San Francisco 49ers

49ers fans already looking to sell season ticket licenses

Published Sep. 30, 2015 4:13 p.m. ET

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Fans of the San Francisco 49ers have not been too happy with CEO Jed York and the direction of the franchise over the past several months. At 1-2 on the season and coming off two consecutive humiliating losses, these fans are letting the team know about their disapproval.

A recent report from a local ABC affiliate in Northern California suggests that thousands of fans of the red and gold are equally upset about the NFL's newest venue, Levi's Stadium.

Erected last year after the local citizenry got sick and tired of Candlestick Park in South San Francisco, Levi's is set to host Super Bowl 50 in February.

This doesn't mean the local fan base is happy about the in-game experience at Levi's.

"Half the stadium, we get beat up by the sun. So if you're going to watch a game, you want to enjoy, drink a few beers," Tuan Le told ABC 7 News. "Here, you drink a few beers, and you get beat up, come home with sunburn, it's just a bad experience."

With licenses at $12,000 a pop and individual season tickets going for about $2,000, it's definitely a high price to pay to sit in the scorching sun for well over three hours to watch a football game.

Unlike Candlestick Park, which was located in a part of the city known for its cold weather and gusty winds, Levi's is located in the heart of Silicon Valley -- one of the hottest parts of the Bay Area. Unfortunately, the 49ers failed to take this into account when building the stadium. At a 1 p.m. start time for most home games, those sitting on the home side of the field are in direct path of the hot sun.

This has led to some big complaints from fans who were accustomed to much colder weather in the city of San Francisco itself.

"Even if they're losing, what we still would be looking for is a fun game day experience, an opportunity to get together, to share a tailgate, to enjoy some football, and that hasn't really been what we found this season, or even last season," another fan told ABC 7.

Thousands of 49ers Season Builder's Licenses have found their way on to the secondary market in recent months, ABC 7 reported — just over a year after the stadium opened for the NFL.

This has to be a major concern for the organization as a whole. Dealing with the PR backlash after "firing" a successful head coach in Jim Harbaugh, this current regime isn't exactly the most popular in Northern California. Couple that with the wide array of issues we have seen at Levi's, including multiple problems with the turf, and it doesn't seem to be going too swimmingly for the brass in Santa Clara.

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