Antonine Bethea said he was impressed with Levi’s® Stadium when he drove to the 49ers Santa Clara-based facility and construction site. “When I pulled up, it looked good,” Bethea said during a conference call with Bay Area reporters. “Having everything in one central location, I think everyone is happy. But I’m most definitely excited to play…

As our grand opening nears, we will start bringing you Spheres from some of the best vantage points at Levi’s® Stadium.
We continue with the field level, where uneven dirt has been replaced with level gravel. The natural grass playing surface has yet to arrive. Read more on the in-progress “Bermuda Bandera” here.

When Phil Dawson saw that the 49ers had installed the NFL’s first collapsible field goal posts at new Levi’s® Stadium last week, he wasn’t looking at the bright yellow cross-bar. 

Dawson focused instead on the waving red flags atop each post.

Then he went to Weather.com and found Santa Clara was sporting 10-mph winds.

The Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the San Jose Earthquakes have partnered to present the first event at Levi’s® Stadium. The Earthquakes will play host to the Seattle Sounders FC in one of Major League Soccer’s most heated rivalries on August 2, 2014.

Tickets for the game will be available on Friday, March 14 at 10:00 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster. Suite rentals are also available by calling 415-GO-49ERS.

As our grand opening nears, we will start bringing you Spheres from some of the best vantage points at Levi’s® Stadium.

We start with the NRG Solar Terrace, where 1,150 solar panels span a green roof. Right now, the roof is bare, but soon it will be decorated with plants.

Enjoy the views.

–49ers.com

Not long after Jordan Stewart chose his MLS team, he had to pick his NFL team.

His new San Jose Earthquakes teammates demanded it.

Pretty epic rainbow over the new home of the @49ers

Before taking members of the 49ers media corps on a tour Wednesday afternoon, project executive Jack Hill compared Levi’s® Stadium to a house. The walls are up, he said. The furniture’s coming in. A fresh coat of paint is on the way. With the countdown clock ticking, San Francisco’s new Santa Clara-based home is about 80 percent complete…

Time is running out. A countdown clock ticking down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until July 11 sits on a desk right as you enter the portable offices of Levi’s® Stadium design-builder Turner Devcon; you can even see the not-so-subtle hint through the window. Wait… why July 11? The new yard will have its ribbon-cutting ceremony this…

Comcast and NBCUniversal today announced a 10-year agreement with the San Francisco 49ers and Levi’s® Stadium designed to deliver an unmatched in-stadium fan experience.  Comcast is leveraging multiple business units – Comcast Cable, Comcast Business, regional sports network Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, and local NBC owned station NBC Bay Area – to help power what will be one of the most technologically advanced stadium in sports.

The San Francisco 49ers and Intel Corporation today announced that Intel will become a Founding Partner and a preferred technology provider for the world’s newest and most technologically-advanced stadium, Levi’s® Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The multi-year agreement is set to begin in 2014.

Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews, the City of Santa Clara, the City of San Jose, the San Francisco 49ers and WWE® are proud to announce that Levi’s® Stadium will host WrestleMania 31 on Sunday, March 29, 2015. 

Chef Michael Mina, one of the country’s greatest culinary leaders, is pleased to announce a partnership with the new Levi’s® Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. As a unique evolution of his award-winning, signature steakhouse Bourbon Steak, Bourbon Steak & Pub will be a multi-level, high-end steakhouse and pub, debuting in August 2014, when the gates to the new stadium open for the season.

The University of California and The Santa Clara Stadium Authority announced today that they have partnered to host Cal’s home football game versus The University of Oregon in the first-ever collegiate football game at Levi’s® Stadium.

“Playing the first college football game at Levi’s® Stadium provides an exceptional opportunity for our student-athletes, alumni, students and fans to be some of the first to experience the new venue, one that will soon play host to a Super Bowl,” director of athletics Sandy Barbour said.

The Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the San Jose Earthquakes announced today that they have partnered to present the first event at Levi’s® Stadium. The Earthquakes will play host to Seattle Sounders FC in one of Major League Soccer’s most heated rivalries on August 2, 2014.

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and the San Francisco 49ers today announced a construction milestone – the completion of phase one of the solar installation at Levi’s® Stadium, the future home of the 49ers. This significant step will help Levi’s® Stadium to become the first stadium that is home to an NFL team to have sustainability and LEED certification standards incorporated into its design and architecture.

Andrew Pentis, 49ers.com

It takes one of the more interesting men working on the 49ers stadium project to make his particular work, well, interesting.

Meet Rich Boyd, the senior project manager for Anning-Johnson, a 70-year-old nationwide company with San Francisco offices, hired to construct and connect some of the bare bones of Levi’s® Stadium: metal decking, thermal insulation and fire-proofing.