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Stadium features at a glance – why it’s the best in the U.S. • 1,850,000 square feet in size – twice the size of Candlestick Park. • 68,500 seats including 45,000 seats on lower level, 18,000 seats on upper level and 176 luxury suites. The closest seats are just 10 feet away from playing surface. • Two colossal HD video scoreboards, each 48 feet tall and 200 feet wide, are the largest of their kind in outdoor arenas. • NFL’s first automatic, collapsible Stadium launches new chapter field goal posts that increase safety and ease of transition for non- in Santa Clara history football events. Over the past 162 years, the residents and businesses of the City of Santa • As expected for a facility in Silicon Clara have had many reasons to be proud of their community – its significant Valley, stadium-wide WiFi, mobile role in California history . its rich agricultural heritage . its innovative connectivity, and approximately technology companies . its enviable quality of life. Now, the opening of 2,000 IPTV monitors. Levi’s® Stadium in August opens a new chapter in Santa Clara history that • It’s in Santa Clara, California – our showcases the many assets of the community today and provides incredible hometown! opportunities for the City of tomorrow. There is no better time to be Santa Clara PROUD! What’s Inside How It Came To Be Page 2 Convention Center Companion Page 2 Community Gathering Spot Page 2 Economic Development Page 3 Public-Private Partnership Page 3 Construction Milestones Page 4 Green Building Page 5 Public Transit Page 6 Parking Page 6 Neighborhood Protection Page 7 More Reasons To Be Proud Page 8 World-class events come to a world-class city Additional events are coming, including training camps open to the public in August. For the most recent schedule information, visit LevisStadium.com. 2014 Thur, Nov 27 Thanksgiving – 49ers vs. Seattle Sat, Aug 2 San Jose Earthquakes vs. Seahawks, 5:30 p.m. Seattle Sounders, Major League Fri, Dec 5 2014 Pac-12 Football Soccer, 7:30 p.m. Championship Game Sun, Aug 17 49ers vs. Denver Broncos Sat, Dec 20 49ers vs San Diego Chargers, exhibition game, 1 p.m. Sun, Oct 5 49ers vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 1:30 p.m. Sun, Aug 24 49ers vs. San Diego Chargers 1:25 p.m. Sun, Dec 28 49ers vs. Arizona Cardinals, exhibition game, 1 p.m. Fri, Oct 24 Cal vs. Oregon, Pac-12 1:25 p.m. Sun, Sept 14 49ers vs. Chicago Bears Conference college football season opener, 5:30 p.m. Sun, Nov 2 49ers vs. St. Louis Rams, Coming Up Sun, Sept 28 49ers vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 1:05 p.m. 1:25 p.m. Sun, Nov 23 49ers vs. Washington Redskins, Sun, March 29, 2015 WWE WrestleMania 31 1:25 p.m. Sun, Feb 7, 2016 Super Bowl 50! The City Of Santa Clara Celebrates the Opening Of Levi’s® Stadium Feasibility Study transportation and circulation, air quality, January, 2007 noise, utilities and public services. The Draft The City Council adopts guiding principles and EIR receives extensive public review and How the process for a feasibility study of the proposed comment before the final EIR is accepted by stadium, including a schedule of public meetings. the City Council. Negotiations Begin Advisory Vote it came January, 2008 June, 2010 The feasibility study is complete, including Measure J asking Santa Clara citizens for economic benefits, public safety impacts and approval of the stadium is passed by a majority financing options. The City enters into non- of voters. to be binding negotiations with the 49ers. Funding in Place EIR Analysis March, 2012 This brief overview includes only a few of the 2008-2009 Financing of the $1.3 billion project is complex steps that led from an audacious idea A comprehensive Environmental Impact Report formalized. – the San Francisco 49ers moving to the South is prepared by an independent consulting firm Groundbreaking! Bay – to the opening of Levi’s® Stadium in the including analytical reports on land use, geology, City of Santa Clara. Thousands of hours of April 19, 2012 hydrology, visual resources, biological resources, And so it begins… time by the Mayor and City Council, City staff, hazards and hazardous materials, cultural resources, expert consultants, community stakeholders, and residents were invested in making the stadium project the best it could be. Together, the Santa Clara community has created something that it can be proud of for generations to come. Early Vision A letter to the San Francisco 49ers from then City Councilmember