While most of Silicon Valley was crawling along crowded freeways to work, more than 3,500 people started their morning at Avaya Stadium to watch Mexico and Sweden play a decisive World Cup match. The crowd — almost exclusively fans of Mexico — went from festive to disappointed to resigned and jubilant all in two hours.
They went through more emotions — not to mention more beer — before 9 a.m. than most people do all day.
Manuel Valencia was among the crowds that swarmed at Avaya’s TLC 4K bar — known as the largest outdoor bar in North America — to buy a 24-ounce can of Modelo Chelada, a combination of beer, tomato, salt and lime.