Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announces that the city will host the Bay Area’s only official NFL Super Bowl watch party, scheduled for Feb. 8, in a frame grab from a video. (City of Oakland/YouTube via Bay City News)

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced that her city will host the Bay Area’s only official NFL Super Bowl watch party when the game is played on Feb. 8. 

The Bay Area Host Committee and Visit Oakland are organizing the BAHC Live! Oakland Fan Zone, which is being billed as a family-friendly event at the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.