It's game over for San Francisco's iconic Candlestick Park. Where once Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Joe Montana and so many more created magic memories for the city's sports fans in spite of it's famously blustery winds, heavy machinery is now taking the stadium apart piece by piece. There is no room for sentiment for the demolition crew brought in after a successful public petition against more direct methods, such as dynamite and wrecking balls, extended the wait for the site's next incarnation as a $200million (£130m) urban outlet mall. The mall will open some time in 2017, but the rich history of where it will stand is undeniable. Not just a previous home for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and briefly the Oakland Raiders, along with baseball's Giants after their move from New York, it hosted what would be The Beatles' last full live concert.
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Candlestick Park was opened in 1960 as the home for Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants
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The San Francisco 49ers were based at the famously windy ground from 1971 to their departure in 2013
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Developers Lennar Urban are replacing the stadium with a 500,000-square-foot mall which should open in 2017
Workers demolish a section of stadium seats inside Candlestick Park, San Francisco, once home to @placeholder's Giants and 49ers