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Contents 1 Cost of new name 2 Move to new name 3 Bill Walsh Field 4 Mention parking lots much larger than stadium 5 Requested move

[edit] Cost of new name

When 3COM changed the name of the park to 3Com Park they had to change all the road signs for the freeway including the signs that said "3com park 5 [miles]". I remember it was some ridiculously large sum of money. Does anyone know how much that cost? If you say how much it cost to build, and have a big deal going on about the name changes, you might as well say how much it costs to change all the traffic signs. Also, did they have to pay for it to be renamed back to SF stadium since it wasn't bought by another company at that time or was that part of the original contract?Billy Nair 23:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move to new name

if the offical name of the stadium is now SF stadium at Candlestick point should not the page be moved to San Francisco Stadium at Candlestick Point?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.12.117.10 (talk • contribs) 01:04, 4 May 2004.

As I understand it the convention is to use common names for things, but to list the official name in the first sentence.--Samuel J. Howard 01:07, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

Right. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names). - Hephaestos|§ 01:09, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

I would respectfully disagree, don't most people in the bay area and sports fans in US call it the stick? so we would should list by that by that standard. Here in St Paul alot if not most of the people call the Xcel Energy Center just Xcel Center or the X Smith03 01:13, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

"The Stick" is a slang reference, and it's not used much more commonly than "Candlestick". Yours, Meelar 01:15, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

So would there be a huge outcry of protest if the page was moved? Smith03 01:59, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

Time to move now. The city finally found a new naming rights sponsor, and the stadium is now officially Monster Park. Dale Arnett 00:33, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

As a San Francisco 49ers fan - that's a really stupid name. Can't really argue with the page move, though. --Goobergunch 00:36, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

And the ornery votes of SF voted to keep it as Candlestick Park on Nov 2nd. Palnu 23:51, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

For a short time in 2003 I beleive, the stadium was named "49ers Stadium at Candlestick Point." Further research might uncover that. Doctorindy 22:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

I think you're thinking of when it was "San Francisco Stadium at Candlestick Point".—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gateman1997 (talk • contribs) 23:00, 4 January 2006.

What about "Commercialstick Park"? I know for a while, thats what SportsCenter was referring to is as.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.19.220.200 (talk • contribs) 16:50, 7 July 2006.

The whole point of anything having a name is to identify it, so someone can refer to it and have the other person understand what they mean. That's only more important on Wikipedia, where you have a vast range of language and geographical orgins of folks trying to learn about something. Having names change is a pain in the ass. Even in the Bay Area, the one name you can use and have people understand what you're referring to is "Candlestick" (as in "Candlestick Park", to be specific). The article should be titled "Candlestick Park", and whenever this or that corporation pays for naming rights, a new synonym can be added to the article, and a new redirect page can be created. But the article name should remain consistent. Otherwise, we wind up needlessly hassling with updating nested redirects from "Candlestick" to "3Com" to "Monster" to "Candlestick" (again) to... who knows what.ENeville 18:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Candlestick Park forever ! !! No matter what name it gets, it will always be candlestick park. Unless you are driving by it all the time and read the signs you would never know it was "3Com" or "Monster". I only knew it was "Monster" because it said here. I was in SF when it changed to 3com and people still called it Candlestick there, I think I was the only one calling it 3Com mostly out of jest, and if someone said Monster Park to me now, I would look confused for a while until they said "What they are calling Candlestick these days." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BillyNair (talk • contribs).

It is now officially "Candlestick Park" again. The title of the page should reflect this fact. Dfrishberg (talk) 06:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually the "fact" is that it is still "Monster Park". Candlestick Park does not return as the name until the contract with Monster Cable expires in June. Gateman1997 (talk) 17:31, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Walsh Field

It was announced by Mayor Newsom that the field will be renamed for Bill Walsh. Updated article with reference to: [1] --NCC-1701 (USS Enterprise) 21:39, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Candlestick Park is the most common name for the park. The article should be named that. I think Boston tried to do something like that - change the name of the Boston Garden when they built the new Fleet Center, but everyone still called it the Garden, so TD Bank relented and renamed it to the TD Banknorth Garden. Gonezales (talk) 06:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mention parking lots much larger than stadium

In Image:Stadium.PNG we see the parking areas are much larger than the stadium itself. Do add a note about that. Jidanni 11:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Monster Park → Candlestick Park — Current name of this stadium after May 31 —Gateman1997 (talk) 19:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)