The Pac-12 is moving its conference championship game to the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara for the next three years. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, 49ers owner Jed York and team President Paraag Marathe announced the plans Thursday outside Levi's Stadium. The first three conference championships had been held at the home of the division champion with the best conference record - Oregon in 2011, Stanford in 2012 and Arizona State last year. Scott said the ''excitement and demand'' surrounding the opening of the $1.2 billion stadium, located about 45 miles south of downtown San Francisco, is a unique opportunity for the conference.
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