San Francisco bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Like the Chicago and Los Angeles bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics, San Francisco and the entire San Francisco Bay Area in California touted a compact but regional-participatory focus for its bid, expressing an interest in developing planning partnerships with a large number of neighboring large cities.

Newsom announced on July 11, 2006, that the new bid would be centered on a proposed new San Francisco 49ers stadium in the property on which Candlestick Park was home to at the time.

On July 26, 2006, the USOC officially named San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago as the three US finalists for the 2016 Olympics, dropping Philadelphia and Houston.

Scott Givens, speaking for the bid committee, cited a "damaged reputation"[3] due to failed negotiations surrounding the 49ers' stadium.

Chicago lost their bid in the first round to the eventual final winner, Rio de Janeiro, when the IOC selected the host city.

Candlestick Park , built in 1960, would likely have been replaced by a new stadium for the Olympics.