boatymcboatface22 t1_j5ijhg3 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:15 AM

Reply to comment by IMovedYourCheese in NFL stadium distances from the city center. by fruttypebbles

Santa Clara is not even close to the heart of the Bay Area. SF is the center on the Bay Area. Candlestick was a way more accessible location to all of the Bay Area. The Bay Area isn’t just Silicon Valley.

IMovedYourCheese t1_j5ilvdy wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:42 AM

San Francisco has a population of 815K. San Jose, which is at the other end of the Bay, has a population of 983K. All of Santa Clara county has a population of ~2 million. People in the bay area are heavily concentrated around the south and south east. The city of SF is very sparse in comparison.

Plus, until recently you had the Raiders just across in Oakland which further made a downtown SF team redundant.

czardmitri t1_j5imd1s wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:48 AM

SF is one of the densest cities in the US!