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 Plan Allows New 49ers Stadium
Proposition G is a comprehensive mixed use development that includes a new stadium for the 49ers if they choose to remain in San Francisco. Prop G represents our last, best chance of keeping our team from moving to Santa Clara.
A world class stadium
The Prop G plan envisions a world-class, waterfront stadium for the 49ers. The current stadium site at Candlestick Point will eventually be demolished to make way for much-needed housing and retail economic opportunities. Additional features of the new stadium include innovative use of special grass for the parking lots will allow them to be used as playing fields for most of the year.
At least 300 acres of new parkland, open space and trails will be created as part of the transfer of the Monster Park property.
No new cost to taxpayers
Under the Prop G plan, the new stadium would be built by the San Francisco 49ers with no impact on the City's general fund. Parking, transit, transportation and other necessary infrastructure as well as a one hundred million dollar stadium contribution will be provided by the project sponsor.
Our last, best chance
This plan is being supported by Mayor Gavin Newsom and Senator Dianne Feinstein, and represents the best chance of keeping our team. Yes on G and No on F will allow the opportunity for the 49ers to remain in San Francisco, by carving out a location to build a stadium on the Shipyard.
49ers Fans Support Yes on G
and No on F
The San Francisco 49ers have brought years of pleasure and enjoyment to all San Franciscans. From their humble start at Kezar Stadium to great years of success at Candlestick Park, the 49ers' ups and downs are woven into the fabric of our daily lives. We cheer when they win and commiserate when they lose. But throughout their history, they have been San Francisco's team.
For father and son Gerald and Dan Dion, the 49ers have shaped their relationship and inspired two generations of fans. Gerald Dion, a San Francisco native, boasts five decades as a 49ers fan. He ushered games at Kezar stadium as a high school student in the early 1950s.
"All these years I've been a season ticket holder," said Dion, "I've seen them through thick and thin. I saw 'The Catch' and the winning they did with (Joe) Montana and Steve Young. It was a great ride. I've seen it all-been to four Super Bowls."
Gerald's son Dan Dion, now a photographer who lives in the City, says that growing up going to 49ers games inspired him to move to San Francisco. "My dad's family was from San Francisco and he grew up here, but we lived in Sonoma. So for me, The Niners meant going to the City. Games meant a great day of driving to the city and then going to dinner in North Beach...it really was a key element of me falling in love with San Francisco."
"I got into football right when Joe Montana came to the team, and all of a sudden we were a Superbowl team," the younger Dion continued, "The Niners took apart teams with precision instead of bowling them over, so for me it was watching teams like Dallas get their comeuppance."
Asked if he'd ever go to Santa Clara to see a game, Gerald is firm. "No, I wouldn't. It wouldn't be the 49ers as I know them." His son agrees. "It would be a shame and an embarrassment to the city to lose them."
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San Francisco 49ers Timeline |
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1946: The 49ers begin play at Kezar Stadium as a charter member of the
All-America Football Conference (AAFC). They are the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco.
1950: The 49ers join the National Football League after merger with the AAFC
1971: January 3rd, in their final game at Kezar Stadium, the 49ers lose the
1970 NFC Championship Game to the Dallas Cowboys 17-10.
1971: In their first season at Candlestick Park, the 49ers win their 2nd straight divisional title with a 9-5 record.
1979: Bill Walsh is hired as the 49ers head coach. In the 3rd round of his
1st draft, he selects famed Notre Dame quarterback Joe Montana.
1982: It's the NFC Championship game, and with only 58 seconds on the clock, Joe Montana heaves a pass to the back of the end zone for wide receiver Dwight Clark. "The Catch," as it's now known, helps the 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys in order to go their first Superbowl game.
1982: The 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 to win Super Bowl XVI,
their first of five Superbowl wins.
1985: The 49ers win Super Bowl XIX, beating Dan Marino's Miami Dolphins
38-16.
1985: By trading their first two picks in the NFL draft, the 49ers move up
in the first round and select Mississippi Valley State wide receiver Jerry Rice with the 16th overall pick.
1987: The 49ers trade draft picks to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for
quarterback Steve Young.
1989: Super Bowl XXIII, only 34 seconds left, Joe Montana throws the winning touchdown pass to John Taylor, to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals.
1990: In George Siefert's first year as head coach, the 49ers beat the
Denver Broncos 55-10 to win Super Bowl XXIV and set numerous records,
including most points scored and widest margin of victory.
1993: Bill Walsh is inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
1995: The 49ers become the first team ever to win five Super Bowls when they defeat the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. Steve Young is named the game's MVP with a record six touchdown passes.
1999: In the NFC Wild Card playoff game, the 49ers defeat the Packers 30-27. It was an incredible defeat as the Packers had eliminated the 49ers from the playoffs in each of the past 3 seasons. With three seconds left in the game, Steve Young throws "The Catch II" for the game-winning 25-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens.
2000: Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott and Dave Wilcox are inducted to the Pro
Football Hall of Fame.
2005: Steve Young is inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2008: One of the heroes of the 1981 Super Bowl season, defensive end Fred Dean is inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2008: San Francisco Proposition G is on the ballot. It plans to renew the
Bayview neighborhood, adding jobs, housing and parkland, and clear the way for a new state-of-the-art stadium for the 49ers, keeping them in San Francisco for years to come.
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