Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl and the World Cup: Why the San Francisco Bay Area raised its hand to a landmark year of sport

"We are more LGF, than LFG."

Welcome to 'Bay Area style'. The kid at the front of the class who sticks their hand up for every question, grinning with the pre-existing knowledge they have the correct answer. The kid that annoyingly, naturally, seamlessly excels at everything in life, from Shakespeare to Shanahan.

The kid that leads playground posses, who incites the next haircut trend, who draws a laugh with every joke, whose name holds some extra oomph around school such is its rich history of family prestige (older brother used to sit at the back of the bus).

LGF. As in "let's go first", Bay Area Host Committee President and CEO Zaileen Janmohamed would explain.

The San Francisco Bay Area is that kid in 2026, throwing up its hand to the task of hosting both a Super Bowl and a World Cup in the same year while other members of the class share wide-eyed glances of admiration. Some would argue that warrants both an LGF and LFG, as in 'let's fu...' - you know the rest. But yes. Let's. Go.