January 27, 2016 *Super Bowl Community Event Map on Page 11 MORE THAN 30 SUPER BOWL 50 COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA NFL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS POSITIVELY IMPACT THE REGION NEW YORK – Super Bowl 50 brings much more than football to the San Francisco Bay Area. Throughout the weeks preceding the game, more than 30 charitable activities and community outreach events will enrich the community and provide lasting legacies. Super Bowl Week activities include the announcement of the annual Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide winner, NFL PLAY 60 activities, and a series of community projects made possible by millions of dollars in NFL Foundation Super Bowl Legacy Grants and the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee. During the week, the NFL and Verizon will host an Unsung Heroes luncheon for volunteers and employees at local domestic violence and sexual assault prevention organizations and shelters. The league is also working with local organizations on social issues including human trafficking and homelessness, providing financial grants to address these issues in the Bay Area. The following are just some of the ways the NFL and Super Bowl 50 will positively impact the community. Player names will be added in the coming weeks in media advisories. NFL EXPERIENCE DRIVEN BY HYUNDAI NFL Experience Driven by Hyundai – pro football’s interactive theme park – will be held in the Bay Area for the first time, offering fans a unique chance to get involved in the festivities surrounding Super Bowl 50. Celebrating the history of the game and electrifying atmosphere of Super Bowl 50, the Moscone Center in San Francisco (747 Howard St.) will be home to the 23rd edition of NFL Experience, which will be open to the public from Saturday, Jan. 30 - Sunday, Feb. 7. The event provides visitors of all ages an opportunity to test their football skills in a variety of interactive attractions, meet current and former players, learn the history of the game, and get up close with the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Located in one of the tech capitals of the world, NFL Experience features innovative technology and interactive exhibits. Highlights of how technology will be integrated into NFL Experience include: live game action viewing using virtual reality technology, immersive digital experiences for social media and an expanded Hall of Fame exhibit with customizable 3D sharable imagery. Tickets to NFL Experience are $35 for adults and $25 for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased online at SUPERBOWL.com. Beginning Jan. 30, opening day of NFL Experience Driven by Hyundai, fans can purchase tickets at NFL Experience Box Office located in the Moscone Center’s west building. Tickets sold at NFL Experience box office will go on sale two hours before opening daily. For more information and to find out about special family packages available online only, visit SuperBowl.com. Tickets purchased online are subject to a Ticketmaster service charge. 1 2016 NFL Experience Schedule of Events (subject to change): Saturday, January 30: General Public 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday, January 31: General Public 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday, February 1: General Public 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. Tuesday, February 2: General Public 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. Wednesday, February 3: General Public 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. Thursday, February 4: General Public 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. Friday, February 5: General Public 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday, February 6: General Public 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday, February 7: General Public 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. NFL Experience’s complete schedule of events, attractions, digital fan experience and more will be posted on SuperBowl.com. Fans are encouraged to follow @SuperBowl and tag their posts and photos using hashtag #SB50. For exclusive access to NFL Experience Driven by Hyundai and other Super Bowl events, fans can visit NFL.com/FanMobilePass to download Fan Mobile Pass. For more information, contact Crystal Fukumoto at 818-921-8091 or [email protected]. SUPER BOWL CITY PRESENTED BY VERIZON Super Bowl City presented by Verizon is the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee’s free public fan village designed to celebrate the milestone Super Bowl 50. Located in Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, Super Bowl City will showcase the best the Bay Area has to offer with interactive games and activities that highlight the region’s technological prowess, culinary excellence and cultural diversity, as well as celebrate Super Bowl 50 and the Bay Area’s place in professional football history. Along with the NFL Experience and the 50th Mile, it will be the hub of fan activities for Super Bowl 50 from Saturday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb. 