B737 captain reported he confused levi's stadium lights for sjc runway 30L VASI lights.

Attributes
ACN	1328410
Time
Date	201601
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SJC.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170 Flight Crew Type 9200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

On approach to runway 30L; we noted at about 25 NM from runway that we had the VASI in sight. Unfortunately; as we continued the approach; we realized the lights we saw were the scoreboard for levi's stadium which lines up with runway 30.notify aircrew of possible confusion with football stadium lights.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported he confused Levi's Stadium lights for SJC Runway 30L VASI lights.

Narrative: On approach to Runway 30L; we noted at about 25 NM from runway that we had the VASI in sight. Unfortunately; as we continued the approach; we realized the lights we saw were the scoreboard for Levi's Stadium which lines up with Runway 30.Notify aircrew of possible confusion with football stadium lights.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.