3COM PARK

Candlestick Park, located at 602 Jamestown Avenue, San Francisco CA 94124, was built in 1960 for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball who played there until the 2000 season. The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League moved in before then 1971 season and has been at Candlestick Park ever since. The Oakland Raiders also made a one year stop in 1961 to play at Candlestick Park. The stadium has almost always used a natural grass playing surface and at the time of its construction, Candlestick Park only cost $24.6 million to build, all of which was publicly financed. After only a short time of existence, the stadium began to fall apart. The mayor at the time proposed a new stadium be built in downtown San Francisco, but instead $16.1 million was spent to make the park multipurpose. Capacity was increased and an Astroturf playing surface was used from 1971-1979.

The name of Candlestick Park was used from 1961-1994 and then was changed before the 1995 season to 3Com Park at Candlestick Point after the naming rights were sold. After the 2001 season, the name of the stadium was changed back to Candlestick Park. The stadium can hold nearly 70,000 people for football games and could hold 58,000 people when baseball was also played at the park. Candlestick Park also features 93 luxury suites for the fans to choose from. The 49ers and Giants each were quite used to selling out each of their respective home games during the season, and now that the 49ers are the sole tenants of the park, things haven’t changed one bit. The 49ers continue to sell out many of their home games at Candlestick Park and the fans have continued to show their loyalty to the team year in and year out. After the Giants moved out of Candlestick Park and into Pacific Bell Park (now SBC Park), the 49ers looked into building a new stadium for themselves. Plans are in the works, and the team is hopeful a new stadium will be built before 2010.

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