Bay Area Sports Twenty 49ers Players Face Injuries as Substation Conspiracy Theory Parody Account Surfaces A conspiracy theory surrounding the electrical substation next to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara now has its own parody social media account as roughly twenty 49ers players are currently sidelined this season due to injuries.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: FIFA Marks 30 Days Until World Cup Kickoff There are flag-raising ceremonies around the Bay today to mark 30 days until the World Cup; a dog was sickened by rat poison left in a Santa Clara park; and inflation just jumped the most since May 2023.
Arts & Entertainment Bad Bunny Disappoints Short Fans With Height Requirement for Super Bowl Show Staff International super star Bad Bunny recently posted two job listings for roles supporting his upcoming Super Bowl halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on February 8, and local fans were up in arms over the minimum height requirements.
Bay Area Sports Bay Area World Cup Schedule Announced, and Team USA Might Play One Game Here We now know who’s playing in the six World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium in late June and early July, and we’re mostly just hosting teams like Paraguay and Qatar, but there’s a chance we’ll host Team USA for a knockout game on July 1.
SF News Saturday Links: ‘No ICE at 2026 Super Bowl’ Banner to Fly Over Levi’s Stadium Sunday A Gilroy teen found a razor blade in her Halloween candy; a federal judge in Oregon has permanently blocked Trump from deploying the National Guard in Portland; and the group MoveOn is flying an anti-ICE banner over Levi’s Stadium for two hours prior to Sunday’s 49ers game.
SF News Trump Now Threatening to Move 2026 World Cup Matches Out of 'Dangerous' SF Bay and Seattle It could be an empty threat and more blowhard BS from President Donald Trump, or it could be something he'll actually try. But Trump mentioned on Thursday that he might want to move next year's World Cup matches out of cities that are "even a little bit dangerous."
Bay Area Sports Bay Area’s World Cup Ticket Lottery Begins Wednesday — But Only If You're a Visa Customer In a sign of just how crassly commercialized next summer’s World Cup games in Santa Clara are going to be, the World Cup ticket lottery begins on Wednesday, but you’re only allowed to enter the first round of the lottery if you’re a Visa customer.
Bay Area Sports Levi’s Stadium World Cup Tickets Will Be Available by Lottery, and They’re Not Allowed to Call It ‘Levi’s Stadium’ If you want to go to next summer’s World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium, you’ll have to hope to get lucky in a ticket lottery, and the place will have to change its name for two weeks because FIFA won’t let them call it “Levi’s Stadium.”
Bay Area Sports 49ers Fans Were Already Lined Up at Noon to Get Into Levi’s Stadium Parking Lot for Tonight’s Season Opener A new, more restrictive tailgate policy at Levi’s Stadium may have backfired on its first try, as 49ers fans showed up earlier instead of later Monday, and set up their tailgate parties outside the stadium parking lot.
Bay Area Sports Levi’s Stadium Getting a $200 Million Facelift as Super Bowl and World Cup are Coming In 2026 With the 2026 Super Bowl and several World Cup games coming to Levi’s Stadium, the 49ers say they’re sprucing the place up with plenty of enhanced 4K, 5G, and whatever amenities there are in the pricey luxury suites.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Settle Ongoing Lawsuits Against Santa Clara, But Santa Clara’s Mayor Says It’s ‘a Loan-Shark Type Deal’ The San Francisco 49ers organization agreed to cough up more money to the City of Santa Clara by settling two lawsuits, but the city bizarrely must still pay for “buffet service” for 49ers fans in the most expensive seats, and there’s a new $4 charge on Levi’s concert tickets.
Bay Area Sports 2026 World Cup Matches Scheduled at Levi's Stadium, None Are In Final Rounds Six matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be played at Levi's Stadium in June and early July 2026, but these won't include any of the more decisive games in any of the later rounds of the tournament.
Bay Area Sports Eminem, Matt Bomer, Ted Lasso's Cristo Fernandez Among the Celebrities at Sunday's 49ers Game Eminem was there to cheer on his beloved Detroit Lions, and he reportedly flipped off some Niners fans. But most of the other celebs in attendance Sunday were part of the Faithful.
