Talk:Candlestick Park

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).

LOL, same. the only reason I ever knew it was "Monster" was from seeing the exit sign on 101 that said "Monster Park -->". Firejuggler86 (talk) 16:29, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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)

My urban legend

What to name the stadium the Giants were to play in? Jack slew the GIANT and Jack jumped over the CANDLESTICK. Candlestick? THAT'S IT! We'll call the stadium Candlestick Park.