Levi's needs shade, the heat was bad when it first opened in 2014, there were 60 911 calls and 1 death among fans at Levi's grand opening. The issue is compounded when you consider that the entire globe is warming at an alarming rate. This was not a forward thinking stadium plan, imagine what the heat will be like in 2024. We've reached a point where every year in succession is the hottest year recorded on Earth. 2016 is well on track to be the hottest year recorded, and 2017 is projected to be even hotter than that ad infinitum.
The truth is that due to global warming every year will be hotter than the last here in Northern California. Accordingly, an unshaded stadium in Santa Clara was not a sustainable idea. We are looking at a future where realistically within the next decade the weather in Santa Clara during the football season will average in the 80s with highs in the 90s and lows in the 70s.
Considering the heat had such an adverse effects on fans in 2014, when the heat peaked around 88, I shudder to imagine what it will happen if the stadium remains unshaded much further into the future. If things continue trending the direction they are this 1.3 billion dollar stadium is going to be obsolete in under 10 years!
And then it gets really ugly when you consider that 49ers tickets are still the 5th most expensive NFL tickets in the league (per average of ticket prices).
Pay the 5th most per ticket of any fan in the league for the privilege to watch a garbage team get whooped in a stadium unprepared to deal with the weather of where it was built with no shade? Yeah, I'll pass.
Things already have got ugly (remember the Jed & 49ers should mutually part ways banner?), Jed York needs to watch his back, if things don't turn around soon season ticketholders, sponsors, and investors going to be outside his house with the flaming torches and pitchforks like