CANDLESTICK RE-IMAGINED AN ECO-HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER COUPLES WITH A CREATIVELY RENOVATED STADIUM TO CREATE A DYNAMIC AND ECONOMICALLY SELF-SEFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT A PROJECT OF TODD JERSEY ARCHITECTURE www.toddjerseyarchitecture.com Investing massive resources in a new single-team, football- only professional stadium, during economic and climatic instabil- ity, is a bad idea for the team, the fans, the community and for our environment. We need to focus on re-imagining Candlestick Park as a top notch multi-purpose venue that will be an exciting, updated home for the team and cost the team, fans and citizens NOTHING. Todd Jersey Architecture proposes to do just that by coupling the stadium with other complimentary uses and venues. With our plan, the stadium gets a state-of-the-art upgrade that integrates with a modern Marriott International eco-hotel and convention center to add a finan- cial partner to the project and numerous no cost amenities to the sta- dium. With the revenue from the hotel and convention center, the City can help finance a stadium renovation, costing the team and the fans much less than building a new park. With a logical plan that reuses the resources of the existing stadium and ties it to complimentary uses, the team wins, the City of San Francisco wins, the fans win; and none of us have to foot the bill! Now THAT’S a plan worth considering! 2 14 15 13 6 8 4 5 9 1 5 2 10 7 1 main stadium entrance 2 stadium bicycle entrance 3 condo and stadium bicycle entrance 5 4 bus parking 12 11 5 stadium, hotel and convention center parking 3 *note: all parking areas can be used for game day parking 6 field parking for game day 7 reconstructed wetland in Candle- 5 stick Point Recreation Area 8 contiuation of Bay Trail 9 Candlestick Point Recreation Area 10 Marriott International Hotel 11 Marriott International Convention Center 9 12 condominiums 13 49ers Team Headquarters 14 team practice fields 9 15 retail/restaurants Candlestick Park site plan CANDLESTICK RE-IMAGINED 3 Santa Clara site Site Size Comparison Candlestick Park CANDLESTICK RE-IMAGINED 4 KEY parking retail/restuarants existing bike paths proposed bike paths 0’ 500’ 1000’ 2500’ existing light rail proposed light rail major roads highways Site Plan Showing Lennar Urban Development Scope at Hunter’s Point and Carroll Street Commercial Corridor Improvements CANDLESTICK RE-IMAGINED 5 KEY parking retail/restuarants existing bike paths proposed bike paths existing light rail 0’ 500’ 1000’ 2500’ proposed light rail major roads highways Santa Clara Plan at Same Scale to Candlestick Demonstrating Much Smaller Site Area CANDLESTICK RE-IMAGINED 6 proposed light rail loop ht R KEY a direct link from highway to parking Candlestick Park retail/restuarants existing bike paths 0’ proposed bike paths 1000’ 2000’ 5000’ new clover leaf existing light rail approved proposed light rail major roads highways Plan Showing Improved Transportation Options to Candlestick Park CANDLESTICK RE-IMAGINED Santa Clara Site KEY parking retail/restuarants existing bike paths 0’ 5000’ proposed bike paths 1000’ 2000’ existing light rail proposed light rail major roads highways Plan Showing Relative Lack of Transportation and Parking Options at Santa Clara Site CANDLESTICK RE-IMAGINED 8 CANDLESTICK POINT: Trail which is a corridor for cyclists boundaries of the point. This will Best Site for a Mixed-Use Venue to access the stadium grounds. attract convention attendees and Candlestick’s proximity to Compare this to the existing infra- vacationers as well as improve the several levels of transportation, its structure at the suburban Santa safety of the bay trail for cyclists abundance of space and beauti- Clara site. At first glance it looks and pedestrians. Developing pe- ful views make it an ideal location great. The site is surrounded by destrian and cyclist friendly, tree- for football games, fairs, concerts, highways, a Great America Theme lined retail along Carroll Avenue conventions, and vacationers. Park bus runs from the Santa Clara from the light rail stop to the sta- Candlestick Point is located CalTrain station to the parking lot dium grounds as well as making directly between downtown San north of the theme park, and there the game day shuttle permanent Francisco and the SFO airport. is even a VTA light rail stop right at (or add a loop to the existing light Marriott understands that this is the site. But how do these ameni- rail) will improve safe and easy ac- an ideal location for a world class ties connect to the rest of the bay cess to the stadium. By improving hotel and convention center. The area? And how much longer does on the relationships between the Third St. MUNI light rail line con- it