How much did Candlestick Park cost to build?
Candlestick Park was the stadium at Candlestick Point in San Francisco, California, home of the San Francisco Giants until 1999 and of the San Francisco 49ers until 2013, begun on 12 August 1958 and opened on 12 April 1960 with 43,765 seats, later enlarged to about 69,700 for football. Wikipedia, StadiumDB and Ballpark Digest all give its cost as 15 million dollars, and it was closed and demolished by 2015.
Reported project cost
$15 million
Cost basis: 1960
Photograph: NASAPublic domain
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1960
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- Capacitystadiumdb.com
- 43,765 seats
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