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yuiyoshida

(41,861 posts)
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 07:42 AM Aug 2014

The cost of attending a 49ers game at Levi’s Stadium



This Sunday will mark the first 49ers game at their (expensive) brand-spanking new home, Levi’s Stadium. Although it’s “only” a preseason game against the Denver Broncos — and the San Jose Earthquakes have already played a meaningful, regular season sporting event at the stadium — it’s the first chance for Niners fans to get a run-through of the new digs. The differences between the luxurious new stadium and the old Candlestick Park will be, to most fans, like night and day. Especially the food.

But the upgrades come at a price. How much will it cost to attend a game at Levi’s compared to Candlestick? And how much for a hot dog? Read on through the above gallery for a glance at how much some things will now cost when you go to see the Red & Gold.

http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2014/08/15/the-cost-of-attending-a-49ers-game-at-levis-stadium/


sure glad I am a Raiders fan..

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The cost of attending a 49ers game at Levi’s Stadium (Original Post) yuiyoshida Aug 2014 OP
Eight bucks for a slice of pizza? malthaussen Aug 2014 #1
I thought they named it AT&T stadium... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #2
AT&T park is the new home yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #3
Thanks for that. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #4
Actually... yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #5
Economic side of things they won't, they got a sweetheart deal JonLP24 Aug 2014 #6

malthaussen

(17,216 posts)
1. Eight bucks for a slice of pizza?
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 09:43 AM
Aug 2014

My local pizzaria, where the same Italian family has been hand-making it for two generations, charges ten bucks for a whole pie. Egad. Well, pepperoni's extra.

-- Mal

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. I thought they named it AT&T stadium...
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 10:13 AM
Aug 2014

or is that what they called Candlestick later on?

And is Levi named for the company?

yuiyoshida

(41,861 posts)
3. AT&T park is the new home
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 10:41 AM
Aug 2014

of the San Francisco Giants baseball stadium, which replaced Candlestick park.

yuiyoshida

(41,861 posts)
5. Actually...
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 10:53 AM
Aug 2014

I would rather have some corporation pay for it than the residents of San Francisco. I would rather hope the teams would pay for it, but they don't. The exception is that fans own a share in a stadium like in Green Bay. I guess by doing that, they have a say in most things regarding the stadium..the 49ers could not find such a sponsor and had the city of Santa Clara build them one. I wonder if that will ever come back to haunt them, for making that kind of decision.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
6. Economic side of things they won't, they got a sweetheart deal
Mon Aug 25, 2014, 09:24 PM
Aug 2014

but in other ways it may.

Man suffers fatal heart attack during game

SANTA CLARA -- The death of a 49ers fan at Levi's Stadium and the huge crowds who abandoned the sunny seats for shady concourses are shining a bright light on an issue that many Niner faithful were unprepared for Sunday: the heat.

It's no secret Santa Clara is hotter than San Francisco, but the 49ers have also traded in the bayside fog and breezes that often cooled down Candlestick Park for the beaming Santa Clara Valley sun that glistens off the new stadium's gleaming glass suite tower. Many of the 68,000 seasoned fans who attended the first 49ers game in Santa Clara, a preseason contest on Sunday afternoon, wound up with over-heated cellphones, sweat-drenched jerseys and an uncomfortable souvenir.

"I came home super sun burnt," said Gabe Hernandez, a 30-year-old fan from Roseville. "Me and my friend only lasted one quarter until she tapped out to get out of the beaming sun. I miss the 'Stick."

<snip>

Though the temperature was just above 80 degrees in Santa Clara, it felt several degrees hotter in the crowded stands Sunday. Fire Department and team officials said the heat accounted for most of the 60 emergency calls at the stadium, an unusually high number for a 49ers game, and two people were taken to the emergency room.

"Many people just needed to get out of the sun," said fire Chief Bill Kelly. "For many of them, there was a general feeling of weakness, and (they) just needed to rest and get some water."

http://www.mercurynews.com/southbayfootball/ci_26360587/49ers-fans-complain-unbearable-heat-at-levis-stadium

As a Cardinals fan I'm familiar w/ conditions at Sun Devil Stadium. They always played on the road first week of the season when they played there and never played during the daytime during the preseason. That afternoon national telecast probably wasn't a smart decision for those in attendance.

I also hear there are transportation issues, mainly regarding BART but I'm not at all familiar with what any of that means so I can't really comment on that issue.

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