If you want to avoid long security lines at Levi’s Stadium on Monday, when the San Francisco 49ers are hosting the New York Jets, enter through Gate F. It’s the venue’s least-used entrance, with only about 12 percent of fans using it on game days.
If you want to avoid ugly fan behavior, consider attending one of the 49ers’ games against an AFC opponent. They tend to be less charged with fewer arrests — unless, of course, the Las Vegas Raiders are in town.
If you’re chilly at halftime, try a hot chocolate; the facility keeps extra on hand for night games.
The 49ers and stadium officials have been keeping track of these things since their first prime-time event, a 28-20 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sept. 14, 2014. They now have 10 years’ worth of data about when fans will arrive, which food items will be the most popular, when shoppers will hit the team store and how long it will take to empty the parking lot.
Has the data resulted in a better experience at Levi’s, which didn’t get many rave reviews in its inaugural season? Here’s a 10-year checkup on some of the issues the $1.2 billion venue was facing back then.
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