The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of everyone, and will impact where the 49ers play their remaining home games.
Santa Clara County, home of the 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium, released new COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday that ban all contact sports and mandate a 14-day quarantine for anyone traveling into the area from 150 miles away, meaning the 49ers will need a new home to finish the 2020 season.
The news came as a shock to 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, who spoke on the matter for the first time following his team’s last-second 23-20 win over the Rams on Sunday in Los Angeles.
“It was a very disappointing thing what we got yesterday,” Shanahan said, via ESPN’s Nick Wagoner. “For us to be find that out while we’re getting on a plane … it was extremely disappointing.”
Shanahan added the team was not warned ahead of time of the impending ban, finding out via social media and receiving little additional information from county officials on the reasoning behind the decision or how the 49ers’ situation might negatively affect the county’s COVID-19 issues, per Wagoner and The Athletic’s David Lomardi.
“We’ve been working with them as a partner trying to figure it out,” Shanahan said. “For everyone to find out without them telling us, it was extremely disappointing.”
Niners running back Raheem Mostert was particularly emotional, per reporters, discussing the uncertainty facing the team.
