"A Santa Clara spokesperson said in an email that the Super Bowl "requires extensive security coordination, crowd management and the protection of emergency access routes.""
""Members of the public are entitled to exercise their First Amendment free speech rights in traditional public forums such as sidewalks," the spokesperson said. "At the same time, the Constitution allows reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on speech to further substantial governmental interests." The spokesperson added the "free speech zones are a long-standing and lawful approach to balancing those interests.""
""These zones help ensure safe pedestrian movement, reduce congestion near stadium entrances, and allow individuals to gather and engage in expressive activity without interfering with security operations or public safety," the spokesperson said. "When properly implemented, they protect both free expression and the safe operation of one of the largest events in the world.""
Santa Clara set two free speech zones near Levi's Stadium for Super Bowl LX, one west at Great America Parkway and Patrick Henry Drive and one east at Tasman Drive and Lick Mill Boulevard. The zones will be active Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The city cited extensive security coordination, crowd management, and protection of emergency access routes as reasons for the zones. The city noted that sidewalks remain traditional public forums but that the Constitution permits reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. The zones aim to enable expressive activity while protecting pedestrian movement, reducing congestion, and maintaining public safety. Locations may change based on security concerns and updates will be posted on city social media.
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