Super Bowl Tailgate Photo Essay: Bad Bunny, Big Tech, and the Big Game

Jim Lockhart, from Boston:

Did you travel to get here today?

Yeah, we came in early on Friday morning. Planes, trains, and automobiles from Logan Airport.

And where are you staying?

The Intercontinental, right in San Fran, downtown.

Beautiful. I’m from San Francisco, born and raised, so I have a lot of hometown pride. Hope you’re enjoying your stay.

Oh, you know what? They’ve done an unbelievable job. San Fran’s been very accommodating. Everybody’s been awesome. Friendly bartenders, waitresses, concierge, Uber guys. Everyone’s been awesome, man. They’ve done a great job. The city stepped up. We went to Alcatraz yesterday, and what an experience. We love it. Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, all those. It was a great experience.

What are you most excited about?

I’m excited to see the game. I’m excited to win some money on the under.

I was just about to ask you. Yeah, did you place any bets today?

Of course I did. I got bets on everything. The coin toss, the Gatorade, everything. The first pass, everything. I got a mortgage on it.

Did you do any of the prediction markets?

So you can’t bet out here on the Draft Kings. It’s a weird thing. So I had to put all my bets in with the bookie. Offline.

Do you have any thoughts about the potential for ICE agents in the area?

No, I’m from Boston, you know? We love ICE. In my drinks and on the streets. Let’s go. Let’s keep those borders, shut them down.

And do you have any thoughts about Bad Bunny?

I think it’s disgusting that there’s a guy who doesn’t speak English who’s playing at the Super Bowl, at the largest sporting event in America. And there’s a guy singing that doesn’t speak English, and he also said that he was gonna leave America and never do a tour here again. My kids like him and stuff. I don’t even know him good enough to, like, make an opinion, but if he’s gonna be singing in Spanish and stuff, I mean, come on.

Will you be watching the halftime show?

No. I’m gonna walk out.

You’re gonna walk out?

I’m gonna go to the beer line. In protest. I know it’s not gonna make a difference, but, you know?

Have you taken a driverless car since you’ve been here?

We’re trying to get on those, but they kind of make me nervous. You know what I mean? It’s creepy to me to watch a car drive by without somebody driving the car. But we did take those scooters last night. So we were, like, Sons of Anarchy on these scooters last night. It was great. That was so fun.

You have the scooters in Boston, though, right?

We do. I’ve never taken one. We left a bar yesterday—a Patriots bar, a party—and we took them all the way back to our hotel.

If you get a chance to ride in a Waymo before you leave, I think it’s a fun experience for a tourist.