Silicon Valley's stadium, football's data lab.
The first major NFL stadium of the smartphone era. Opened in 2014 for $1.3B with every tech feature anyone could think of · WiFi everywhere, app-ordered concessions, instant replay at every seat.
The 49ers play here · the 2016 Copa América opener was hosted here · the Bay Area's South Bay anchor.
The slate: six WC matches including a knockout. The pitch retrofit is the same Wisconsin-grown blend the other West Coast venues use.
Every game played here.
Group stage through R16. The Bay Area slate.
Pinned.
Bay Area: Apple HQ, Levi's itself, California's Great America right next door.
🏆Levi's Stadium
—2026 WC venue · 68,500 capacity, open roof.
🛍California's Great America
0.4 miTheme park next door · pre-match killer time.
🚆VTA Great America
0.6 miVTA light rail · runs from San Jose · the cleanest WC transit in the South Bay.
🛏Hyatt House Santa Clara
0.2 miClosest hotel · walking distance to the gate.
🎉Apple Park (HQ)
5 miApple's headquarters is 5 miles south · only in Silicon Valley does this make the map.
✈San Jose Mineta Airport (SJC)
5 miThe closest airport · 12-min drive · the cleanest landing option in the Bay.
Three ways in.
VTA light rail is the only clean transit option. Most fans drive.
VTA light rail
Board VTA light rail at Santa Teresa or Mountain View.
Get off at Great America station.
5-min walk to the stadium.
101 South
101 South → exit Great America Pkwy.
Pre-paid parking strongly recommended.
Pro tip: 101 jams hours before kickoff · leave 3 hours early.
Rideshare · 12 minutes
Rideshare from SJC to Stadium SE parking lot.
5-min walk to the gate.
The cleanest pre-match option from any Bay Area airport.
The tech bowl, football-spec pitch.
Levi's pitch has been struggling with grass since opening · the WC retrofit is the cleanest install the stadium's seen.
Field specifications
Before it was a World Cup venue.
Opened in 2014. The biggest moments before WC 2026, in reverse.
The Bay Area's WC.
Six matches from group stage through R16. France opens here · Korea, Portugal both pass through.
The cleanest WC rehearsal yet.
Mexico vs Uruguay in the tournament opener · the first time the Bay Area hosted a major international football night.
Manning's last game.
Peyton Manning's final NFL appearance · he won. Coldplay halftime · the Bay Area\'s only Super Bowl.
The most-tech stadium opens.
First 49ers preseason game · the tech features were the headline · app-ordered concessions, WiFi everywhere, instant replay at every seat.
The R16.
Silicon Valley's biggest WC night · the round of 16 at the tech bowl.
Four facts for Apple Park.
For the VTA platform.
App ordered most things first
First NFL stadium with app-ordered concessions delivered to your seat at scale · the template the whole league has now copied.
The sun problem
East-side seats get full afternoon sun · the seating bowl orientation has been criticised since opening · the WC kickoff times factor it in.
Super Bowl 50 hosted here
Manning vs Newton · the cleanest SB executive-suite night the Bay had seen.
The grass struggle
Levi's pitch has been a problem since opening · the WC retrofit is the cleanest install the place has had.
Six matches.Silicon Valley's tech bowlhosts the actual football for a month.