OAKLAND — Eddie DeBartolo looked at Candlestick Park and saw a pig sty. Amanda Tugwell beheld the oft-maligned wind bucket and imagined a tourist trap.
This was about five years ago when Tugwell, a San Francisco State University student, had received an internship with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Her assignment: The Stick, already consigned to the gallows. Her first day on the job she did a walk-around with the stadium manager.
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“As I’m walking around,” said Tugwell, 29, a San Jose native who grew up a sports nut, “I’m seeing all this cool stuff and I said, ‘Fans need to see this.