49ers' new stadium finalist for Super Bowl 50...

[Upton]

The 49ers, who announced at the ground-breaking of their Santa Clara stadium in April they would seek to host Super Bowl 50, is a finalist for the game scheduled for February 2016.

The Santa Clara stadium is up against South Florida to be host of Super Bowl 50, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday.
“We are excited to bid for the first Super Bowl in the Bay Area since January of 1985," 49ers CEO Jed York said in a statement. "Nothing brings a region together like a Super Bowl. Now we have to work together to show the new stadium in Santa Clara will put on a great show.”

The city whose bid fails will go up against Houston for the right to host Super Bowl 51. The 49ers' new stadium is on target for an opening in time for the 2014 season. Owners will vote on the host city during the NFL spring meeting. San Francisco would be considered the host city.

http://www.csnbayarea.com/football-san-francisco-niners/niners-talk/49ers-new-stadium-considered-for-Super-B?blockID=789643&feedID=2539

Hosting a SB...Another perk of having a great new stadium hopefully ready to go by 2014..

Construction is coming along nicely: http://www.newsantaclarastadium.com/live-view

[trotsky]

1. It will be interesting to see their new helmets...

when they replace the SF with SC.

[Angleae]

5. I'm sure they'll get right on that.

Right after the giants change theirs to NJ.

[opiate69]

6. And the Patsies change theirs to "Foxboro"

[opiate69]

2. If they can consider playing in SF in Feb, then surely Seattle should be considered too.

I`ve heard that the NFL isn`t crazy about having Seattle host the SB because of weather (the stadium and other infrastructure shouldn`t be a problem) but as I understand it, February in San Francisco isn`t much different. Is the new stadium going to be roofed?

[Upton]

3. No roof...

supposed to look something like this..



It's warmer down the peninsula in Santa Clara than in SF or Seattle.. And among the requirements to host a Super Bowl is that the average Feb temperature be at least 50 degrees unless the stadium is covered. I don't believe Seattle meets that threshold, but the NFL waived the requirement for XLVIII, so I don't buy the weather excuse.

[opiate69]

4. Nice looking stadium...

You know, I`ve always questioned the thought process behind building Safeco Field with a roof, when we typically are pretty dry during baseball season, while leaving Qwest (Cent. Link) uncovered, exposing the fans and players to nasty, cold, rainy, windy conditions through the fall...

[JonLP24]

7. Aside from that it is different organizations that proposed their individual stadium

one explanation is that a baseball game will get postponed while a football game can be played in most conditions.

Also, unlike most modern stadiums being built, Link was built w/ crowd noise in mind. They built it with the design of Husky Stadium in mind because it is conducive to noise. Also, Paul Allen didn't want a roof to keep costs down and it affected the views and I went to a game there back in '07 and I sat from the opposite end of the open end for a Sunday Night game against the Saints and the nighttime view was incredible.

I did live in Tacoma/Lakewood area so you're right about the dryness of the summers though Washington weather varies widely depending on location. Aberdeen is always cold and rainy, even in the summer. Seattle itself, despite its reputation, doesn't get as much as yearly rainfall as DC or NY.

[opiate69]

8. So you were in the south end, looking north at the skyline?

Yeah, that's an amazing view. In any case, I think they still could have taken fan comfort into consideration a little more and put some kind of retractable roof on. That "'Hawk's Nest" in the north end just looks like it would be miserable to sit and watch a game in November in.

[JonLP24]

9. I think costs is an important consideration

Especially since taxpayers are footing the vast majority of the bill.

I like CenturyLink as far as new stadiums go as it was built w/ maximizing crowd noise, intimate seating, & half the cost when others are about having room for a Victoria's Secret and a big screen.

To be fair and this probably seems odd, I'm against roofs in all locations except for the Phoenix area. The NFL never let the Cardinals host a home opener at Sun Devil Stadium and unlike college, they can't regularly schedule games so a night and were required to start at a 4pm E start time (1pm in September) so fans and players were exposed to the brutal September heat. When it's cold, exercise & padding can keep players warm.