San Jose and Santa Clara County have been served a large piece of the Super Bowl 50 pie for next February’s game and festivities, this newspaper has learned.

The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee confirmed Thursday that during the week before the game is played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, one team will practice at San Jose State and be headquartered at San Jose’s downtown Marriott Hotel while the other team will lodge at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel and practice at Stanford University.

The South Bay might also land another significant SB50 plum in the coming weeks. Sources say the NFL is in talks with San Jose’s SAP Center about staging the Super Bowl Media Day at the Shark Tank, although nothing is official and the league might still be considering other options.

The Media Day event, in which all Super Bowl players and coaches interact with reporters from around the globe, has been a ticketed event open to the public for the past two years. It is also broadcast live by the NFL Network.

“The Sharks and SAP Center are very interested in hosting Media Day,” said John Tortora, the chief operating officer for Sharks Sports and Entertainment, which operates the team’s arena. “Both the Super Bowl Host Committee and the NFL are aware of our interest as they continue to review their options in the Bay Area. They will make a decision at the appropriate time.”

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said that the league is exploring “multiple options for Media Day.”

The decision to house both teams in the South Bay, said Keith Bruce, chief executive officer for the SB50 Host Committee, fits the philosophy of making the Super Bowl an event that will involve the entire Bay Area. Previous announcements by the league have placed ancillary SB50 activities almost exclusively in San Francisco, with a fan fest dubbed “Super Bowl City” along the waterfront and the “NFL Experience” exposition at Moscone Center.

“There really wasn’t a facility that would work in San Francisco for a practice site,” Bruce said, “and I think this goes back to our regional focus to bring Super Bowl elements to all parts of the area. … San Jose State has been great to work with, and Stanford has been great, too. And once we had the practice sites in place, we looked for hotels that are in proximity to those sites.”

The San Jose Marriott and Santa Clara Marriott obviously fit that requirement. Additionally, the Marriott chain is the official hotel sponsor of the NFL.

The practice fields and training facilities at San Jose State and Stanford also met NFL standards. San Jose State is also expected to receive a football locker room upgrade to meet a league concern.

“We have proven experience hosting NFL teams during the preseason and during the regular season,” said SJSU athletic director Gene Bleymaier. The Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots have practiced at San Jose State in past seasons when the teams decided to stay on the West Coast for a week between consecutive Pacific Time Zone games. The New Orleans Saints also practiced at San Jose State in 2005 after evacuating their city to avoid Hurricane Katrina.

Traditionally, Super Bowl teams arrive on site Sunday or Monday before the Super Bowl to hold practices and meetings, as well as perform their media responsibilities. South Bay civic officials are already making plans to leverage the attention that the teams will bring by bunking in the 408 area code.

For example, San Jose is planning to lure fans of the team that stays in the city with special downtown activities, including a potential party zone. The holiday outdoor ice rink will also be extended through Super Bowl weekend. Santa Clara is also planning some of its own festivities for that week.

“The Super Bowl fortnight will provide a opportunity to showcase San Jose and the region, and we’re ready to shine,” San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said. “I promise to stay up cooking throughout the week to ensure we’ve got enough flapjacks and sausage to feed those guys.”

Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews echoed Liccardo’s sentiments.

“This is an exciting announcement for all of Silicon Valley and especially Santa Clara and San Jose,” Matthews said. “This demonstrates the benefit of the regional bid and allows us to showcase all that our valley has to offer.”

Super Bowl 50, touted as “The Golden Super Bowl,” is scheduled for Feb. 7, 2016.