UPDATED: Cedar Fair opposes new 49ers stadium, team would consider buying park
Posted October 9, 2007, 11:33P |
Contributed by Jeff
With the owner of the Great America theme park continuing to raise concerns about plans for a San Francisco 49ers stadium next door, team officials Tuesday said they would consider buying the Santa Clara attraction to move the deal ahead. A spokesman for the park's owner, Cedar Fair, said late Tuesday that the company would release a statement today explaining its opposition to the $854 million stadium proposal. Because of the terms of its lease with the city, if Cedar Fair refuses to sign off on a stadium, the proposal ultimately could be scuttled.
Read more from The Mercury News and The San Francisco Chronicle.
Read Cedar Fair's response in their press release.