UPDATE: Super Bowl City Closed Until Sunday Due to Crowds

SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Update: All gates to Super Bowl City in San Francisco will stay closed this evening and tonight because the venue is at capacity, the Super Bowl Host Committee said. The gates to the venue centered at Justin Herman Plaza at Market Street and The Embarcadero were closed for the evening and tonight as of 5:51 p.m., the committee said on Twitter.

A spokesman for the committee P.J. Johnston said tens of thousands of people have been to Super Bowl City today and the big draw tonight is a free concert by Alicia Keys. Super Bowl City will open again at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Original story:

All gates to Super Bowl City in San Francisco are closed this evening because the venue is at capacity, the Super Bowl Host Committee and San Francisco police tweeted. All four gates to the venue centered at Justin Herman Plaza at Market Street and The Embarcadero were closed as of 5:24 p.m., police said.

“The crowds are just enormous today and we have to be guided by safety,” Johnston said. Tens of thousands of people today have visited Super Bowl City, spokesman PJ Johnston said.

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