SANTA CLARA (AP) — A coalition of civil rights groups has objected to the racial breakdown of companies working on the new San Francisco 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, saying they have not found any minority-owned companies among the contractors and subcontractors that have been hired to work on the $1.2 billion stadium. In a letter to the city of Santa Clara, the 49ers and the NFL, the groups said black-owned firms should have gotten more of the construction contracts because African-American players are behind the team's success on the field, the San Jose Mercury News reported on Wednesday. "Our (black) children are why you're building the stadium — to make more money off of these players," said Long Beach-based attorney Everett Glenn, president of a nonprofit advocacy group for black athletes.
Civil rights groups object to 49ers stadium deals