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Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Michael J. Price, constitute and appoint Stephen H. Clark and David
P. Tomick, and either of them, with full power to act without the other, as my
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of SpectraSite
Holdings, Inc., File Number 333-41022, and any and all amendments thereto
(including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and any subsequent
registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) or Rule 462(d) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended), and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the
premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in
person, and hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact, or either
of them, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
/s/ Michael J. Price July 11, 2000
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Michael J. Price
