SANTA CLARA – They teased about this day seven long years ago, when gold-plated shovels went into Silicon Valley dirt to break ground on Levi’s Stadium.
Linebacker Patrick Willis, attending that 2012 groundbreaking, was asked if he could envision playoff games at the 49ers’ next home. Willis, still “ecstatic” over his first playoff trip the previous season at Candlestick Park, said “to experience that here, it’ll be outstanding and I can’t wait.”
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The wait is over for the 49ers, even if Willis and so many others are long gone. A playoff game finally will be held at their “great football cathedral,” as proclaimed by Jim Harbaugh at the groundbreaking ceremony.