SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The Latest on Super Bowl Sunday from AP reporters covering the game, the telecast, the commercials and fans around the world (All times local):
12:05 p.m.
You can follow the Super Bowl on the Empire State Building.
The building will become a virtual scoreboard, tracking the game action. At kickoff, the building’s tower lights will be split in the colors of the Broncos and Panthers. Each score, the building will sparkle in the scoring team’s colors and remain lit for the team holding the lead. After the game, the building will sparkle in the winning team’s colors for one hour. It will remain lit for the Super Bowl champion until sunrise.
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11:40 a.m.
Security was heavy and visible Sunday around Super Bowl locations, from hotels in San Francisco to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
Drones are banned around the stadium and there are overall flight restrictions.
And San Francisco will not have large-scale public viewing spot downtown, unlike the way the city offered such opportunities for the baseball San Francisco Giants’ World Series championship runs in 2010, `12 and `14.
The FBI opened a multi-agency command post last week about six miles from Levi’s Stadium that will be continuously staffed.
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11:30 a.m.
Fleets of buses carrying fans and media to Levi’s Stadium left San Francisco – where many of the Super Bowl week events took place – around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, arriving in Santa Clara about an hour later.
The West Coast location means the game starts at 3:30 p.m. local, and the tailgating started around 10:30 a.m.
A little early for beer and sausage, although that probably won’t stop anyone. Some of the tailgates also offered breakfast fare.
The Latest: Track the Super Bowl on Empire State Building
