The Giants have not had the success in California that they enjoyed in New York, winning only three pennants (1962, 1989 and 2002). They did flex a lot of power during their first decade out west. Sluggers like Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Felipe Alou, Jim Ray Hart, Bobby Bonds and Harvey Kuenn slammed baseballs all over Candlestick Park and mound ace Juan Marichal kept the Giants in contention almost every season. With this winning tradition in the minds of all Giant fans, San Francisco Giants game tickets have always been in high demand, from the early days in New York to present days San Francisco.
The San Francisco Giants are one of the more storied franchises in all of baseball. The early success of the Giants has paved a strong road for the franchise to date. The Giants are seemingly always the team to beat in the National League West Division, and pose a strong case year after year for that postseason birth. In the year 2000, the Giants opened their new ballpark, and after many name changes, At&t Park is a site to see in the city of San Francisco. The first privately financed ballpark in Major League Baseball since Dodger Stadium (1962), the Giants' new home features an inspiring nine-foot statue of America's greatest living ballplayer, Willie Mays, at the public entrance; Portuguese water dogs who fetch home runs that splash into McCovey Cove (named after another Hall of Fame Willie); an 80-foot Coca-Cola bottle with playground slides and miniature AT&T Park behind left field that has become a magnet for kids of all of ages; and mass public transit that rivals any sports complex in the world. In 2007, the Giants were fifth in the National League in attendance with 3,223,215 overall fans, 39,793 per game. Since its opening in 2000, AT&T Park ranks fourth in the Majors in overall attendance, and the Giants last year became just the fourth franchise in baseball history to draw more than 3 million fans per season for eight consecutive years. The demand for San Francisco Giants tickets is great and with the tradition the franchise carries, fans in San Francisco will always show their support.
