SF Mayor Gavin Newsom signs draft financial plan for Candlestick Point

by David Fucillo on Dec 9, 2008 1:29 PM PST in 49ers Stadium

I was going to post this in the links, but I think it's worth it's own story. According to the San Francisco Examiner, yesterday, Mayor Gavin Newsom signed a draft financial plan for a $2 billion redevelopment of Candlestick Point and the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.

Newsom and his staff can now move forward on negotiations with Lennar Corp. to reach a final agreement on the project, which is scheduled to include homes, parkland, retail space, office and industrial space, and, if needed, a new football stadium.

I'd imagine the 49ers are still working on their Santa Clara stadium, but for now, a San Francisco-based stadium would seem to still be alive. The upside to this continuing forward? More opportunities to keep the 49ers in the Bay Area. Still plenty of chances to [site decorum] it up, but hopefully Jed York will take care of business.

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This would be fantastic

If it all goes through ok, I think it would be great to keep the niners playing in San Fran and be in a state-of-the-art stadium as well. To me, the San Francisco 49ers should be playing in San Francisco and not in Santa Clara. I know it makes no difference to me personally, cos I will never get the chance to see them – unless they come over to London – but it just sounds and feels right that they play in San Fran. Just the romance of it I guess.
What is feeling of you guys, as most of you are in that area right?

by Ninerfromacrossthepond on Dec 9, 2008 7:04 PM PST reply actions

I honestly...

… don’t care either way. The team deserves a new place to build their stadium and play. The city has seemed to drag their feet for quite some time (after the 49ers shelved the idea after DeBartolo was ousted) until the Yorks threatened to take it out of city bounds. If I’m not mistaken, wasn’t the cleanup of the Naval yard supposed to take close to 10 years? How is someone able to cleanup all that waste (soil and all) in less than 5 or 6? It’s just kind of iffy to me.

Santa Clara sounds like a very good deal for the 49ers, and I wouldn’t be surprised (or be upset) if they built a stadium there. I guess the way I look at it is this: at least they’re still in the Bay Area.

by sfgfan on Dec 10, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions

If we become the

Santa Clara 49ers I cant follow this team as well as I used to. I don’t know, it wont feel right. Not at all.

by James Brady on Dec 10, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions

Follow?

Most of the news right now comes out of Santa Clara anyway, right? Heck, a move to Santa Clara will mean they’re still broadcast on KNBR, and whichever FOX/CBS affiliate covers NFC games at the time. Following them won’t be difficult.

As they say, you follow a jersey/uniform and not the names that go with it (or something like that).

by sfgfan on Dec 10, 2008 11:03 AM PST up reply actions

It will just feel like I'm rooting for a completely team.

The history, everything was as the San Francisco 49ers. All of the current teams that have done things under different names or cities, I cant remember one thing about them. Only as how they are now. As the Santa Clara 49ers, would we still be remembered for five super bowl victories? When we win another (coughnextseasonitcanhappencough) will we have six? I can already see it now “First super bowl win blah blah” and to me as a lifelong 49ers fan that’s too much.

by James Brady on Dec 10, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions