The concrete stadium at Candlestick Point sits on a jagged peninsula jutting into the San Francisco Bay. Its wind-swept design became legendary for swirling gusts that routinely knocked fly balls off course and chilled fans to the bone. During the nineteen sixty-one season opener, John F. Kennedy threw the ceremonial first pitch, but the biting cold wind was the day's true protagonist. It served as home to professional baseball and football teams for decades until the wrecking ball finally arrived in twenty fifteen.
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