SF News Levi’s Agrees to Pay $170 Million for Ten-Year Extension of Levi’s Stadium Naming Rights Deal Levi’s Stadium will continue to be called Levi’s Stadium until 2043, as the apparel company has agreed to re-up their naming rights deal for $170 million, even though they still have nine years left on their original deal.
Arts & Entertainment Despite Saying They'd Never Be Back After 2019 Dustup, Rolling Stones Schedule 2024 Levi's Concert The concert promoter of the Rolling Stones suggested four years ago that the band would be skipping Levi's Stadium on future tours, due to all of the hassles and last-minute rules it said the City of Santa Clara imposed on them. But they're coming back next year, anyway.
SF Politics Pro-49ers Santa Clara Councilmembers File Ethics Charges Against Mayor and 49ers Critic Lisa Gillmor The mud is flying both ways between Jed York’s critics and allies at Santa Clara City Hall, as York’s supporters just lodged a series of ethics complaints at Mayor Lisa Gillmor, whom Jed spent $2.5 million unsuccessfully trying to defeat.
Arts & Entertainment Taylor Swift to Be Named Honorary Mayor of Santa Clara, City to Be Renamed ‘Swiftie Clara’ For two days (and two Midnights), Taylor Swift will be the honorary mayor of Santa Clara, and the city ceremonially renamed “Swiftie Clara,” under a proposal that will be considered tonight by Santa Clara City Council.
SF News July Fourth Headlines: Man Stabbed During Soccer Match at Levi's Stadium A man was stabbed during the CONCACAF Gold Cup match at Levi's Stadium Sunday; there were two mass shootings around the country on Monday; and at least three women have been robbed near Alamo Square in similar fashion to recent robberies in Noe Valley.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Super Bowl Appears To Be Coming Back to Levi’s Stadium, For Better Or Worse West side supervisors are not happy about this expanded Outside Lands idea, Rep. Swalwell got a death threat from a former 49er, but the 49ers appear to have just scored the 2026 Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium.
Bay Area Sports Levi’s Stadium To Host CONCACAF Gold Cup Soccer Games This Summer The biennial North American, Central American, and Caribbean soccer tournament CONCACAF Gold Cup will return to Levi’s Stadium this summer, in advance of the Santa Clara venue hosting the 2026 World Cup.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers Angling To Bring 2026 Super Bowl To Santa Clara Today’s storms wreaked havoc on NorCal roads from Napa County to Lake Tahoe, the scandal-scarred Lefty O’Doul’s restaurant in Fisherman’s Wharf will reopen as a candy emporium, and the 49ers are trying to bring the Super Bowl back to Santa Clara in 2026.
SF News Sunday’s 49ers Traffic In Santa Clara ‘Worse Than Any Time In Levi’s History’ Eight and a half years into the Levi’s Stadium era, Santa Clara and the 49ers seemingly still have not figured out the traffic situation near the stadium, and fans and sports media alike care calling Sunday’s game-day mess the “worst traffic jam in Levi’s Stadium history.”
Bay Area Sports Levi's Stadium Will Be a Host Site for the 2026 World Cup The bid by Bay Area business leaders and the 49ers brass to bring some 2026 World Cup matches to Levi's Stadium has won out, and soccer fans across the state can cheer "olé."
SF News Santa Clara Makes Very Small Exception to Unpopular Levi’s Stadium 10 p.m. Curfew Rule Levi’s Stadium has been a laughingstock concert venue over its nitpicky 10 p.m. concert cut-off, so Santa Clara just changed it — but only for five nights a year.
Bay Area Sports Bay Area Putting In Bid to Host 2026 FIFA World Cup Matches (at Levi's Stadium) Bay Area business leaders, mayors, and the 49ers are lining up to woo a group of FIFA representatives who are coming to visit this weekend to scope out Levi's Stadium as a potential host arena for the 2026 World Cup.
