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49ER FANS WILL GET TO WATCH
GAMES IN A BRAND-NEW'S SEASON.
THIS IS IN A
RUBRIC CUTTING
CEREMONY.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF
FANFARE.
ALSO, ONE LOOMING QUESTION.
THERE IT IS.
THE NEW
1.2 ALIEN DOLLAR LEVI'S
STADIUM IN ALL ITS GRANDEUR.
EVEN WITH LITTLE BIT OF WORK
LEFT TO DO ON THIS NEARLY 2
MILLION SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
THEY CUT THIS AND OPEN THE
STADIUM.
WITH THAT SNIP, SANTA CLARA
FINALLY CELEBRATED A BIG GET,
THE CITY IS NOW HOME TO THE SAN
FRANCISCO 49ERS.
THIS WAS OPENING DAY
BY 68,000
FOOT STADIUM.
WE BUILT THIS WITHOUT RAISING
TAXES ON SANTA CLARA RESIDENTS
AND WITHOUT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING
THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS WILL LET YOU USE A SMART
PHONE APP TO FIND PARKING AND
DELIVER MEALS DIRECTLY TO YOUR
SEATS.
AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE LIKE
NO OTHER ANYWHERE.
IT
IS THE FIRST FOOTBALL
STADIUM CENTS TO 60'S.
A ROOFTOP THAT IS GREEN WITH 16
KINDS OF PLANTS AND 49 SOLAR
PANELS THAT MEANS FOR 10 HOME
GAMES, THE STADIUM WILL PRODUCE
ALL OF ITS OWN ENERGY.
AS OFFICIALS TALK ABOUT THOSE
THINGS, THERE WERE LOUD
INTERRUPTIONS TODAY, THIS IS A
FLIGHTPATH FROM THE AIRPORT,
SOMETHING THE MAYOR SEEMS
RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT IN
DETAIL.
WE WERE THE FAA, NOT DIRECTLY
SAYING THAT THEY WILL FLY
OVERHEAD ON GAME DAY.
LEVI STRAUSS CORPORATION
WHICH
HAS ITS GENES LOUDLY DISPLAYED
IS PAYING $220 MILLION FOR
NAMING RIGHTS.
SILICON VALLEY, TECH COMPANY,
START UP, THEY WANT TO BE SURE
THAT THE NAME WASN'T GOING TO
CHANGE IN THREE OR FIVE YEARS.
EVEN AFTER 161 YEARS.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE, PLAYERS
ARE REALLY PROUDLY SHOWN
ON THE
BILLBOARDS AND BANNERS OUTSIDE
THE STADIUM.
THEY WERE NOTICEABLY ABSENT FROM
TODAY'S CELEBRATION AND IT WAS
NEVER EXPLAINED WHY.
THE EVENT WAS FOCUSED ON THE
TEAM'S OWNERS AND THE MORE THAN
300 BUSINESSES WHO SPONSOR THIS
STADIUM.
DID YOU GET A LOOK AT
THOSE
FANCY CLUB SEES THEY'RE
OFFERING?
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ELITE
STADIUMS IN THE COUNTRY NOW.
YES, AND YOU CAN SEE WHY, WE
DID GET AN UP CLOSE HER SNOW
LOOK AT SEVERAL EXCLUSIVE AREAS
OF THE STADIUM.
WE WILL SHOW YOU
THAT TONIGHT.
THERE ARE IS MIXED REACTION TO
THAT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF FANS THAT
ARE EXCITED AND A LOT OF FANS
WHO SAY THAT BEING IN A
BRAND-NEW STADIUM RATHER THAN AT