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Big sponsorship, seat license sales allow 49ers to refinance early05 / 13 / 13The San Francisco 49ers plan to refinance their $850 million of stadium debt obligation in the next two months, sources said, well over a year earlier than originally projected. The team last week hosted a bank meeting at the site of the 49ers’ new Santa Clara, Calif., stadium on the same d... Tags: Finance |
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