Usually, Super Bowl media nights are in basketball and/or hockey arenas in the host city. They used to be in the game stadiums, on a Tuesday afternoon. Now they are indoors in primetime, for live television broadcasts and to monetize it by admitting fans.

The airports in San Jose and Oakland suffered a rough start to the crucial holiday travel season, while SFO reported an upswing.

SAN JOSE — Passenger trips through San Jose International Airport in August capped off the South Bay aviation hub’s most feeble summer travel season in years, this news organization’s analysis of the airport’s monthly reports shows. The airport ...