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Levi’s® Stadium Receives Venue of the Year Award against an International Field of Competitors
Levi’s® Stadium was designed to be a world-class sports and entertainment venue and that recognition was officially bestowed on the home of the San Francisco 49ers on June 10 when the venue was named Venue of Year for 2015 at the The Stadium Business Awards in Barcelona, Spain. The award was voted on by an…
Grateful Dead Celebrates “Long, Strange Trip” from Kezar to Levi’s® Stadium
It seems like an odd affiliation: the 49ers and the Grateful Dead. But these two San Francisco icons have a long-standing link to Kezar Stadium. They partner again on June 27-28 when the remaining members of the original Grateful Dead reunite for a 50th anniversary gig at Levi’s® Stadium. Jerry Garcia, frontman for the Grateful…
FOSTER FARMS BOWL SET FOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 AT LEVI’S® STADIUM
The 2015 Foster Farms Bowl, featuring teams from two of college football’s ‘Power 5’ conferences, will be played at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday evening, December 26th. Kickoff time is 6:15 p.m. [PST]/9:15 p.m. [EST]. The contest will be televised live on ESPN and matches the 4th Pac-12 selection against an upper- echelon Big Ten team. …
CANDLESTICK PARK MEMORIES
Billy McD slipped his mother’s Dodge Dart into the red zone beside South Sunset playground where a heated three-a-side basketball game was in progress. He stuck his muddled mop of red hair out the car window and yelled in his lovely Irish lilt, “Hey lads, I’m goin’ to the Niners game. Who’s wit’ me?” It…
Watch: NFL Network on Super Bowl 50 Progress
Super Bowl 50 comes to the Bay and Levi’s Stadium this February. Watch as NFL Network gives us an update on what’s to come for this historic event.
Manchester United F.C. to Face FC Barcelona at Levi’s® Stadium on Saturday, July 25
Relevent Sports, a division of RSE Ventures – a multi-national sports and entertainment venture firm with a focus on new technologies – today announced the San Francisco Bay Area will host multiple games for the 2015 International Champions Cup North America Presented by Guinness. European giants Manchester United F.C. and FC Barcelona will square off…
49ers Museum’s Artifact of the Month: Draft Day in April
DRAFT DAY REQUIRES PREPARATION AND GOOD FORTUNE By Joe Hession, 49ers Museum Historian The NFL Draft is built on tireless scouting and the endless analysis of a player’s size, strength and speed. But sometimes a little luck can go a long way. Bill Walsh set an NFL standard for talent evaluation and helped orchestrate some of…
49ERS ANNOUNCE 2015 SCHEDULE
The San Francisco 49ers have announced their 2015 regular season schedule as well as the dates and times of their four preseason games. The 49ers will play in front of a national audience four times throughout the 2015 regular season, including the first-ever Monday Night Football game at Levi’s® Stadium in the season opener versus…
LEVI’S® STADIUM ADDS REPLYBUY AS VENUE PARTNER TO ENABLE INSTANT MOBILE PURCHASING FOR EVENTS AND TOURS
The San Francisco 49ers and Levi’s® Stadium today announced a new partnership with ReplyBuy, a sports technology company that has simplified the ticket-buying process for fans by introducing instant mobile purchasing functionality. Already working with a number of teams in the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League ReplyBuy is being introduced to the…
49ERS STEM EDUCATION PROGRAM NOW ACCEPTING 2015-16 APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL FIELD TRIP PROGRAM
The San Francisco 49ers announced today that registration is now open for Bay Area kindergarten to eighth grade students to experience the 49ers STEM education program at the 49ers Museum presented by Sony during the 2015-16 school year. In its second year the program will double its reach to no less than 60,000 students after…
GRATEFUL DEAD ORIGINAL MEMBERS ADD TWO LEVI’S® STADIUM DATES TO FINAL CONCERTS
The original members of Grateful Dead — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir — have announced two additional shows at Levi’s® Stadium in Santa Clara, California on June 27th and 28th, as part of their “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” run. Along with the three shows at Chicago’s…
Scenes of Sunday’s WrestleMania
Sunday’s WrestleMania had it’s fair share of celebrity sitings. Here are a few of the best including some of our own 49ers players: Awesome WrestleMania. One of the best ones I can remember. Football stadium was cool and all the big wrinkles worked. So fun to be there. — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) March 30, 2015…
KEY REMINDERS FOR GUESTS ATTENDING WRESTLEMANIA® 31
Levi’s® Stadium management and WWE® want to make sure all fans are aware of the special event information for WrestleMania 31 at Levi’s® Stadium on Sunday, March 29. To help all Levi’s® Stadium guests enjoy their experience to the fullest, they should be aware of the following policies and information: KEY EVENT DETAILS: Parking lots…
Stadium Partner Levi’s Announces #WashLessPledge
Today, our partner, Levi Strauss & Co. announced a new Lifecycle Assessment about the water and energy impact from a pair of their 501 jeans. Among the findings, they learned that if everyone in the U.S. would wash their jeans after every 10 wears instead of every 2, we could save more than 270 billion…