"The Wolf Den" "The Duck Pond" | |
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Location within
Wisconsin | |
Coordinates | 43°7′52″N 89°22′01″W / 43.13111°N 89.36694°W |
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Public transit | Metro Transit |
Owner | City of Madison |
Capacity | 6,750 |
Record attendance | 10,061 (June 12, 2004) [1] |
Field size | Left field – 308+1⁄3 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 field – 295+2⁄3 ft (90.1 m) |
Scoreboard | 440 square feet (41 m2) |
Construction | |
Opened | 1982 [1] |
Renovated | 2011 |
Tenants | |
Madison Muskies (
MWL) (1982–1993) Madison Hatters (MWL) (1994) Madison Black Wolf ( Northern) (1996–2000) Madison Mallards ( NWL) (2001–present) Madison East High School baseball Madison LaFollette High School baseball Edgewood High School baseball | |
Type | Municipal park |
Location | Madison, Wisconsin, United States [2] |
Area | 213.49 acres (86.40 ha) [2] |
Created | 1898 |
Founder | Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association |
Operated by | City of Madison |
Open | All year |
Warner Park is a municipal park and ballpark on the northeast side of Madison, Wisconsin near Lake Mendota.
Since 2001, Warner Park has been the home to the Madison Mallards baseball team, a member of the Northwoods League. 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]