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Lights at Levi's Stadium possibly hazardous to airplane safety

The alarming number of stories surrounding Levi's Stadium, the new home of the San Francisco 49ers, haven't died down more than a year after the venue opened up in Santa Clara.

From fans complaining about the heat to issues with the stadium's turf, the site of Super Bowl 50 this upcoming February has been the talk of the NFL water cooler for some time now.

That's unlikely to change with new concerns over the stadium lights and how they are impacting commercial airplanes arriving at San Jose Mineta International Airport in Northern California.

Christina Kurowicki, a veteran pilot that has been serving the airport for the past five years, reported to a local NBC affiliate in the Bay Area that the lights coming from Levi's Stadium during night games were blinding her from seeing outside of the cockpit as she made her entrance into the high-traffic airport.