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San Francisco is an interesting study in stadiums. The baseball park redeveloped a run down, formerly industrial neighborhood not far from downtown (the Financial District, as we all it), and has added a ton of value to the City, in part because of the baseball attraction there. Now it incorporates a lot more, including a huge health campus and the Warriors stadium, too, neither of which likely would have happened without the ball park.

But the Board of Supervisors miscalculated the 49ers desire for a new stadium, which is why that team moved so far south. My understanding is the ownership wanted to stay in the City, but weren't willing to be held hostage by the Board of Supes. When the latter drove an unrealistic bargain, the team was willing to accept a good deal from Santa Clara (which, by the way, the City of Santa Clara has largely regretted ever since, probably because it didn't lead to the economic development Santa Clara hoped for).

The City of San Francisco underestimated with the 49ers knew: that team is a regional team, not just the City's team. Moving its stadium to Santa Clara didn't cost it many fans because the Bay Area, at large, is 49ers country (outside of the people who were Raiders fans in the East Bay).

San Francisco is an interesting study in stadiums. The baseball park redeveloped a run down, formerly industrial neighborhood not far from downtown (the Financial District, as we all it), and has added a ton of value to the City, in part because of the baseball attraction there. Now it incorporates a lot more, including a huge health campus and the Warriors stadium, too, neither of which likely would have happened without the ball park.

But the Board of Supervisors miscalculated the 49ers desire for a new stadium, which is why that team moved so far south. My understanding is the ownership wanted to stay in the City, but weren't willing to be held hostage by the Board of Supes. When the latter drove an unrealistic bargain, the team was willing to accept a good deal from Santa Clara (which, by the way, the City of Santa Clara has largely regretted ever since, probably because it didn't lead to the economic development Santa Clara hoped for).

The City of San Francisco underestimated with the 49ers knew: that team is a regional team, not just the City's team. Moving its stadium to Santa Clara didn't cost it many fans because the Bay Area, at large, is 49ers country (outside of the people who were Raiders fans in the East Bay).

Was there a different spot they planned to put the stadium? Or was it trying to gussy up Candlestick point?

That always felt like the challenge. Candlestick was a bad spot. The eastern shoreline of the city seemed like sort of a unicorn of opportunity just before things really started to blow up.

The Cali teams are smart to move around a lot because their fans stay loyal when they move to different cities. San Diego still likes the Chargers, while the Raiders have tons of fans in Oakland and Los Angeles. 

and the Cardinals back to St. Louis

And Penn state 

This thread is almost three years old......looking back at the OP just now.  

See how much schools learn in just a short amount of time.  Some of these coaches were so good that their schools decided they weren't good enough spots for the coaches and did the honorable thing, releasing them on to greener pastures.