Warner Park

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Warner Park
"The Wolf Den"
"The Duck Pond"
Warner Park Duck Pond Entrance - panoramio.jpg
Entrance to the ballpark in 2014
Warner Park
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Warner Park
Location within Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°7′52″N89°22′01″W / 43.13111°N 89.36694°W / 43.13111; -89.36694
Public transit Bus-logo.svg Metro Transit
Owner City of Madison
Capacity 6,750
Record attendance10,061 (June 12, 2004) [1]
Field sizeLeft field308+13 ft (94.0 m)
Left-center – 365 ft (111.3 m)
Center field – 380 ft (115.8 m)
Right-center – 365 ft (111.3 m)
Right field295+23 ft (90.1 m)
SurfaceArtificial Turf
Scoreboard1,800 square feet (170 m2)
Construction
Opened1982 [1]
Renovated2011, 2024
Tenants
Madison Muskies (MWL) (1982–1993)
Madison Hatters (MWL) (1994)
Madison Black Wolf (Northern) (1996–2000)
Madison Mallards (NWL) (2001–present)
Madison Night Mares (NWL) (2024–present)
Madison East High School baseball
Madison LaFollette High School baseball
Edgewood High School baseball
Type Municipal park
Location Madison, Wisconsin, United States [2]
Area213.49 acres (86.40 ha) [2]
Created1898
FounderMadison Park and Pleasure Drive Association
Operated by City of Madison
OpenAll year

Warner Park is a municipal park and ballpark on the northeast side of Madison, Wisconsin near Lake Mendota.

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Since 2001, Warner Park has been the home to the Madison Mallards, a member of the Northwoods League (baseball). In 2024, the Madison Night Mares, a women's collegiate softball team in the Northwoods League, play their home games at Warner Park. Its stadium, nicknamed the "Duck Pond," was built in 1982 for the now-defunct Madison Muskies and has a capacity of 6,750. [3] The Madison Hatters used the stadium in 1994 as did the Madison Black Wolf from 1996-2000. Today it hosts the Madison East High School and Madison La Follette High School baseball teams.

The adjacent football field was formerly the home of the Madison Mustangs, a semi-professional football team that played in the Central States Football League in the 1960s and 1970s.

Warner Park contains a multi-purpose facility for community activities. It has a gymnasium, a fully equipped exercise room, a game room and dry and wet craft rooms. Meeting rooms and community rooms are available for rent.

The park contains a 9-foot-tall metal replica of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), built in 1950. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Welcome to the "Duck Pond" at Warner Park". Madison Mallards . Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Warner Park". City of Madison Parks Division. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. Hasman, Eric (31 July 2018). "Warner Park – Madison Mallards | Stadium Journey" . Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  4. "Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture!. Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. 1993. Retrieved 19 May 2011.