Candlestick Park
Plans were underway to construct a new 68,000-seat stadium at Candlestick Point. On November 8, 2006, however, the 49ers announced that they would abandon their search for a location in San Francisco and begin to pursue the idea of building a stadium in Santa Clara. As a result, San Francisco withdrew its bid for the 2016 Olympics on November 13, 2006, as its centerpiece stadium was lost. Groundbreaking for the Santa Clara stadium occurred on April 19, 2012. On May 8, 2013, the media announced that the name of the new stadium would be Levi's Stadium. The stadium opened on July 17, 2014, in time for the 2014 NFL season. The 49ers christened their new home a month after it opened.
Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas
On December 11, 2018, the city of Oakland filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Raiders and, individually, all 31 other teams in the NFL seeking millions of dollars in financial damages and unpaid debts on the Coliseum; the suit does not seek an injunction forcing the team to stay. As a result of the lawsuit, Raiders management indicated they would not stay in Oakland for the 2019 NFL season. As of January 2019, three sites are in serious consideration for the Raiders in 2019: Oracle Park in San Francisco, California; San Deigo Stadium in San Diego, California; and Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nevada. Raiders management has outright rejected the notion of sharing Levi's Stadium with the San Francisco 49ers, the league and team are not considering any other locations in the United States (thus ruling out previously considered sites such as Berkeley or San Antonio), and the possibility of playing all of their home games in London, while not rejected, is believed to be an "extreme long shot" given the cost and logistics concerns such a relocation would pose.