REPORT TO STADIUM AUTHORITY BOARD
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Report on the Audited Santa Clara Stadium Authority Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Financial Statements
Report
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clara Stadium Authority (Stadium Authority), the Stadium Funding Trust, and Goldman Sachs Bank USA entered into a Credit Agreement on June 19, 2013. Section 5.1(a) of the Credit Agreement requires that the Stadium Authority Annual Financial Statements be audited by independent certified public accountants within 180 days after the end of each fiscal year. On February 4, 2026, the Stadium Authority entered into a professional services agreement with CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP (CLA) to perform the annual financial audit of the Stadium Authority’s Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Financial Statements.
The Annual Financial Statements include: (1) the Independent Auditors’ Report which describes the auditors’ responsibility and their opinion of the Financial Statements, (2) Management’s Discussion and Analysis which provides an overall review of the Stadium Authority’s financial activities, (3) the Basic Financial Statements, and (4) the Notes to the Financial Statements which have additional information pertaining to the Stadium Authority’s operations and financial position.
The Audit Committee met with Stadium Authority and CLA staff on September 4, 2026 to review the draft Stadium Authority Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Financial Statements. The role of the Audit Committee is to provide oversight of the Stadium Authority’s financial reporting processes, internal controls and independent auditors. At the September 4, 2026 meeting CLA staff provided an overview of the Financial Statements and discussed the audit process and the audit results. The Audit Committee provided several comments, including: 1) the classification of the lease liabilities for financial statement presentation, 2) the required date to be used for the subsequent events footnote, and 3) the types of capital expenditures that ma...
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