An official lineup of Super Bowl fanfare events largely snubs the South Bay in favor of San Francisco — 50 miles north of where the game will actually happen.

San Jose appears just once on a list of NFL-endorsed concerts, meet-and-greets and press events announced by the Bay Area Host Committee, the region’s major sports event organizer led by executives of the San Francisco 49ers and other athletic teams. Santa Clara — home to Levi’s Stadium where the game will take place — isn’t on the list at all.

Santa Clara and San Jose are expected to put on their own events and watch parties.

Some locals aren’t surprised. Others see confirmation that the area is poised for a repeat of the 2016 Super Bowl, when San Francisco reaped most of the economic success while hanging Santa Clara County out

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