Official Site of the Giants · Jan 28, 2019
Former Giants owner Magowan dies at 76
SAN FRANCISCO -- Peter A. Magowan, who led the drive to keep the Giants in San Francisco, died on Sunday after a long illness, the team announced. He was 76.
Magowan organized a group of San Francisco-area investors in 1992 to purchase the team from Bob Lurie after a group based in Tampa-St. Petersburg reached an agreement in principle to purchase the franchise and move it there.
Once Magowan's group successfully bid to forestall a coast-to-coast move, he and current club president/CEO Larry Baer launched efforts to build a stadium that would replace Candlestick Park, which fans avoided by the thousands due to its decay and the chilly conditions surrounding the area.