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More 49ers fans dumping seat licenses, because 49ers’ new stadium sucks
Posted on October 1, 2015 by Neil deMause

The San Francisco 49ers‘ new stadium in Santa Clara has had some problems since it opened last year — the grass won’t stay put, it was brutally hot, getting in and out by car was often painful, and the stadium lights blinded nearby airline pilots. And now, according to KGO-TV, some seat license holders are fed up and want out of their season-ticket deals:

If you were hoping to get your hands on a San Francisco 49ers Season Builders License, or SBL, you’re in luck. Thousands are now available, but re-sellers say it has nothing to do with the team’s current record. Still, a growing number of fans are very dissatisfied…

“Half the stadium, we get beat up by the sun. So if you’re going to watch a game, you want to enjoy, drink a few beers. Here, you drink a few beers, and you get beat up, come home with sunburn, it’s just a bad experience,” [San Jose resident Tuan] Le said.

Other fans complained that the 49ers changed their ticket policy this year, sending only electronic tickets that can’t be printed until 72 hours before the game, making it harder to sell unwanted tickets.

Now, it’s only 3,000 licenses that are up for resale, up only slightly from last spring, and not all that much in a 68,000-seat stadium. And besides, the magic of PSLs (or SBLs as the 49ers call them) is that the team doesn’t have to give a crap about any of this: They’ve sold the licenses already, and it’s the fans’ problem if they made a bad investment.

The more interesting question is what this means for plans to finance stadiums in Los Angeles by similar means: Will L.A. fans, seeing the mess in Santa Clara, be more hesitant to plunk down for Rams/Raiders/Chargers PSLs? Nobody knows, but then nobody knows how viable those PSL sales projections were in the first place. This is a cautionary tale for somebody, that’s for sure, but whether it’s for football fans, for city officials in Inglewood and Carson, or for cities that think they have to outbid L.A. for the right to keep their teams is yet to be determined.

http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2015/10/0 ... ium-sucks/

The team on a declining slide into suckville might make the 50 mile trek a bit less appealing. Raiders should stay put and take over SF . Also the NFL should pay attention if they think that Chargers fan won't have a problem driving over 100 miles each gameday.

Other fans complained that the 49ers changed their ticket policy this year, sending only electronic tickets that can’t be printed until 72 hours before the game, making it harder to sell unwanted tickets.


What the hell??? Are you kidding me? If Inglewood has this same policy I'll tell you right now I'm not buying psl. What if you can't go one week and you want to sell the tickets in advance? How lame is that.

BuiltRamTough wrote:Other fans complained that the 49ers changed their ticket policy this year, sending only electronic tickets that can’t be printed until 72 hours before the game, making it harder to sell unwanted tickets.


What the hell??? Are you kidding me? If Inglewood has this same policy I'll tell you right now I'm not buying psl. What if you can't go one week and you want to sell the tickets in advance? How lame is that.

You still could. Advertise it the same way and add a premium for overnite shipping. Still i get the jist of what you're saying. The control and automation is going to do us in one day.
Still, not that I wish ill will on anyone, but sensing the implosion of the 49ers warms the cockles of my Ram heart.

whatever cockles are...

Wont have to worry about sunburns or being too hot in Inglewood... Carson would be a different story.

bluecoconuts wrote:Wont have to worry about sunburns or being too hot in Inglewood... Carson would be a different story.

Not sure they would only be 'sun' burns in Carson-ogen.

I guess you could email the buyer they ticket and they could print it out? Overnight works also. It's still kind of stupid though. Just send it the old fashion way. A ticket book right before the season.

Anyone that likes open air stadiums in hot places like Cali and AZ is stupid. I've been to AZ to watch a Rams game and it's so comfortable. It was 93 that day and the roof was open and you felt a nice breeze and the AC was on. Let's hope HKS doesn't screw it up. Remember, this is not only for NFL games this stadium is going to host other events. You would have to imagine that they would get it right.