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LEVI’S® STADIUM’S FRIDAY NIGHTS LIGHTS EVENT SIGNS BLACK BEAR DINER AS TITLE SPONSOR
The inaugural Friday Nights Lights event has signed Black Bear Diner as the presenting sponsor for the first high school football games to be played at Levi’s® Stadium on October 10th and 11th. Black Bear Diner is a fast growing, community-oriented family dining concept born from a desire to bring home-style comfort food classics and…
Artifact of the Game: 49ers vs. Chiefs
49ers and Chiefs First Met on Monday Night Football This story appears in the Oct. 5 issue of the San Francisco 49ers Gameday magazine. By Joe Hession, 49ers Museum historian Monday Night Football was in its infancy in 1971 when San Francisco hosted its first primetime game, a matchup between the 49ers and the Kansas City…
Wrestlemania 31 Packages On Sale
WrestleMania 31 takes over Levi’s® Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday, March 29, 2015. There’s no better way to celebrate WrestleMania than by getting the ultimate fan experience: the exclusive California Dreamin’ Travel Package. Purchase yours .
Levi’s® Stadium Leads the Pack for In-stadium Mobile Cellular
The San Francisco 49ers and their fans just celebrated another regular season game at Levi’s® Stadium, but the high-fives go beyond the gridiron. The team now plays in a state-of-the art stadium that includes the infrastructure to support mobile cellular coverage and capacity. JMA Wireless and their integration partner DAS Group Professionals (DGP) are right…
Artifact of the Game: 49ers vs. Eagles
Fists Fly at Kezar Stadium when 49ers Face Philadelphia Eagles This story appears in the Sept. 28 issue of the San Francisco 49ers Gameday magazine. By Joe Hession, 49ers Museum historian Kezar Stadium, the 49ers original home field, had a large crew of notoriously rowdy football fans. They came out in full force for the 1953…
LEVI’S® STADIUM TO HOST 49ERS RUSH 4.9K STADIUM RUN AND FITNESS CHALLENGE
Levi’s® Stadium and the San Francisco 49ers SAP Performance Facility will be the site of a 4.9K endurance event and “The Challenge”, the ultimate test of physical aptitude, on Saturday, November 8. The event will serve as the launch of a 49ers organizational initiative to motivate fans to engage in physical fitness by giving them…
Artifact of the Game: 49ers vs. Cardinals
By Joe Hession, 49ers Museum historian The 49ers and Cardinals have met in half-a-dozen cities since their first game in 1951. The Cardinals played out of Chicago in the 1950s, relocated to St. Louis in the 1960s, then finally settled in Arizona. But the two clubs made one historic journey together in 2005. This Sunday…
A Trip Down Memory Lane with Levi’s® Stadium Builder Jonathan Harvey
Few people outside of the York and DeBartolo families have been involved in the San Francisco 49ers stadium search as long as Jonathan Harvey has. Try 1997. That’s when the now-construction vice president at Devcon started representing the 49ers in talks with the San Francisco city officials about a “Mills Corp” plan next to Candlestick…
First Michael Mina’s Tailgate
The first Michael Mina’s Tailgate at Bourbon Steak & Pub kicked off this weekend including delicious tailgate cuisine, drinks, and some celebrity appearances. Make sure to be here for our next event. Book now.
VenueNext’s Levi’s® Stadium App All about Event Experience
Andrew Pentis, 49ers.com When the Levi’s® Stadium app launched, I did what many of you did — I looked at my mobile ticketing options for upcoming events and San Francisco 49ers games. My best friend had already asked me if she could use my two seats for the Aug. 2 San Jose Earthquakes-Seattle Sounders FC soccer…
49ers Hall of Famers Meet Their Museum Statues
Everything you could want to know about the Hall of Fame statues within the 49ers Museum presented by Sony can be found here. Over the weekend, San Francisco 49ers Hall of Famers met their likenesses for the first time.
Foghorn Tradition Continues at Levi’s® Stadium
Four years ago, Jamie Brandt lived on Bay Street, which runs along the north end of San Francisco and within a couple of miles of the Golden Gate Bridge. “Every night, when the fog rolled in, I used to listen to that foghorn blow and blow and blow,” Brandt, the San Francisco 49ers vice president of ticket…
Local Transportation Options to Levi’s® Stadium Are Many
While there are three times as many freeway access points to Levi’s® Stadium than there were to Candlestick Park, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the San Francisco 49ers are encouraging fans to take public transportation to football games and other events. After all, the stadium is situated mere feet from Amtrak, Caltrain and VTA…
49ers Players Excited to Open Levi’s® Stadium
What is Colin Kaepernick’s favorite part about Levi’s® Stadium? “It’s newer,” he said. When the San Francisco 49ers and their signal-caller take the field for “Sunday Night Football” against the Chicago Bears in Week 2, everything will be new. Here’s what Kaepernick and his teammates said about the opening the new stadium… “We want to…
Artifact of the Game: 49ers vs. Bears
This story appears in the Sept. 14 issue of the San Francisco 49ers Gameday magazine. By Joe Hession, 49ers Museum historian The long standing rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears has seen its share of dramatic, sinister and even comical moments. The two clubs met for the first time in 1950. Over…
New Levi’s® Stadium Fan Experience Improvements
The San Francisco 49ers and their partners used the preseason to improve away from the field, too. If you made it to Levi’s® Stadium for either or both of the football team’s two preseason games, you will notice some changes for the squad’s “Sunday Night Football” home opener against the Chicago Bears. Here are some…
A 49ers Museum First: Students in Denise DeBartolo York Education Center
Over 20,000 children will come through the Levi’s® Stadium doors leading to the 49ers Museum presented by Sony. The first 50 or so, a group of local fifth-graders, made their way through the space on Monday. Learn more about the museum’s education program here.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS PREPARING PREGAME SHOW SET TO BEGIN AT EXACTLY 5:01 PM
The San Francisco 49ers are preparing to begin a new chapter in the 69-year history of the franchise with its first NFL regular season game in Levi’s® Stadium on Sunday. In order to share the experience with as many members of the team’s Faithful followers as possible, the organization is getting the word out for…
Murph & Mac Tour The 49ers Museum presented by Sony
KNBR’s morning show hosts Brian Murphy and Paul McCaffrey of Murph & Mac enjoyed a tour of the 49ers Museum presented by Sony with a group of 20 lucky winners. Take your own tour.
Interesting Facts about Levi’s® Stadium WiFi, Mobile App and Ninerds
The Santa Clara Stadium Authority, the San Francisco 49ers and their partners built Levi’s® Stadium with three major tenets in mind. Technology, sustainability and fan experience. It makes sense then that all three are accomplished in three aspects of the building’s Silicon Valley feel. The WiFi, the mobile app, and its Ninerds program. “We can…