It's very simple to get to, and much easier on public transport than Candlestick Park was, which used to rely on buses that shared the road with all the car traffic.
I had wondered whether to pay $20 for an express Light Rail ticket was worthwhile, and on the whole I've decided that it probably isn't, as I paid just $2 each way instead. I was able to get a seat easily for the journey up to the stadium, which took 40 minutes from the Convention Center stop next to my hotel. 
My seat was in the front row of the second deck, just about in line with the goal-line at the right hand end (as the TV pictures show it) I'm sorry to the person in section 121 who had a hotdog with tomato ketchup on it drop on their head - it just sort of rolled off the tray over the edge as I was getting to my seat.
One of the "features" that was successfully transferred from Candlestick Park to Levi's Stadium is the bitingly cold wind, even though we're further down the coast and further inland. I nearly had to buy some clothing, but I toughed it out.
Yes, I did stand for the US national anthem - and no, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid knelt down instead.
And the 49ers surprisingly won the game 28-0. I was half-expecting that sort of scoreline but around the other way, but almost everybody ended up leaving happy.
The return journey didn't take much longer, but there was lots of queueing. They had us queued up in lines based on which way you wanted to go, just like they do at Wembley. The only issue here is that I had to choose between the "Westminster" line and the "Santa Theresa" line - as the two only diverge at my stop, so either would do.
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