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Bay Area Gets 50th Super Bowl – You Feeling the Fever?
When the news broke today, Tuesday, that Super Bowl L will be played at the 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara in 2016, cheering and partying erupted in Santa Clara, San Francisco and environs. We want to know if Berkeley Patch readers are excited.
By David Mills
The 2016 Super Bowl will be played in the 49ers' new stadium in Santa ClaraNational Football League owners announced today the 2016 Super Bowl will be played in the 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara.
The Santa Clara site beat out Miami for the rights to host Super Bowl L (that's the Roman numeral for 50).
The game will shine a spotlight on Santa Clara and the 49ers' new stadium, but it will also bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity to San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area, its backers say.
It'll be the first time since 1985 the football championship will be played in the Bay Area. That year, the 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins at Stanford Stadium.
Are you excited? Already looking for tickets? Let us know in the comments section.
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