Yes, Candlestick grew more inefficient by the year. It committed the modern sin of poor Wi-Fi. Its luxury boxes displeased the league, and the owners. But that's not why fans love a ballpark.

Had the 49ers renewed their lease at Candlestick Park, they would have been liable for five more years of rent, approximately $6 million per year. The team projects its new stadium will be open ...

CANDLESTICK PARK (KRON) — It will take at least another three weeks to completely raze the iconic Candlestick park. The slow demolition of Candlestick is bittersweet for many San Francisco ...

In the 49ers’ locker room at Candlestick Park on Tuesday, Michael Gay reminisced that when he first took a job there 35 years ago, the then-tenant Giants were contemplating building their own ...

Candlestick Park opens for baseball. A crowd of 42,269 watches Sam Jones throw a complete-game three-hitter as the Giants beat the Cardinals 3-1. Orlando Cepeda drives in all three runs. The ...

A man was seriously wounded after being stabbed near Candlestick Park as he was going to watch the San Francisco 49ers' home game. Police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said two men suspected of ...

We knew this moment was coming. We said our goodbyes to Candlestick Park months ago -- feeling the smooth plastic seats beneath us, or swigging the final beer at a tailgate, or even giving the stadium ...

Original Candlestick Park seats are a fixture in the back of Topper bar. Blair Heagerty / SFGate Collected memorabilia is on display around the bar's brick fireplace.

Crews have started tearing down San Francisco's storied Candlestick Park so houses, a hotel and a shopping center can be built on the site of the former Giants and 49ers stadium.

On this day, Candlestick Park officially opened for NFL football as the 49ers hosted the Los Angeles Rams in front of 44,000 spectators. San Francisco kicker Bruce Gossett put the first points on ...

PRATTVILLE — Police in Prattville are investigating a homicide after a man was shot in a mobile home park. The call came in about 7 p.m. Thursday after the shooting in Candlestick Park off ...