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Niners Want New Stadium

49ers are contemplating moving to Santa Carla in case a new San Francisco stadium plan will not go through. The announcement was given Tuesday buy both team and city officials. "If for whatever reason things don`t work out in San Francisco, we need to have a backup," said Lisa Lang, vice president of communications for the 49ers.

Larry MacNeil, the team`s chief financial officer, sat with Santa Carla officials in two occasions during the past month and discussed the possibility of building a new stadium in the Great America amusement park`s parking lot. The design plan for the 49er`s new stadium was unveiled and an update was added as well.

Candlestick Point remains the 49ers "absolute top choice," Lang said. "We really do feel it`s a spectacular site." The team is hoping that it could provide the necessary amount of money for the project to take place. The estimated cost of the project is about $700 million, and 49ers hope to use private funding to supply it.