Kevin Moore suggests that the team consider Santa Clara for its new home stadium. Team executives visit the City and then Mayor Patricia Mahan takes them up in the Sky Tower at California’s Great America to get a 360 degree view of Santa Clara and its potential. First Choice November, 2006 The San Francisco 49ers announce Santa Clara is the #1 preferred site for a new stadium. Companion venue to Santa New community gathering spot There’s a new place in town to connect with friends and to show off to visitors Clara Convention Center from out of the area – the Levi’s® Stadium main entry plaza. It’s not all about sports at Levi’s® Stadium! The versatile facility is designed to The main entry plaza at the northwest corner of the stadium on Tasman be a luxurious and unique event space that, like the Santa Clara Convention Drive will be open to the public to access nearby the San Francisco 49ers Center, can be used for company meetings, conferences, conventions, trade and Museum presented by SONY, 49ers Team Store and Michael Mina’s Bourbon consumer shows, social events, and galas. Steak & Pub. The combination The 49ers Museum showcases team history with interactive galleries and of the stadium, a historic artifacts. The two-story museum includes the Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. 302,000-square-foot 49ers Hall of Fame and Super Bowl gallery, and the Denise DeBartolo York Convention Center, Education Center with a state-of-the-art classroom for hands-on activities for 3,800 hotel/motel visiting students. The stadium is expected to host field trips for approximately rooms, restaurants, 20,000 schoolchildren during in the first year. For information about field trips, theme park, museums visit LevisStadium.com/education. and variety of cultural, entertainment and recreation opportunities positions the City of Santa Clara as a destina- tion of choice. Visitors and travelers to Santa Clara help to pay for core City services such as police, fire, parks, library and streets through sales tax on purchases made at local stores and restaurants and Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on lodging. TOT alone generates more than $13 million for the City’s General Fund each year. Bourbon Steak & Pub is a multi-level high-end steakhouse and casual dining pub from James Beard award-winning chef Michael Mina. On game days the restaurant will be transformed into a membership-only tailgate party, but for Want to tour the stadium? the rest of the year it will add a new upscale dining choice to Santa Clara’s Public tours begin in August. Cost is $25 per person, but Santa Clara restaurant scene. Bourbon Pub will be open for lunch and dinner and Bourbon residents get $5 off with valid ID. To schedule, visit LevisStadium.com. Steak for dinner only. For menu information and reservations, visit LevisStadium.com/Bourbon-Steak-and-Pub. 2 The City Of Santa Clara Celebrates the Opening Of Levi’s® Stadium Stadium is catalyst for private investment in the $61 future of Santa Clara 3,665 million jobs Major developments that will bring new retail, restaurants, annually entertainment, Class A office space and new homes to Santa Clara are proposed for the vicinity near Levi’s® Stadium and the generated on Convention Center. The projects total more than $4 billion in economic private investment in the future of Santa Clara, broadening its and off-site economic base and generating millions of dollars for the City’s by stadium impact of General Fund. stadium operations operations in Santa Clara Centennial Gateway County City Place Santa Clara Two of the largest and most exciting projects are Centennial Gateway on the corner of Tasman and Centennial Boulevard north of the stadium and City Place Santa Clara, a mixed use transit-oriented development, across from the stadium. Together they will be the core of a vibrant entertainment district serving both residents and visitors. For more information on proposed projects near the stadium and throughout the City, visit santaclaraca.gov and click on Development Projects under Helpful Links on the home page. Public-private partnership protects City assets Levi’s® Stadium is an example of great Together, these funding sources, along • The City will also receive per- the relocation of the Tasman teamwork, a public-private partner- with other smaller sources, are antic- formance-based rent equal to Substation from the property ship that has created a world-class ipated to be sufficient to fully fund 50% of the net income from adjacent to the stadium site.