49ers to look to Santa Clara for new stadium

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11/09/2006 - San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco 49ers may be relocating to the city of Santa Clara.

The team announced that it will shift its efforts to build a new stadium from San Francisco to Santa Clara after deciding to not go forward with the public approval process to undertake the project at Candlestick Point.

The 49ers, their development partner, Lennar Corporation, and San Francisco officials had been studying over the last year to see if Candlestick Point could support a new stadium.

The 49ers' headquarters and training facility are currently located in Santa Clara. The team currently plays its home games at Monster Park, which was built in 1958 and was originally named Candlestick Park. It was renamed 3Com Park in 1995 before again changing names in 2005.

"We hired the best experts and advisors in the business and worked tirelessly with the city and Lennar to move forward with this project at Candlestick Point," said team owner John York. "I want to commend Mayor Newsom and his staff and Lennar for their support and determination over the past year in this enormous undertaking. This decision is not a reflection of their efforts, but rather the geographic challenges of this site."

According to a release by the club, a variety of challenges factored into the decision, including geographic boundaries and limited and deteriorating road access that would have been overwhelmed by the new stadium.

Also, the mixed-use development, including 6,500 new housing units, would have required the building of a massive multi-level parking garage which would have eliminated the surface lots currently used by fans.

"We know that's counter-intuitive for a public-transit-first city like San Francisco," said York. "Not only would this have snarled traffic as fans tried to enter and exit en masse, it would have also severely limited the fans' ability to tailgate, which is a popular local tradition."

"Even with a garage of this size, many fans would still have had to park in satellite lots and be shuttled to the stadium. The conditions for fans at Candlestick Point would have been further exacerbated by the demolition of Monster Park and the gradual piecing together of the mixed-use development, placing fans in a construction zone for a decade."

Finally, the team remains committed to opening the new stadium by 2012, something that may have not been possible given the complexity of the approval process.

The team will now look to the area in Santa Clara near the Great America amusement park and the Santa Clara Convention Center.

According to the team, this area already contains plenty of existing parking, several six-to-eight-lane thoroughfares that can handle high traffic and plenty of public transportation.

York did stress in a letter to fans that the club will not leave the San Francisco Bay area, nor will it change its name, regardless of where the stadium is located. It will also continue to use the design of the interior of the stadium shown to the public in the summer.

Next for the team will be a preliminary evaluation in Santa Clara and meetings with officials in the city to develop goals for the project. If the new stadium cannot be built in Santa Clara, the team will continue to look for a location within the Bay Area.

"The 49ers have called the Bay Area home for our entire 60 year history. We are a part of the fabric of this region, and we intend to stay right here where we belong," York said.

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