49ers tell S.F. they're leaving

MediaNews ^ | 11/9/6 | Dennis Georgatos

[SmithL]

More than a new stadium, the 49ers are in need of a new owner.

[scott says]

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[dfwgator]

Candlestick Point, in San Francisco? The jokes just write themselves.

[Arrowhead1952]

Pelosi's fault.

[Hydroshock]

A feature of th new design in keeping with the people of the bay area. The teams no longer will come out of the lockerroom at the start of a game, the will come out of the closet instead. ;)

[maineman]

Yea, a new stadium is the least of their problems.

[martin_fierro]

http://www.dumpyork.com

[scott says]

The 49ers are a train wreck. I was a huge fan back in the Montana/ Walsh days. I really lost any respect or love for them when the Seifert/Young era began. Perhaps it as "smart" management to usher Montana, Lott,Craig out the door but I didn't like the way it was done.
I have been offered free tix to the Niners games over the years and I always pass...Candlestick is a horible stadium,SF a terrible city...blech!

[SF Republican]

SF a terrible city - no it is not.

[scott says]

Too much traffic and congestion, dirty...yuck.
The weather is not pleasant for my preference.
It will be a beautiful 80 degree day here in Marin and the City will be foggy and cold.
Sorry but I don't like ANY city....too much for me. ;)

[Filo]

More than a new stadium, the 49ers are in need of a new owner.

Actually, I'm just hoping that John lets his son take over in time. The kid is bright, enthusiastic and wants to win. I've talked to him and think he'd be a lot better "football" owner (as opposed to a business owner) than his dad.

As for the 'niners bailing on the 'stick - I couldn't be happier. I've had season seats for a while now and the current site sucks almost as much as the stadium.

Bailing on the leftist SF is also a good thing. The less revenue they have the better.

This is a good thing, I think, and if the 49ers keep improving (however slowly) they may host and win a superbowl in their own stadium by 2012! :)

[SF Republican]

I will agree Marin IS nice; but SF (we live in the outer Sunset) is most often sunny and 65 degrees about 80% of the year, that is hardly cold. But I do agree, 80 is better.

[A message]

SF a terrible city - no it is not.

Agreed, for whatever I may feel about the politicians in SF. The city itself is one of the most fascinating cities we have in the nation.

[scott says]

My dislike is of cities themselves... just don't like the congestion and general feeling of it all.
SF has some wonderful awesome landscape and is great as far as cities go...I just can't deal with it all.
I don't get over there much anymore and I live 12 miles from the GG Bridge.The traffic and urban sprawl in Marin is a huge mess as well...I prefer the wide open peace and beauty off West Marin.

[RayChuang88]

There are these good reasons why the 49ers will probably get a stadium (likely privately financed) in Santa Clara:

1) There is plentiful space for the stadium AND parking lots at the Santa Clara location.

2) The stadium will have a Santa Clara VTA light rail station right next to it, which means it's easily reachable from almost anybody with acces to Santa Clara County's light rail system. It should be noted the light rail line from the stadium site goes directly west into Mountain View, where you can connect with Caltrain commuter rail up to San Francisco.

[seamusnh]

"San Francisco's bid for the 2016 Olympics". Is that the gay olympics? It is amazing that a group can have its own Olympics based on sexual preference and it is not a problem, but if there were ever a "straight Olympics", there would be demonstrations in the streets, lawsuits, the ACLU....

[SF Republican]

I too like West Marin, we went up to Healdsburg for the weekend and came back down by Bodega Bay and West Marin. Beautiful out there.

[rockthecasbah]

It would be nice if they could build out a BART extension to the new stadium. I'm headed to the Black Hole in Oakland this Sunday (to root for Denver) and having a BART stop at that stadium makes it so easy coming from Pleasant Hill.

[scott says]

I love West Marin and the Sonoma coast..it really is absolutely beautiful. Marin and the North Bay in general have really "boomed" in the past 15 years...for the worse. Its nice to get out in the country and enjoy the peace and quiet....

[HEY4QDEMS]

Moving a football team from the downtown area to a location with a logistical clean slate for infrastructure and lots more space makes sense. Miami, New England, and others have done it.

Santa Clara is still close enough to San Fran that it shouldn't be too big of a deal for the fans. Not having to deal with Bay area traffic could actually be a plus.