Date: Februar y 25, 2026
To: Executive Director
Santa Clara Stadium Authorit
y
From: Procurement Department
Fort
y Niners Stadium Management Company LLC
Subject: Recommendation for Award fo r Jones Sign Co. Inc. Contract Amendment
Recommendation:
1. Recommend an augmentation of the SCSA capital expenditure budget of $101,515.49, to cover the estimated remaining costs of installing the naming rights signs, increasing the total SCSA budget from $3,861,081.14 to $3,962,596.63.
2. Recommend that the SCSA select the extended warranty option for the nine-year extension beyond the one-year warranty for a total of ten years, at a cost of $1,178,750 for the new naming rights signs.
3. Recommend approval for a change order to the construction contract with Jones Signs, Inc. (“Jones”) to include the specific extended warranty selected by the SCSA.
4. Authorize further augmentation of the SCSA capital expenditure budget to cover the cost associated with the selected extended warranty.
Background:
On December 3, 2024, the SCSA Board approved an overall project budget (excluding an extended warranty) of $4,658,687.34, which would be shared by the SCSA ($3,861,081.14) and StadCo ($797,606.20). We anticipate the final project costs exclusive of the cost of the selected warranty will be approximately $4,803,709.47, which is an increase of $145,022.13. That additional cost will be shared 70% by the SCSA ($101,515.49) and 30% by StadCo ($43,506.64).
The cost breakdown comparing the original budget to the revised cost estimate is below:
Warranty:
The SCSA was interested in evaluating the costs of extending the one-year warranty from Jones, and Jones has provided cost proposals for two separate warranty extension options:
1. A two-year extension beyond the one-year warranty for a total of three years, at a cost of $108,740. That cost would be shared 70% SCSA ($76,118) and 30% StadCo ($32,622).
2. A nine-year extension beyond the one-year warranty for a total of ten years, at a cost of $1,178,750. The Levi’s Stadium Naming Rights Extension and Enhanced Signage Project Implementation Agreement effective January 30, 2024, between StadCo and the SCSA calls for the SCSA to pay 100% of the warranty cost beyond three years. Accordingly, the SCSA share of the ten-year warranty would be $1,146,128, and StadCo’s share would be $32,622.
Stadium Manager recommends the SCSA select option 2, a nine-year extension beyond the one-year warranty for a total of ten years, at a cost of $1,178,750. The original signs from 2014, experienced multiple failures, resulting in significant repair costs over their lifetime. Stadium Manager records reflect that repair costs from July 15, 2016 through December 30, 2024 amounted to approximately $770,297.
Based on the historical maintenance cost adjusted for increased size of the signage1, the expected baseline cost is approximately $1,000,000. The proposed $1,178,750 warranty is in the SCSA's best interest, as it provides protection against long-term material pricing volatility and the ongoing increase in skilled labor costs in the Bay Area. Without this long-term warranty, SCSA could face significant unknown risks and cost increases that could exceed the cost of the additional nine-year extension beyond the one-year warranty.
Please refer to the attached quote from Jones for details.
The following table summarizes the cost allocations:
1 Signage increased in size relative to the original signage by between 20% to 55%. We have conservatively estimated the total square footage of the signage to have increased by a minimum of 30% relative to the original signage.
Attachment: Jones Extended Warranty Options