Bay Area to Host Super Bowl L

Taylor Price, 49ers.com

The 50th anniversary of the most prestigious game in professional sports will take place in the San Francisco Bay Area. Following a vote by 32 NFL owners on Tuesday, Super Bowl L will be played at Levi’s® Stadium, the future home of the San Francisco 49ers.

The San Francisco Super Bowl bid committee was selected over the South Florida committee to host the league’s championship game in 2016.

Levi’s Stadium – Home of the San Francisco 49ers

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) announced today that it will present the Santa Clara Stadium Authority a proposal for a 20-year, $220 million naming rights agreement for ”Levi’s® Stadium” on Thursday, May 9, 2013.   

The apparel company is proposing a naming rights partnership with the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and San Francisco 49ers that would make the company an official sponsor of the 49ers, and feature premium interior and exterior branding of the new Levi’s® Stadium.  

Super Bowl L Update

Taylor Price, 49ers.com 

The new Santa Clara Stadium remains a strong contender to host Super Bowl L. 

The future home of the 49ers, set to open in 2014, is one of two candidates to host the biggest game in professional sports at the conclusion of the 2016 season.

The San Francisco Super Bowl committee is up against South Florida to host Super Bowl L. The decision will come down to a vote from NFL owners on May 21.

Patrick Willis Tours SC Stadium

A lot can change in one year. Patrick Willis witnessed that first-hand when he stepped on what will soon be the future playing surface of the San Francisco 49ers. Willis, San Francisco’s six-time Pro Bowl linebacker, toured the future home of the 49ers this week to learn more about the project that is now officially…

Patrick Willis Tours New Stadium

One year after the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Santa Clara Stadium, Patrick Willis went on a tour with Project Executive Jack Hill to see the year’s progress.

Seifert, Young Join Super Bowl Committee

Taylor Price, 49ers.com

The Bay Area’s quest to host Super Bowl L or LI received a boost this week with the two key former 49ers joining the region’s Super Bowl bid committee.

According to the SF Gate, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young and two-time Super Bowl winning coach George Seifert, have joined the committee that features many other well-known Bay Area personalities (Condoleeza Rice, Charles Schwab, Thomas Keller and others).

49ers Coaches Tour New Stadium

Taylor Price, 49ers.com

Members of the San Francisco 49ers coaching staff took a sneak peak at the franchise’s future home last month.

New Stadium Technology

Alex Espinoza, 49ers.com

Among the many unique characteristics of the new Santa Clara Stadium will be the facility’s commitment to be on the cutting edge of technology. To that end, the organization has hired some of Silicon Valley’s brightest minds to turn the future home of the 49ers into one of the world’s most technologically capable buildings.

Record-Setting Pace Continues As Legends Reports 75% of Stadium Builders Licenses Sold at New Stadium

Although construction of the new Santa Clara Stadium began less than 11 months ago, the building is well on its way to being sold out when the San Francisco 49ers take the field for the first time in 2014. Legends, the company hired to market the premium and reserved seats for the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, will submit $400 million of Stadium Builders License contracts for its approval. To date, 75 percent of all available SBLs in the venue have been sold.

49ers, Local Mayors Update Super Bowl Bid

Alex Espinoza, 49ers.com

Amidst the clanging of hammers, buzzing of saws and sizzle of welding torches, 49ers CEO Jed York and other local dignitaries discussed the new Santa Clara Stadium’s bid to host Super Bowl L in 2016 on Wednesday.

SC Stadium Has Sustainable Vision

Ten months after the first golden shovels broke ground on the new Santa Clara, Project Executive Jack Hill was standing on the green roof of the nine-story suite tower, 170 feet above the field level. In an effort to be one of the world’s premier sustainable outdoor venues, the 49ers are taking many environmental measures…

SC Stadium Names Official Solar Partner

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the San Francisco 49ers today announced that SunPower has been named the official and exclusive solar technology partner of the San Francisco 49ers and the new Santa Clara Stadium. SunPower will supply 400 kilowatts of its high efficiency solar panels that will be used to…

49ers Name NRG Energy as Stadium Partner

NRG Energy, (NYSE: NRG), the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the San Francisco 49ers announced an agreement to bring sustainable energy to the new Santa Clara Stadium. Through this unique partnership, NRG will help the new facility become the first professional football stadium to open with LEED certification, the recognized standard for measuring building sustainability.