Super Bowl Road Closures Are Live—Don’t Get Trapped

Super Bowl road closures around Levi’s Stadium aren’t a “Sunday thing.” They’re live right now, and they run through mid-February. If you drive anywhere near Tasman Drive, Great America Parkway, or the office parks around the stadium, one wrong turn can dump you into a slow, blocked loop with no clean escape.

Santa Clara says Phase II and III closures and transportation impacts run January 28 through February 13, 2026, with temporary shutdowns of streets and public infrastructure for safety and security. Read the City of Santa Clara closure notice and maps once and save them. That’s the difference between a clean route and a rage-filled crawl.

Super Bowl road closures: the plan that saves your time

Start with the official closure map, not your instincts. Santa Clara’s post lays out the window, the affected corridors, and the detours for cars, bikes, and pedestrians. Use it to pick an approach route that stays outside the restricted blocks, even if it looks longer on the screen. The “short” route is where everyone else will be stuck.

Next, treat the stadium zone like an airport. You don’t improvise near the terminal. You pick a drop point, pick a meet point, and keep your group on rails. If you’re using a rideshare, set your pickup farther out and walk the last stretch. The last half-mile is where traffic turns into a parking lot.

Transit is the clean exit. VTA is running dedicated Super Bowl service, and it wants you thinking about the return trip before kickoff. In its own update, VTA says it will run 22 additional light-rail trains on game day, on top of regular service, and most trains will be three cars to move more people per trip. If you’re coming from outside Santa Clara, the smart play is to connect into VTA instead of trying to park your way out of the problem.

If you want the simplest route guidance, the region’s planners laid out a straight “avoid traffic, take transit” guide that connects BART and Caltrain into VTA service for Levi’s Stadium. It reads like a checklist, which is exactly what you want on a week like this: MTC’s transit guide for Super Bowl LX events. For official venue “getting around” info in one place, Levi’s Stadium also posts an event hub: Super Bowl LX getting around.

My Verdict

If you must drive, plan it today. Use the city map, pick a route that avoids the closure blocks, and build a buffer that feels slightly annoying. That buffer will feel genius later. When you hit a detour, don’t go hunting for a shortcut. Follow the posted route and commit.

If you have a choice, take transit and keep control. Decide your return station before you arrive, and make sure your group knows it. After the game, the exit crush is the whole battle.

One-sentence takeaway: Super Bowl road closures will punish guessing—make a plan, then drive it.