San Francisco Nudges Homeless Away From Super Bowl Fan Village
- Area around Super Bowl City is a favorite of homeless people
- San Francisco has 8th largest homeless population in the U.S.
People loiter in front of the Ferry Building.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergWhen a million people descend on San Francisco later this month to revel in Super Bowl festivities, they can see a performance by Alicia Keys, a fireworks display and art by local artists. What they won’t see much of are hordes of homeless people.
In recent weeks, San Francisco has dispatched workers to the scenic Embarcadero to provide them with help finding shelter somewhere besides the future site of Super Bowl City. The free fan village will feature concerts, interactive games and player appearances at the foot of Market Street across from the Ferry Building, and will be among the main images broadcast of San Francisco. If the city’s plan succeeds, the homeless will head to shelters where they can connect with social services.