"Sometimes the logistics get complicated by concerns about protecting the turf. On other occasions, some aspect of the show leaks online, as happened last year ahead of Kendrick Lamar's performance. In the lead up to Bad Bunny's performance at Super Bowl LX, I wondered if worries about the possible presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at the Big Game would be the King of Latin Trap's biggest hurdle."
"For Sunday's performance, situated in the middle of the Seattle Seahawks' rematch against the New England Patriots, the issue was horticultural. Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio MartÃnez Ocasio, wanted his show to have the same look and feel as his recent Puerto Rico residency, which covered stages in palm trees and sugar cane to recreate the environs of Vega Baja, where he grew up."
"In a different stadium, that could be done by rolling carts covered in those plants onto the field. But San Francisco's Levi's Stadium uses natural grass; the National Football League 's guidelines don't allow that many carts onto the field, as they'd tear up the grass. The max the team could use was 25, and they needed those for the stages and other props."
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance recreated the atmosphere of his Puerto Rico residency with palm trees, sugar cane and a staged wedding featuring a real couple. The production required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics and nearly 400 costumed extras. Production company Tribe Inc., led by Bruce and Shelley Rodgers, adapted to Levi's Stadium's natural grass and NFL limits on field equipment by using costumed people as plants instead of rolling carts. The show had a strict time window and logistics constraints, including a maximum of 25 carts for stages and props, necessitating inventive solutions to protect the turf.
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