So I was at the Saints game a couple weeks ago, and I have to say, Candlestick Park should be demolished. I've never had such an appreciation for the Seattle facilities, since I went to Candlestick. The designer must have been an asshole... to design a stadium for 60,000 people, most of whom are drinking beer, with bathroom's literally the size of McDonald's bathrooms. And where are the beer vendors? What shit, that you have to leave your seat and miss 20 minutes of the game, just to get a beer. In Seattle, the beer vendors are always walking around... you never have to leave your seat for beer. And what about food? Aside from cotton-candy people walking around, I saw practically no food whatsoever... not a single restaurant in the incredibly narrow corridors. In Seattle, there are great places all over, and you can still see the game while you're walking around, and the lines are so short, you don't miss much while you're waiting (which is besides the fact plenty of food vendors will also go to where you sitting).
San Francisco is a great place, but they could learn a lot from Seattle about stadiums and how to run them. I've only been to the Superdome once or twice, and I don't remember what it was like, so my pre-Candlestick experience with stadiums came exclusively from Seattle. If I knew how bad stadiums were elsewhere, all my time watching the Mariners would have been more greatly appreciated. In fact, i'm very tempted to visit Seattle again, and go to another game, just to wash the filth of Candlestick from my memory.
San Francisco is a great place, but they could learn a lot from Seattle about stadiums and how to run them. I've only been to the Superdome once or twice, and I don't remember what it was like, so my pre-Candlestick experience with stadiums came exclusively from Seattle. If I knew how bad stadiums were elsewhere, all my time watching the Mariners would have been more greatly appreciated. In fact, i'm very tempted to visit Seattle again, and go to another game, just to wash the filth of Candlestick from my memory.
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you have to keep in mind that candlestick was designed to be a baseball stadium and was only converted to a football stadium later on. pretty much the opposite of dolphin stadium in miami. and both apparently suck.