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco division.
Broncos star Peyton Manning said afterwards: “I’ll take some time to reflect”.
So, when the Super Bowl 50 festivities are over, the confetti is cleaned off the field, and the world gets back to business, Levi’s Stadium will rest up for the next big worldwide event on its calendar.
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“The traffic has been like the traffic in LA”, said Ardania Johnson, “I thought I was on the 405!” I’m going to go kiss my wife and my kids.