7. Event highlights include the Fan Energy Zone powered by SAP with interactive, digitally-immersive games and the City Stage presented Levi’s featuring live musical and performing arts entertainment. For more information, contact Stephanie Martin at [email protected] or 415-565-9234. PLAY 60, PLAY ON POWERED BY PLAYWORKS IN SUPER BOWL CITY PLAY 60, Play On powered by Playworks will provide hundreds of children from local Bay Area schools the chance to get sixty minutes of physical activity playing football-themed games that promote positive social values, higher self esteem, and a healthy lifestyle. The program will occur daily in Super Bowl City at Sue Bierman Park in San Francisco Saturday, Jan. 30-Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. each day, PLAY 60, Play On is an initiative of the NFL Foundation and the 50 Fund. For more information, contact Stephanie Martin at [email protected] or 415-565-9234. 50 FUND PLAYMAKER PARTY SPONSORD BY LEVI’S® As a partner of 50 Fund’s Playmaker grant program, Levi’s® brand will host the 50 individual Playmakers and their affiliated charities, including the five “Rookie Playmakers drafted by Levi’s® brand”, for a private reception to celebrate their achievements on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 3-5:30 p.m. at Sue Bierman Park in San Francisco. For more information, contact Stephanie Martin at [email protected] or 415-565-9234. NFL FLAG CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SUPER BOWL POWERED BY USA FOOTBALL NFL FLAG Championships at Super Bowl powered by USA Football will be held Sunday, Jan. 31 from 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 1 from 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Thirty-two teams from across the country – eight regional champions in four divisions – will compete and each will represent a different NFL club. Divisions include 9-10 coed, 11-12 coed, 13-14 boys and 13-14 girls. The Jan. 31 pool play games will take place at the Beach Chalet Soccer Fields in Golden Gate Park (1500 John F. Kennedy Dr., San Francisco). Each division's National Championship game will be played on Feb. 1 at NFL Experience Driven by Hyundai at the Moscone Center. NFL Players and legends will serve as guest coaches, encouraging the teams as they compete for the national title. Nickelodeon will broadcast the NFL FLAG Championships on February 6 at 6 PM ET and it will be simulcast on Nicktoons. 2 NFL FLAG powered by USA Football promotes physical fitness and teaches the sport’s values and life skills on and off the field to nearly 250,000 young people. A non-contact version of traditional football offered for boys and girls ages 5-17 in cities across the country, NFL FLAG emphasizes fun, safety, teamwork, self-esteem, discipline and goal-setting. USA Football is the sport’s national governing body in the United States. For more information, contact Crystal Fukumoto at 818-921-8091 or [email protected]. THE RE(A)D ZONE FAMILY LITERACY CELEBRATION AND PARTNER ‘THANK YOU’ PARTY Celebrating the families, supporters, and partners of 50 Fund’s signature early literacy initiative, The Re(a)d Zone Family Literacy Celebration at Children's Fairyland (699 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, Calif., 94610) will bring together 1,000 families for a daylong of literacy event with celebrity story hour, a cooking demonstration with a White House chef, and children’s musical guests at America’s oldest storybook-themed park on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The day concludes with a Partner 'Thank You' Party from 4:30 – 8 p.m. at the Fox Theater (1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, Calif., 94612) to acknowledge the staff of The Re(a)d Zone’s grantees, community partners, and corporate supporters and to announce new early literacy investments for Summer 2016 and beyond. For more information, contact Stephanie Martin at [email protected] or 415-565-9234. ON THE FIFTY – A CHARITABLE DINING EXPERIENCE The NFL and NFL Foundation teamed with world-renowned chef MICHAEL MINA, founder of MINA Group, to create On the Fifty – A Charitable Dining Experience restaurant at RN74 (301 Mission St., San Francisco). The restaurant will be open Monday, Feb. 1 - Sunday, Feb. 7 for lunch and dinner service. On The Fifty will also showcase autographed memorabilia available for purchase onsite, current and former NFL player appearances and more. Fans will have the opportunity to bid on a number of unique NFL memorabilia and special experiential auction items on NFLAuction.NFL.com/OnTheFifty. Money collected from sales of items, along with a portion of Super Bowl 50 restaurant proceeds, will support NFL Foundation charities. For more information, contact Ana Blinder at 212-450-2467 or [email protected]. KABOOM! PLAYGROUND BUILD In Celebration of Super Bowl 50, more than 200 volunteers from the NFL, LifeSTEPS, Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara, ESPN, and Disney will join organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the San Jose community on Tuesday, Feb.