SBC Park


 
 

SBC Park (formerly Pacific Bell Park) is an open-air baseball stadium, home to the San Francisco Giants of the National League. The park is located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, at the corner of 3rd Street and King Street in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California.

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Groundbreaking on the ballpark began on December 11, 1997 in the industrial waterfront area of San Francisco known as China Basin. The stadium cost $319 million to build and supplanted the Giants' former home, Candlestick Park, a multi-use stadium in southern San Francisco. Fans had shivered through 40 seasons at "The Stick". In contrast, this new ballpark was built in a sheltered and relatively warm area of the city's topography.


 

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San Francisco Giants: The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. They play in the West Division of the National League....


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