The 68,500-seat stadium would be located next to the Santa Clara Convention Center, Great America Theme Park and the football team's existing headquarters and training facility. The land would be leased from the city. Santa Clara voters will have the final say on the project sometime next year.

The 45-day deadline for comments on the draft environmental impact report was extended by a couple of weeks in early September but has now passed. The city and its consultant are currently responding to all of the agency and public comments received during the review period. Publication of the EIR, the comment letters and the written responses to those letters constitutes the Final EIR. The proposed final EIR is currently scheduled to go before the city's planning commission next month for review and comment before being officially finalized by the City Council.

Deputy City Manager Carol McCarthy told GlobeSt.com last month that the extension was in response to a couple of agencies that asked for more time to review and comment on the document. "It's not unusual for an EIR," she said, "especially when it's large."