Warner Park

Coordinates: 43°07′52″N 89°22′01″W / 43.131123°N 89.366827°W / 43.131123; -89.366827

Entrance to the Duck Pond, Warner Park

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

Warner Park is also the home to the Madison Mallards baseball team, a member of the Northwoods League. Its stadium, nicknamed the "Duck Pond", was built in 1982 and has a capacity of 6750. It also 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.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture!. Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. 1993. Retrieved 19 May 2011.


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