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Santa Clara council asks staff to refine stadium 'clean zone' after business and free-speech concerns
Summary
Council directed staff to revise a proposed temporary special-event zone around Levi's Stadium (for Super Bowl 60 and FIFA World Cup), narrowing scope and clarifying carve-outs for permitted businesses and community uses after extensive public concern about zone size, enforcement and vendor impacts.
City staff proposed a temporary special-event zone ("clean zone") for major events at Levi's Stadium intended to manage public safety, traffic, unpermitted vending and unlicensed advertising during Super Bowl 60 and FIFA matches. The proposed zone spans a broad "North Side" area bounded by Highway 237, Calabazas Creek, Highway 101, Montague and the Guadalupe River and would be active during event windows (Feb. 1—10 for Super Bowl; June 12—July 1 for FIFA).
The draft ordinance would prohibit mobile vending in the zone during event windows, require permits for temporary structures on public rights-of-way, ban free product sampling and unpermitted…
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