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Related: About this forum49ers Levi's Stadium: (almost) ready for some football
The field: More than 100,000 square feet of natural grass ... shouldn't ever have the drainage problems that plagued Candlestick. The biggest issue will be keeping the sod watered, considering the South Bay's hot weather and the state's ongoing drought. Recycled rainwater from the roof will help.
The seats: Bright red, plastic and roomy, with cup holders and such. Nothing to write home about, but a quick sit-down made me forget the Stick's cracked, ugly orange seats.
The amenities: The stadium has tons of high-end lounges, scattered throughout the club and suite levels. But even if you're in the cheap seats, the corridors are huge and the concessions are plentiful. Should be much easier to get around the main concourse area, with hallways stretching as wide as 65 feet, compared with Candlestick's paltry hallways, which squeezed to 12-foot gantlets in places. And you'll be able to order food and check on bathroom lines using a smartphone app, to be released next month.
The scoreboards: Levi's Stadium will feature two huge scoreboards, one on the north end and one on the south. They measure 48 feet high and 200 feet wide. And the picture is high-def.
Levi's Stadium: by the numbers
1.85 million square feet
26 months of construction
90,000 cubic yards of concrete
75,000 tons of steel
800 concession points of sale (food, beverage and merchandise)
13,500 light fixtures
1,186 solar panels
1,620 men's and women's toilet fixtures
Over 400 miles of telecom/data cabling
2,200 TVs
FULL STORY: http://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49ers-field-of-jeans-is-nearly-ready-for-football-5570115.php#page-2
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)because they have to build a "pocket track" to store the extra trains on Game Day.
Want to hazard a guess where the line goes at the other end? That's right. To my stop. So I have to endure six weeks of commuting hell because of this damned stadium that should never have been built down here in the first place.
Auggie
(31,169 posts)It's a fine stadium, but the location is awful.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)I've wondered how 49er fans who live in SF feel about having their team taken away and now having to commute almost 50 miles to-and-from there just to see a game. I also agreed with this comment from phatboy12345:
no team in North America is further away from their stadium than the 49ers... this is something i have not heard anyone mention (admit) but it's absolutely true, and it is not close..
congratulations on playing in a city that no one in San Francisco would voluntarily visit
Besides Great America, there isn't much else in Santa Clara. And probably most Bay Area 49er fans live in other counties. At least when the 49ers played in SF, the location was centrally-located and they played somewhere they actually represent. Now, it's going to add a bit of inconvenience for a lot of fans.
Auggie
(31,169 posts)that York won. I wouldn't be surprised if York's decision was based on spite alone.
Personally, I hold Newsome accountable. In this day and age it's the franchises that get the ass kissed, not the other way around. However you look at it, both men (or should I say children?) deeply let San Francisco down.