After it became public that the San Francisco 49ers’ rent for Levi’s Stadium will go up slightly as part of an arbitration agreement, the team and several of Santa Clara’s City Council members began a bitter war of words.
The agreement — as reported by the Mercury News on Friday — ends a years-long legal battle and directs the 49ers to pay $262,000 more each year on a 40-year lease to the city’s stadium authority, which is essentially overseen by the mayor and council members. Right now, the team is paying $24.5 million a year. The new payment will be $24.