According to the team and the county, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, home of the San Francisco 49ers, will become the next COVID-19 mass vaccination site in the Bay Area.
The announcement of the 49ers and Santa Clara County called it the largest vaccination site in California on Friday, scheduled to open early next week for county residents, with an initial capacity to vaccinate 5,000 people per day and plans to increase it to 15,000 as the vaccine. supplies increase.
The 49ers indicated on social media that the site will open on Tuesday.
“We recognize the urgent need for an effective and equitable vaccination effort for our community and are proud to work with Santa Clara County to put this vaccination site online as quickly and efficiently as possible,” said 49ers president Al Guido in a statement. “We have put all the resources at our disposal to meet this challenge to ensure that members of the community where we live every day can be vaccinated safely and quickly.”
People by appointment will park their cars in the main car park and enter the stadium. Transportation will be available for the elderly and disabled to take them from their cars to the stadium.
Levi’s Stadium staff, working in conjunction with county health system leaders, local contractors and health workers, prepare the stadium for the inauguration.
Levi Strauss and Co., a longtime partner of the 49ers, is also joining the effort, supporting logistical costs to ensure the site can go online as quickly as possible, the county said.
The site will be staffed and managed by the Santa Clara County health system, officials said.
For more information on COVID-19 vaccines, eligibility and distribution, visit sccfreevax.org.