attempt to secure a $620,000 commitment from the Stadium Authority<\/a> \u2014 the public governing body that oversees city-owned Levi\u2019s Stadium and is made up of members of the Santa Clara City Council \u2014 was unsuccessful.<\/p>\nThe 49ers, who manage non-NFL events at the stadium, had previously moved their business staff from the stadium to a 52,000-square-foot space on Great America Parkway. At the time, team officials said that the move was done to consolidate everyone into the same space to make them a \u201cmore efficient organization\u201d that would help drive revenue to the stadium and hopefully the city\u2019s coffers.<\/p>\n
The request resurfaced on Tuesday evening as the Stadium Authority board reviewed the proposed $81.3 million budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. This time, as a part of a $1.7 million line item named \u201cother expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team did not say how much of that money would go to the office lease, but in a statement, Jihad Beauchman, the 49ers\u2019 executive vice president and general counsel, said that the \u201cnew office in Santa Clara ensures\u00a0enhanced collaboration, efficiency and productivity to the benefit of both the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the 49ers. We also believe the Stadium Management Agreement is clear on this issue and will continue to work with the city on next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the city did not respond to a request for comment, but during the meeting, Finance Director Kenn Lee said the issue is still \u201coutstanding\u201d and they are still discussing and reviewing the agreement.<\/p>\n
Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who last year said there would be \u201cfinancial consequences for years to come for our public\u201d if they have to cover the cost of the office, renewed her concerns this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are we asking to approve again this year this $1.7 million line item when we don\u2019t actually know what\u2019s in it?\u201d she said. \u201c(The 49ers Management Company) operates at Levi\u2019s Stadium and we own the building, when did (they) move, why did they move and who authorized them to relocate at the Stadium Authority\u2019s expense?\u201d<\/p>\n
Councilmember Kelly Cox also expressed her concerns about why the request has once again surfaced.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom a governance standpoint, I just want the reassurance that our decision making framework is structured with requests that are evaluated on contractual obligation and not relational dynamics,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Santa Clara is expected to revisit the office lease next month.<\/p>\n
The request comes as the Stadium Authority is projecting lower revenues for non-NFL events than it had the last two fiscal years. In the upcoming fiscal year, they project $4.6 million compared to $10.2 million in 2024-2025 and $6.2 million in 2025-2026.<\/p>\n
Concerns were also raised on Tuesday about the financial impact of the 49ers\u2019 game in Mexico City when it comes to ticket surcharge dollars. While the team is playing two international games this season \u2014 they\u2019ll open the season in Australia \u2014 the Mexico City game was originally expected to be held at Levi\u2019s Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second year in a row, the San Francisco 49ers are asking Santa Clara to cover the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[184,7,1533,181,25438,23,182,101,103,102,197,198,104,106,105,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-193972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-bay-area","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-keywee","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-levis-stadium","13":"tag-local-news","14":"tag-pm-report","15":"tag-san-francisco","16":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","17":"tag-san-francisco-news","18":"tag-santa-clara","19":"tag-santa-clara-county","20":"tag-sf","21":"tag-sf-headlines","22":"tag-sf-news","23":"tag-south-bay"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}