If the new stadium is built in Santa Clara, will the team still be called the “San Francisco 49ers”?
Yes! We will continue to be called the San Francisco 49ers regardless of where in the Bay Area a new stadium is built. It is common for professional sports teams to play in stadiums that are not in their namesake city. For example, the Dallas Cowboys play in Arlington, Texas, and the Buffalo Bills play in Orchard Park, New York. In fact, there are even several teams in the NFL that play in a different state entirely, like the Washington Redskins, who play in Landover, Maryland, and the New York Jets and Giants, who play in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
