49ers unveil plans for new stadium

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    The San Francisco 49ers still don't know whether they will have the financing to build a new stadium near their practice facility in Santa Clara but were optimistic enough to unveil plans for one Tuesday.

    If nothing else, the 49ers dream large.

    Everything about the stadium, from the 165 luxury suites to a planned five-story photo of "The Catch," which sent the 49ers to their first Super Bowl in 1981, has been designed to make it a fan-friendly entertainment center.

    The 49ers opened a preview center, at a cost of $2.5 million, last November to showcase the new stadium for prospective suite, club seat and season ticket holders.

    "It was a work in progress until today," 49ers chief operating officer Paraag Marathe said.

    Read more: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7028043/san-francisco-49ers-unveil-grand-designs-planned-stadium
     

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