Editing Candlestick Park (section)

==Replacement and demolition==
By 1997, plans were underway to construct a new 68,000-seat stadium at Candlestick Point.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/A-very-different-stadium-plan-2492680.php |title=A very different stadium plan |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=July 18, 2006 |access-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref> On November 8, 2006, however, the 49ers announced that they would abandon their search for a location in San Francisco and begin to pursue the idea of building a stadium in [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]. Because its centerpiece stadium was lost, San Francisco withdrew its bid for the [[2016 Olympics]] on November 13, 2006. Ground-breaking for the Santa Clara stadium occurred on April 19, 2012. On May 8, 2013, the media announced that the name of the new stadium would be [[Levi's Stadium]]. The stadium opened on July 17, 2014, in time for the 2014 NFL season. The 49ers christened their new home a month after it opened.

A grassroots movement for the Giants to play another baseball game at Candlestick had existed since 2009. Many fans had hoped to see another game in 2010, the 50th anniversary of the Giants' first season at Candlestick Park, but the idea was dropped due to the cost. Although many fans wished for another Giants game at the ''Stick'', the Giants never returned to their former stadium for a final game.

With the departure of the 49ers, Candlestick Park was left without any permanent tenants. Demolition was expected to occur soon after the 49ers played their final game of the 2013 season, but over time the date of demolition was moved back to late 2014, with several special events planned for the intervening period.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shafer|first=Margie|date=December 18, 2013|title=Special Events Planned At Candlestick Park Before Demolition|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/12/18/special-events-planned-at-candlestick-park-before-demolition/|website=San Francisco CBS local |access-date=January 5, 2014}}</ref> In April 2014, [[Paul McCartney]] announced that he would perform a concert as the last scheduled event in the 54-year-old stadium on August 14, 2014.<ref name = "Macca">{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Paul-McCartney-to-play-at-Candlestick-5426723.php |title=Paul McCartney to play Candlestick's final show |last1=Matier |first1=Phillip |last2=Ross |first2=Andrew |date=April 24, 2014 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=April 28, 2014}}</ref> [[The Beatles]] had performed their last scheduled concert at Candlestick Park 48 years earlier.

[[File:Candlestick Park in May 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Candlestick Park under demolition, May 2015.]]
Demolition began in November 2014 as workers tore out seats.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Candlestick-teardown-begins-seats-being-5899250.php |title=Candlestick teardown begins — seats being ripped out |last1=Matier |first1=Phillip |last2=Ross |first2=Andrew |date=November 18, 2014 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> In January 2015, the developer withdrew a request to implode the stadium, possibly to be broadcast as part of the Super Bowl halftime entertainment. Instead, mechanized structural demolition commenced, which was favored over implosion due to local dust pollution concerns.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Candlestick-Park-will-go-out-with-a-wrecking-6019420.php |title=Candlestick Park will go out with a wrecking ball, not a bang |last1=Matier |first1=Phillip |last2=Ross |first2=Andrew |date=January 16, 2015 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=March 18, 2015 }}</ref> Demolition was expected to be complete by March 2015,<ref>{{cite news |title=Demolition of Candlestick Park Underway; New Development to Replace Old Stadium |url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Demolition-of-Candlestick-Park-Underway-New-Development-Replacing-Stadium-290783791.html |last=Fernandez |first=Lisa |date=February 4, 2015 |website=NBC Bay Area |access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Candlestick-Park-disappearing-piece-by-piece-6062980.php |title=Last team at Candlestick Park is bent on demolition |last=Rubenstein |first=Steve |date=February 5, 2015 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=March 18, 2015 }}</ref> but was not completed until September 24, 2015.

In 2014, 1,000 historic Candlestick Park Stadium seats were installed at [[Kezar Stadium]] for the public to enjoy. The renovation was funded by the city's Capital Planning General Fund. Mayor Edwin M. Lee helped re-open the stadium with a warm-up run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoBxOZQGoE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/0ZoBxOZQGoE| archive-date=November 7, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Mayor Lee at Kezar Track Opening After $3.2 Million Renovation|last=Mayor Ed Lee|date=March 17, 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In December 2016, 4,000 additional historic Candlestick seats were acquired and installed at Kezar. The seats were paid for by the [[San Francisco Deltas]] as a part of a $1-million improvement the team agreed upon to make use of the stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/soccer/2016/12/02/candlestick-seats-will-soon-fill-sfs-kezar-stadium-thanks-to-san-francisco-deltas-soccer-team-49ers-nasl/|title=Candlestick seats will soon fill SF's Kezar Stadium, thanks to Deltas soccer team|date=December 2, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Empty Candlestick Park lot in January 2018 (5885).jpg|thumb|Former site of Candlestick Park, January 2018.]]
In November 2014, [[Lennar]] and [[Macerich]] announced plans to build a dense "urban outlet" center incorporating retail and housing with underground parking on the Candlestick Park site. The proponents suggested that the new development would be completed in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Major-urban-outlet-retail-center-planned-for-5897403.php |title=Major 'urban outlet' retail center planned for Candlestick Point |last=Dineen |first=J. K. | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> The project has not proceeded, and the plan was suspended by its proponents in April 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/04/06/exclusive-fivepoint-suspends-work-on-635-000.html |title=Exclusive: FivePoint suspends work on 635,000-square-foot shopping mall at the former Candlestick Park  |first1=Roland |last1=Li |first2=Katie |last2=Burke |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>