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Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium 
Location 200 Coosa Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36104, United StatesCoordinates 32°22′55″N 86°18′38″W / 32.382073°N 86.310614°W Broke ground May 11, 2003 Opened April 16, 2004 Owner City of Montgomery Operator Montgomery Biscuits Surface Grass Construction cost US$26 million
($30.2 million in 2011 dollars[1])Architect Populous Project Manager Hagan Construction Company[2] Structural engineer Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants[3] Services engineer J.M. Garrett & Sons, Inc.[2] General Contractor Jesco Inc.[4] Capacity 4,500 seats
20 luxury boxes
~2,500 general admission (7,000 total)Field dimensions Left Field: 314 ft (96 m)
Left-Center: 380 ft (120 m)
Center Field: 401 ft (122 m)
Right-center: 377 ft (115 m)
Right Field: 332 ft (101 m)Tenants Montgomery Biscuits (SL) (2004-present) Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium is the home of the Montgomery Biscuits of the Southern League. The minor league baseball ballpark opened in Montgomery, Alabama in 2004. It is built into the Riverfront Inn and has a total capacity of 7,000, including general-admission lawn seating. The stadium offers 20 luxury suites. Six of the suites are built into the old train terminal along the first-base line and the remaining 14 extend along the third base line. Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium offers picnic areas along the third-base line and in left-center field. The picnic area in left-center field can accommodate up to 4,000 fans. Both picnic areas tend to be reserved, catered sites through the Biscuits' season. In addition, a children's playground area is located along the third-base line. The stadium scoreboard is a video board with a LED screen capable of instant replay. The stadium is also known for the notched-in curve in deep right field under which the American flag is flown.
Between 2004 and 2007, Riverwalk Stadium hosted the NCAA Division II baseball championship tournament; the tournament moved to Riverwalk Stadium from nearby Paterson Field, where it had been held since 1985. The tournament moved to Sauget, Illinois, in 2008.
Field Diagram
References
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ a b http://www.tensarcorp.com/uploadedFiles/SPECTRA_CS_MONTSTAD_10.05.pdf
- ^ http://www.walterpmoore.com/ourcompany/ourcompanyawards.php
- ^ David Broughton (April 12, 2004). "Homestyle: Biscuits’ new park ready". SportsBusiness Journal. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2004/04/20040412/Facilities/Homestyle-Biscuits-New-Park-Ready.aspx.
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Current ballparks in the Southern League North Division South Division Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville (Suns) • Hank Aaron Stadium (BayBears) • Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium (Biscuits) • Regions Park (Barons) • Trustmark Park (Braves)Categories:- Southern League ballparks
- Minor league baseball venues
- Baseball venues in Alabama
- Sports venues in Alabama
- Sports venues in Montgomery, Alabama
- Southern United States sports venue stubs
- Alabama building and structure stubs
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