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Organizers of the halftime show for Super Bowl 50 taking place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara invited Bay Area sports fans on Tuesday to be part of the event as members of the stage crew.
About 500 fans will be chosen to be part of the crew that helps run the stage onto the field and performs other duties during the Feb. 7 Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show, featuring the British band Coldplay and other special artists.
Super Bowl officials said the field team members will undergo a limited background check and must be over the age of 18 and able to attend all rehearsals.
Fans who want to be a part of the show are encouraged to register at superbowlproductions.com. Field team members will not get tickets to the game, but will remain on a list to possibly participate at future NFL events across the country.
The game is the nation’s most-watched television program annually, with more than 114.4 million viewers watching last year, according to Super Bowl officials.
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Oh boy! I love volunteering for nonprofits like the NFL!
Isn’t this outrageous? The NFL owners, all billionaires, some of the richest people in the world, allow SuperBowl subcontractor to recruit 500 “volunteers” who must be able to lift 50 pounds & attend 33 1/2 hours of pre-game training — and, oh, won’t get a game ticket. Like they can’t afford to at least pay minimum wage and give each person a game ticket? Or contact the local stagehands union & pay union wages? Are we going to let this happen without objection or criticism??
How about they put all f the youth soccer players to work for them since they don’t have any fields to play on..?
@Non-NFL Fan and Philanthropist:
I totally agree with your comments. The NFL, broadcast and cable TV, the 49ers, its players, Santa Clara, and local merchants are going to reap enormous amounts of money from the Superbowl. Is it in the $billions?
And they have the chutzpah to nickle and dime local residents by asking for volunteers instead of paid workers??? I am totally outraged by this. My wife immediately commented “It just shows you how greedy the odrganizers are and how stupid sports fans are.” The Superbowl is a huge inconvenience for Santa Clara County. The least thing that its organizers can do is to pay these stage hands fair wages to pump some additional money into our local economy.
As for Coldplay, can’t the NFL and broadcast TV find a band that is more relevant to today’s music than they are?