Candlestick, particularly for a 16-year playoff-free stretch of Giants baseball from 1971-87 and for years of losing football on artificial turf until 1979, weeded out the fair weather crowd.

Pete Carroll, a San Francisco native, said that Northern California football fields — Kezar Stadium, Candlestick Park and Levi’s Stadium — are known for treacherous footing.

Candlestick Park in San Francisco is closing after more than 50 years of sports memories. The San Francisco 49ers are about to play their last NFL game at the stadium they have called home since 1971.

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 ...

The City of San Francisco built Candlestick Park for fifteen million dollars in 1960. In my book, fifteen million for 40 years of misery is a small price to pay. Growing up in the moderate climate ...