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Michael82
07-20-2003, 09:56 AM
For the first time in decades, the 49ers won't pack one shoelace for a journey to a burdensome hot locale when training camp opens Thursday.

The sweltering phenomenon of two-a-day practices will take place in the less sweltering confines of the team's year-round complex.

After five summers in Stockton and 17 in Rocklin (outside of Sacramento), the 49ers are through with the steamy Central Valley. And without the facilities to accommodate the masses, the public will be largely shut out. Corporate honks will pay plenty to get behind Santa Clara's red ropes, and the hoi polloi will get their opportunity at San Jose State (Aug. 2) and at San Francisco's Kezar Stadium (the evening of Aug. 25). MORE... (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/20/SP240617.DTL)