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Why do the San Francisco 49ers want the Santa Clara Stadium Authority to pay $620,000 annually for a new office?
As the Santa Clara Stadium Authority looks to finalize its more than $60 million operating budget this week, a $620,000 request from the San Francisco 49ers to cover the cost of a new office is causing concern.
The move of the team’s business staff from Levi’s Stadium to a 52,000-square-foot space on Great America Parkway was driven by the need to consolidate everyone into one place to make them “a more efficient organization,” Alex Acton, the 49ers’ director of finance, told the Stadium Authority Board at a meeting last week. The board is made up of members of the Santa Clara City Council.
Acton said the office is being occupied by 49ers employees “focused on driving revenue” to the Stadium Authority — the public governing body that oversees Levi’s Stadium. The NFL team serves as the manager of the stadium, booking non-football events and supervising day-to-day operations.
The 49ers originally looked for a space at Levi’s Stadium that could accommodate all of its business staff, but Acton said there wasn’t anything large enough to fit everyone in a “continuous square footage manner.”
“We have people on our team that really know and understand the real estate market, and we feel we really made a really good deal at a really good time,” Acton said of the new office, noting that the rent is “below market rate for North Santa Clara.”
Acton did not disclose the total rent price — the Stadium Authority will cover a share of the cost.
But Santa Clara spokesperson Janine De la Vega said that city officials are recommending that the board reject the 49ers’ request to cover the office in the upcoming budget.
“If, at any point, we determine that Stadium Authority funding for any portion of the off-site office space is appropriate, staff would bring that back to the board for their consideration as a budget amendment,” De la Vega said in a statement.
City Attorney Glen Googins said at a March 4 meeting that the 49ers have pointed to “a fairly broad definition in the management agreement for what constitutes manager operating expenses.”
The agreement defines manager operating expenses as “reasonable and necessary expenses and expenditures of whatever kind or nature incurred, directly or indirectly, by the Stadium Manager in promoting, operating, maintaining and managing the Stadium.”
But Googins said there’s nothing in the agreement that he believes “provides for (the office) cost to be passed through” to the Stadium Authority. The city attorney said they previously didn’t incur a cost related to office space since the 49ers managment employees had been working at Levi’s Stadium.
Mayor Lisa Gillmor told The Mercury News that she worries there will be “financial consequences for years to come for our public” if they have to take on the cost of the office space.
“Any costs you add, any expenses added to the Stadium Authority, reduces the money that ultimately flows to the general fund,” she said.
The council, acting as the Stadium Authority Board, is expected to discuss the issue Tuesday night.
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Division-leading Dodgers aim to snap home losing trend as they open series against the Giants in a matchup of NL West foes
After dropping their second straight home series over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers head into Monday night’s series opener against the San Francisco Giants sitting atop the National League West Division standings, aiming to avenge a series loss to the Giants from two weeks ago. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 12 games overall and have dropped seven in a row on the road as they begin a 10-game road trip that will keep them away from home until Memorial Day Weekend. The Giants will start Trevor McDonald (1-0, 1.29 ERA) in his fourth start in the Majors while the Dodgers will counter with second-year Japanese import Roki Sasaki (1-3, 5.97 ERA) who has given up a home run in five consecutive outings.
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Date: May 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
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Location: Dodgers Stadium
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Dodger center fielder Andy Pages, who has helped Los Angeles claim World Series titles in each of his first two years in the Majors, leads the team this season hitting .333, ranking the 25-year-old Cuban third among all hitters in MLB. Pages is hitting .371 so far in May with five extra base hits and 10 RBIs and has successfully reached base in 13 of his last 14 games.
With nine hits in seven games so far this month, Giants second baseman Luis Arraez is hitting a team-leading .310 at the plate in 2026 and is on pace for his eighth career 100-hit campaign. Arraez is one of only two active players with a career batting average above .300, hitting .316 for his career and leads Houston’s Jose Altuve by 15 points.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the McCoven who hopefully have better things to do than watch this dreadful baseball team. But if this is your chosen way of spending the day, then welcome, and may the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the series for you.
Right-hander Tyler Mahle takes the mound for the Giants, as the veteran makes his eighth start of the year. He’s 1-4 on the season, with a 5.00 ERA, a 4.91 FIP, and 34 strikeouts to 18 walks in 36 innings. He was very strong his last time out, pitching 5.1 shutout innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
For the Pirates, it’s right-hander Bubba Chandler, a 23-year old in his second season. In seven starts this year, Chandler is 1-4 with a 4.76 ERA, a 5.60 FIP, and 31 strikeouts to 26 walks in 34 innings. Chandler gave up two runs in five innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks in his last game. He has issued the most walks in the Major Leagues, so he’s probably foaming at the mouth to face the Giants, who apparently believe that drawing walks is a sin on par with murder.
Enjoy the game, everyone. Go Giants! Go moms!
Who: San Francisco Giants (15-24) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (22-18)
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