take when you have to switch different transportation systems, nects the ‘Stick’ to downtown SF from train to train and bus to bus? BART, CalTrain, MUNI bus and light and to the BART, and stops within When you look at the scale rail, we can make Candlestick even a 15 minute walk to the stadium. of the two sites and how the ex- more convenient for events. CalTrain connects SFO and the isting infrastructure relates to the The money saved by keep- south bay area to downtown SF commute for fans, possible con- ing the existing, fully paid for sta- and stops less than a mile from the vention and event attendees, and dium can go towards sustainable stadium. This exisiting infrastruc- vacationers it is clear that improv- energy systems and green design. ture makes it feasible and logical ing on what we have at Candle- Spending money now for solar to add a loop to the light rail to stick is the more economical op- technology will make the site eco- directly connect public transpor- tion. nomically viable for the next 30-50 tation to Candlestick Park. The We propose to reconstruct years and guard against energy stadium also sits right off the Bay wetlands at the east and south cost spikes. existing light rail airport Bay Area CANDLESTICK RE-IMAGINED CANDLESTICK CAN BE A able income now than in the past HOW WE UPGRADE THE STADIUM ITSELF: 9 SUCCESSFULL STADIUM fifty years, which substantially Besides being old and needing a mal seat layout for football as it is all these fixes can be paid for by now interrupted by the tempo- The 49ers are pushing for- impacts spending on entertain- lot of deferred maintenance and still using the temporary stands. hotel and convention center rev- rary bleachers. This creates clearer ward on a new stadium because ment and sports. Fans will not upgrades, the stadium has three These temporary stands cut off enue! circulation and a much more at- they believe it will increase the be able to afford the inevitable major problems that need to be sight lines to hundreds of seats We fix problem #1 by re- tractive stadium interior. (see 4 in entertainment experience of their higher prices for parking, food addressed: and disrupt circulation. moving the sight restricted seats photo below) fans. However, interviews con- and tickets at a new stadium. 3. The stadium has a common on the first level and transform- Problem #3 is fixed by us- ducted with the fans themselves It is important to note that 1. Too many seats in the lower problem of stacking food vendors ing this area into two lower level ing the roof of the convention have made it clear that this is not Santa Clara has a significantly low- deck have blocked sight lines due along already insufficiently wide luxury boxes in these areas. This center as an extention of the main the case. For people attending er population density than San to the structural columns support- circulation corridors creating un- plan has created a large number deck level. This space will act like the games, the top ten indica- Francisco. If the team moves to ing the second deck. It is the only comfortable and stressful log of new luxury boxes with perfect a virtual town-square that the tions of a successful stadium are: Santa Clara, we can expect the av- football stadium in the country jams and fan frustration. seating. (see 5 in photo below) stadium, hotel and convention erage fan to have to travel farther that still has this once-common We fix problem #2 by com- center can share with restaurants, 1 A winning team to games than they do now. Santa deficiency. All of the problems with Candle- pleting the lower level stadium outdoor and indoor eating and re- 2 Reasonably priced tickets for Clara also has a less extensive and stick Park can be fixed at a fraction ring by stitching together the tail. (see 7 in photo below) good seats connected public transportation 2. Candlestick still has non-opti- of the cost of a new stadium, and lower level structure where it is 3. Safe, clean, affordable parking system with the closest CalTrain and tailgating stop a 5 mile walk from the pro- 4. Less traffic to & from the posed site. Fans who are accus- games tomed to public transportation 5. Reliable and comfortable public will be forced to drive the hour transportation to games to two hour commute to Santa 6. Clean, safe stadium for families Clara from San Francisco and the 7. Good and affordable food North and East Bay area or strug- 3 8. Physical comfort at the stadium gle through multiple changes of 9. Good beer public transportation which could 10. Clean and safe bathrooms take more than 2 hours. Year- round use of a hotel, convention 6 The 49ers can easily ad- center, condominiums, and sup- dress fan concerns without build- porting retail will help support the ing a new stadium.