Levi's Stadium

Levi's Stadium
The Field of Jeans
San Francisco 49ers game against Denver Broncos on August 17, 2014
Data
place	4900 Marie P DeBartolo Way Santa Clara , California 95054
Coordinates	37 ° 24 '10.8 "  N , 121 ° 58' 12"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 24 '10.8 "  N , 121 ° 58' 12"  W.
owner	Santa Clara Stadium Authority
operator	Santa Clara Stadium Authority
start of building	April 19, 2012
opening	17th July 2014
First game	August 2, 2014 San Jose Earthquakes - Seattle Sounders FC 1-0
surface	Natural grass
costs	1.2 billion US dollars
architect	HNTB Corporation
capacity	68,500 seats expandable to 75,000 seats
Societies)
San Francisco 49ers ( NFL , since 2014)
Events
NCAA PAC-12 Championship (since 2014) Foster Farms Bowl (since 2014) NHL Stadium Series 2015 WrestleMania 31 (2015) Super Bowl 50 (2016) Copa América Centenario 2016

The Levi's Stadium is an American football - stadium in Santa Clara in the US state of California . Since the 2014 season , it has been home to the San Francisco 49ers from the National Football League (NFL), who were previously based in Candlestick Park . The stadium has space for 68,500 spectators, but can be expanded to 75,000 seats.

The namesake Levi Strauss & Co. acquired the naming rights to the new home of the 49ers. The contract has a term of 20 years and a volume of US $ 220.3 million. Levi Strauss & Co. has the option to extend the contract by five years for another $ 75 million.

In the opening game on August 2, 2014, the two MLS teams of the San Jose Earthquakes met against Seattle Sounders FC . The 1-0 victory of the Earthquakes was watched by 48,765 spectators. The first game of the 49ers took place on September 14, 2014 against the Chicago Bears (20:28) in front of 70,799 spectators.

The NCAA's annual PAC-12 Championship in American Football takes place at Levi's Stadium.

The venue has been the venue for the NCAA - Foster Farms Bowl since 2014 . In the 2015 NHL Stadium Series , a regular season game between the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings was played in the open air at Levi's Stadium on February 21, 2015 . On March 29, 2015, the wrestling event WrestleMania XXXI of the WWE station in the stadium and set a new stadium record with 76,976 visitors. On February 7, 2016, Levi's Stadium hosted the 50th Super Bowl .

Web links

Commons : Levi's Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official site of the stadium (English)
• Data to the stadium (English)
• Stadium history (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Levi's Stadium: 49ers' new Santa Clara home gets a name in $ 220 million deal , mercurynews.com (English)
2. ↑ Match report San Jose Earthquakes - Seattle Sounders FC , matchcenter.mlssoccer.com (English)
3. ↑ Match report San Francisco 49ers - Chicago Bears , pro-football-reference.com (English)
4. ↑ Foster Farms to sponsor the San Francisco Bowl Game at Levi's Stadium , pac-12.com from November 12, 2014 (English)
5. ↑ NHL Stadium Series 2015 , sharks.nhl.com (English)
6. ^ WrestleMania 31 to take place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on March 29, 2015 , wwe.com from December 10, 2013
7. ^ San Francisco awarded Super Bowl L; Houston lands LI , nfl.com, May 21, 2013