Originally posted by crake49:
Originally posted by ace49ers:
Lets go back home boys. My heart is still back at the Stick. 
My soul is getting absolutely crushed at the moment.
f**k Levi Stadium!
Let's get into the real world here. Everyone in the NFL knew that the Niners had to upgrade their stadium. It's not like they didn't try to work out a SF location for many years starting in the mid '90's. The choice was to either get a new stadium set up for corporate boxes and corporate sponsors or lose the team altogether to an entirely different city possibly in a different state. All they had to do was something that hadn't gotten done in over 40 years - get an NFL stadium built in California - and they accomplished that. And right off the bat, the NFL awards them a Super Bowl.
I saw a lot of football and baseball games at the Stick, but that stadium was never really built with football in mind. I'd rather have the Niners in the Bay Area at a first-class modern NFL stadium than have to think about whether or not I can still root for a team that's based in LA or San Antonio or who knows where else.
Should've done what the Packers did...just revamp the existing stadium.
I don't agree with Skip Bayless much (hardly at all actually), but he said something on First Take during the course of the season that I agree with completely. That is....that Candlestick was old, rickety, outdated but it had an aura about it that made it comparable to Lambeau, old Texas stadium, etc. The fog, soggy field, filthy feel added to the mystique...made the stick an unfavorable place to play for opposing teams.
Our new stadium is no better than Jerry world. Great for the casual fan looking to check out the stadium and surf the net, but not geared toward the diehard fan willing to weather the elements in support of the team.
Hence the empty seats in 80 degree weather.
Pathetic
