The love-to-hate-it concrete baseball stadium was built in 1959 to house the San Francisco Giants; the San Francisco 49ers played here, too. Then what happened?

OOTP — as it’s colloquially known — is hailed perennially for its depth and its realism. It’s an open-ended sandbox that can make the average fan on their couch feel like a big-league GM.

Candlestick Park, for generations of a deeply proud Bay Area, was our sporting life. It was all we had. Why I Will Miss Candlestick Park, Chapter 1: It's not entirely a bad-looking joint.

Feinstein played a direct role in preparing Candlestick Park’s field for the legendary 49ers-Dallas Cowboys showdown in the 1981 NFC title game.

Home in the Horseshoe. Since Candlestick Park is on a peninsular sort of culdesac, many a San Franciscan feared a traffic jam to end all traffic jams. But on opening day there was not much cause ...

Author: CBS News, Newsource Published: 8:25 AM CDT August 14, 2014 Updated: 10:37 AM CDT August 14, 2014 ...