Area: acres 83 ha. Why was Candlestick Park so cold? The fact is it's cold, it's windy and it's foggy just about anywhere in San Francisco, often simultaneously at Candlestick Point.
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One last look at the colorful beauty of this autumn, seen across the Northern Hemisphere. Architect John Bolles designed the park with a boomerang-shaped concrete baffle in the upper tier to protect the park from wind. Unfortunately, it never worked. For Candlestick's first 11 seasons, the wind blew in from left-center and out toward right-center.
When the park was expanded to accommodate the 49ers in , it was thought fully enclosing the park would cut down on the wind. Instead, the wind swirled from all directions, and was as cold as before. During the first All Star Game of one of two played in the park—the other was in , Giants pitcher Stu Miller was blown off balance by a gust of wind and was charged with a balk. The stadium also had the reputation as the coldest park in the major leagues.
It was initially built with a radiant heating system of hot water pipes under the Lower Box seats in a space between the concrete and the ground. As the pipes were not embedded in the concrete it did not produce enough heat to offset the cold air. Both the city and the Giants balked at the cost of upgrading the system so it would work properly e.
As a result, the Giants played more day games than any Major League Baseball team except the Chicago Cubs, whose ballpark, Wrigley Field , did not have lights installed until Many locals, including Giants' broadcaster Lon Simmons , were surprised at the decision to build the park right on the bay, in one of the coldest areas of the city.
The Giants eventually played on the reputation to bolster fan support with promotions such as awarding the Croix de Candlestick pin to fans who stayed for the duration of extra-inning night games. Among many less-than-flattering fan nicknames for the park were "North Pole," "Candlestink," "Cave of the Winds," and "Windlestick. Ironically, the Giants played their last game at Candlestick under blue skies with no fog and a game time temperature of a very non-Candlestick-like 82 degrees. Giants owner Horace Stoneham visited the site as early as He was involved in the design of the stadium from the outset and was aware of the weather conditions.
The architect designed the roof baffle to extend into left field to diminish the prevailing wind but the size of the structure was reduced for cost savings. In , he commissioned a study the wind conditions. The study revealed that conditions would have been significantly improved had the park been built a hundred yards farther to the north.
The stadium's location on the bedrock of Bayview Hill provided more stability. The winds are intense in the immediate area of the park. Studies showed they were no more frequent than other parts of San Francisco but are subject to higher gusts. The Beatles played just 11 songs in that final show. Fans were about to get a new spectacle.
The 49ers wanted to upgrade from the old Kezar Stadium. Atlas said the city considered building something new, but finally decided on converting Candlestick to dual-purpose. A project to enlarge the stadium closed the open end of the horseshoe and added more seats, but not the hoped-for wind protection.
During those years, Candlestick became a place of pilgrimage for more than football fans. Tugwell said security was paramount. Two years later, the Loma Prieta earthquake rocked the park, which was full of World Series fans at the time.
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