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San Francisco Gains from 49ers Move to Santa Clara
When incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein take time from their post-election planning to urge San Francisco 49ers owner John York to keep the team in San Francisco, then you know that the city’s wealthy elite are in an uproar over the 49ers proposed move. Only a tiny percentage of San Franciscans would ever benefit from the luxury boxes and improved seating at a new 49ers stadium, and the dozen games per year does not provide meaningful jobs for neighborhood residents. Neither San Francisco’s now-abandoned 2016 Olympics bid nor a new 49ers stadium in San Francisco addresses the real needs of city residents, particularly those living in Bayview-Hunters Point. Mayor Newsom has handled the 49ers correctly, and his best policy and political move is to maintain his position that San Francisco taxpayers should not subsidize either the Lennar Corp or the 49ers billionaire owners.
Since the San Francisco Chronicle has long been first with any news about the San Francisco 49ers, its understandable that the paper is giving ongoing front-page coverage to the teams stadium plans. But there was virtually no talk about the importance of a new 49ers stadium in the recent San Francisco elections, even though there was a Supervisor’s race in the district housing Candlestick Park. This should confirm suspicions that most San Franciscans have far greater concerns than whether the 49ers play its games in Santa Clara.
The stadium debate, like that of the Olympics, is covered by the San Francisco Chronicle in the same way it provides multiple stories and large photo spreads for opening night at the Opera or Symphony. Football is a more blue-collar sport, but those preoccupied with the location of a 49ers Stadium or the 2016 Olympics (which would occur nearly three presidential elections from now) are those with the luxury of not being troubled by such present-day concerns as ensuring adequate funding for schools, maintaining health care for their family, or having the resources to remain in San Francisco.
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The stadium debate, like that of the Olympics, is covered by the San Francisco Chronicle in the same way it provides multiple stories and large photo spreads for opening night at the Opera or Symphony. Football is a more blue-collar sport, but those preoccupied with the location of a 49ers Stadium or the 2016 Olympics (which would occur nearly three presidential elections from now) are those with the luxury of not being troubled by such present-day concerns as ensuring adequate funding for schools, maintaining health care for their family, or having the resources to remain in San Francisco.
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