The fabled American sporting arena, Candlestick Park, opened on April 12, 1960 in the Bayview-Hunters Point district of San Francisco, a community needing love and investment after travails in local dry-dock and slaughterhouse workplaces. The new home of the San Francisco Giants and eventually the 49ers was open for business with the hope that it would bring business to the area as well as sporting glory.

The greats played there, respective royalty of baseball and gridiron such as Willie Mays and Joe Montana, while The Beatles performed their last live concert together there on August 29, 1966. Candlestick Park even withstood an earthquake that measured 7.1 on the Richter scale on October 17, 1989, just before the third game of the World Series.

The initial demand for staff at Candlestick Park led to housing being built nearby CAMERON DAVIDSON/CORBIS

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