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Historical · MLB · NFL
Candlestick Park
Former home of the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco, CA
Still to visit
Teams
San Francisco Giants
MLB · baseball
1960–1999
San Francisco 49ers
NFL · football
1971–2013
Also known as 3Com Park · Monster Park · Candlestick
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 63,000
- Baseball, the round figure on the infobox. Football is listed at 69,732. The original 1960 capacity is 43,765.Source for capacity
- Opened
- April 12, 1960
- Ground broken August 12, 1958. Vice President Richard Nixon threw the first pitch.Source for opened
- Surface
- Bluegrass
- Bluegrass from 1960 to 1969 and from 1979 to 2013. AstroTurf from 1970 to 1978.Source for surface
Names and sponsors
Harney Stadium
1956–1959
Name listed for the years before the park opened.
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Candlestick Park
1960–1995
3Com Park at Candlestick Point
1995–2002
Sponsor: 3Com
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San Francisco Stadium at Candlestick Point
2002–2004
Monster Park
2004–2008
Sponsor: Monster
SourceCandlestick Park
2008–2013
The name returned after the Monster deal. No dollar terms for the naming deals were taken from the page.
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The Stick
Nickname
Timeline
1960
1966
1989
1999
2013
2014
April 12, 1960
Nixon throws the first pitch
Candlestick Park opened on April 12, 1960, and Vice President Richard Nixon threw the first pitch. The Giants played there from that season through 1999. The Oakland Raiders used it for the last three games of 1960 and the whole 1961 AFL season.
SourceUpcoming schedule
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Seating chart
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Location
- SOMA / Mission Bay. Walkable to Oracle Park and Caltrain; Chase Center is a short hop in Mission Bay.
- Union Square / downtown. Central sightseeing base with Muni/BART options.
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