Would you kindly kindly introduce yourself and tell us what you cover at the Wall Street Journal?

My name is Zusha Ellinson,

and I'm a national reporter based in California.

Would you describe yourself as a fan of football?

I'm a huge football fan.

Really?

Yeah, I love sports and I'm pulling for the 49ers this year.

The 49ers are going to the Super Bowl.

On Sunday the 49ers will battle the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl and fans are pumped that their team could bring home the trophy for the first time since 1994.

The Bay Area is absolutely lit with the 49ers. I mean you see flags on cars when they drive down the street.

Everyone feels like this is the year, this is the year we're finally getting to the Super Bowl and

we're gonna win the Super Bowl and we're going to win the Super Bowl.

But even if the 49ers are able to pull off a win, the team has another battle that it's

fighting. It's in a decade-long war with its home city of

Santa Clara. This fight involves a one billion dollar stadium, vicious local elections, and allegations of unethical behavior.

So while we are all excited about the 49ers, everyone's jazzed, everyone's got their red and gold on the very city that they play in is

super pissed at them how could that be it's a long tortured story about how some of the city leaders became the biggest

enemies of this team. Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power.

I'm Kate Leimbaw.

It's Friday, February 9th.

Coming up on the show, the rough matchup between the 49ers and their hometown. This episode is brought to you by Empower. If you're like most people, you've had your fair share of financial questions.

Questions like, will you be able to afford a third kid?

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