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-Bowl Game: Fosters Farm Bowl
-Sponsor: Fosters Farm
-Capacity: 68,500
-Surface: Grass
-Opened:
September 14, 2014
-Host Since 2014
-Cost:
$1.3 Billion
-Seating Chart
-Fosters
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It's not only the newest stadium in the NFL, but
Levi's Stadium host the San Francisco Bowl, moving
from AT&T Park. In 2014 a new chapter in the history
of the San Francisco 49ers begins as they move into
Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. For 42 seasons
the team played at
Candlestick Park, home of five Super Bowl
champion teams and great players including Jerry
Rice, Steve Young and Joe Montana. Candlestick Park
was built for baseball's San Francisco Giants and
became home of the 49ers in 1971. From 1999 until
2013 it was home to only the 49ers as the Giants
moved into
AT&T Park in downtown San Francisco. The
wave of new stadium construction in the NFL began in
the 1990s as nearly every NFL team either opened
a new stadium or significantly renovated their
existing stadium. The 49ers began to seek a new
facility in 1997 as Candlestick Park lacked many
modern amenities including luxury and club seats
that generate millions of dollars in revenue for
teams with new stadiums. Two plans proposed to build
a new stadium were to lure a Super Bowl to San
Francisco and the 2016 Olympics. Early plans
centered on building a new stadium near Candlestick
Park. However, the 49ers shifted focus away from
this location because the team concluded it did not
offer the optimal game day experience and the
geographic boundaries made it challenging for a new
stadium and surrounding development.
Owner of the 49ers, John York, decided to pursue
building a new stadium in Santa Clara, CA where the
team's headquarters and training facilities are
located. On May 29, 2009 the 49ers reached an
agreement with the City of Santa Clara to construct
a $1.3 billion stadium. At a cost of over $1
billion, 90% of the stadium was funded by the sale
of stadium assets, a hotel tax, the 49ers and the
NFL. The City of Santa Clara contributed $114
million in public contributions that included $42
million in redevelopment money.
Groundbreaking occurred on April 19, 2012 and in May
2013, Levi Strauss & Co., purchased the naming
rights to the stadium for $220 million over two
decades.
On September 14, 2014 the San Francisco 49ers will
play their first game at Levi's Stadium against the
Chicago Bears. The $1.3 billion stadium is unlike
any other stadium built in the NFL. It has a seating
capacity of just under 70,000 with two-thirds of its
seats in the lower deck. The unique design features
an upper deck on just one side of the gridiron with
all of the luxury suites and club seats on the
opposite site in the suite tower. The suite
tower contains 8,500 club seats and 165 luxury
suites. Atop the suite tower is a 27,000 square-foot
green/living roof that contains 40 different types
of vegetation. Fans are able to see every exciting
play on the field on the massive 48 feet high
by 20 feet wide video/scoreboard above the seats in
each endzone. The white, steel structure features an
open design. Fans enter the stadium through two
large 18,000 square foot open concourses, on the
northwest and southwest corners. Levi's Stadium
would not be complete without a San Francisco 49ers
museum. This 20,000 square-foot museum allows fans
to relive great moments in team history with
exhibits and interactive areas.
Not only is Levi's Stadium home to the 49ers, but
is the site of the annual Fight Hunger Bowl (NCAA)
and the Pac-12 Championship game. For the first time since 1985, the San
Francisco Bay Area will host Super Bowl L at Levi's Stadium on February
7, 2016.
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