The 49ers left Kezar Stadium and made Candlestick their home field beginning with the 1972 football season. The baseball and football teams shared the stadium for 27 years.

Balls hit out of the park by Mays and McCovey blew back into the park. It wasn’t so lousy for football. For the 49ers, a new arena wasn’t paradise, but it was an upgrade from Kezar Stadium.

The San Francisco 49ers have been playing their home games in Santa Clara at Levi's Stadium since 2014. Yet, compared to some of the newer stadiums that have been built since then, some think Levi ...

When the 49ers moved from Candlestick Park, their home from 1971 to 2013, they noted their new stadium would be open to the elements so it could embrace the South Bay’s consistently sunny weather.

Monday is the last game at Candlestick Park for the San Francisco 49ers. The NFL team is moving, and the park, famous for its windy and foggy weather, is being demolished after this football ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Except for those two red foghorns hovering atop the north scoreboard very little of Levi’s Stadium, the new home of the San Francisco 49ers, resembles Candlestick Park.

2023 average attendance per game (per Pro Football Reference): 71,655. Tickets: $367 is the average StubHub ticket cost at Levi’s Stadium for a 2024 NFL game, according to StubHub.

During those years, Candlestick became a place of pilgrimage for more than football fans. In 1987, Pope John Paul II held a Mass for more than 70,000 people. Tugwell said security was paramount.

Balls hit out of the park by Mays and McCovey blew back into the park. It wasn’t so lousy for football. For the 49ers, a new arena wasn’t paradise, but it was an upgrade from Kezar Stadium.