"The Wolf Den" "The Duck Pond" | |
Location within Wisconsin | |
Coordinates | 43°7′52″N89°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 |
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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.
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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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