February 24, 2007
Hey! You got an electric substation in my stadium site!
The plan to move the San Francisco 49ers (and maybe the Oakland Raiders) to a new stadium in Santa Clara may have hit an obstacle - okay, actually three obstacles. Take it away, San Jose Mercury News:
What's on the land -- a 2.1-acre electric substation that could cost up to $30 million to move -- is emerging as a possible obstacle that the 49ers and Santa Clara must overcome to build a new stadium near Great America amusement park.
A creek and the Hetch Hetchy pipeline also run through the land, creating other constraints.
"You can't make the creek go in any direction and you can't make the Hetch Hetchy move,'' said Santa Clara assistant city manager Ron Garratt. "The substation is theoretically malleable, but there's a cost to it.''
Actually, at least some people would like to make the Hetch Hetchy move, but that's another story.
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