Golden Park

Golden Park
Tenants

Location	100 4th Street Columbus, Georgia 31901
Owner	City of Columbus
Operator	City of Columbus
Capacity	5,000
Field size	Left Field: 330 ft. Center Field: 415 ft. Right Field: 330 ft.
Opened	1951
Columbus Cardinals (1951–1959) Columbus Confederate Yankees (1964–1966) Columbus White Sox/Astros/Mudcats (1969–1990) Columbus Indians/RedStixx (1991–2002) South Georgia Waves/Columbus Catfish (2003–2008) Columbus Wood Bats (2009)

Golden Park is a 5,000-seat baseball stadium in Columbus, Georgia, United States, that opened in 1926. Located on the Chattahoochee River in Downtown Columbus, it currently is not home to any professional baseball team. The exterior of the Golden Park is a red brick façade and has many well-landscaped sidewalks that connect to the Chattahoochee RiverWalk.^[1] Doug Redmond led the park to the most successful park attendance record in 1992. Golden Park is named after Theodore Earnest Golden SR, co-founder of Goldens' Foundry and Machine Co.. Golden led the effort in Columbus for the city's first South Atlantic League team. Golden Park was renovated in 1994 in anticipation of the softball events of the 1996 Summer Olympics that were held in the city of Columbus.^[2]^[3]In 2013, Golden Park was the home of the Beep Baseball World Series Championship game. The Taiwan Homerun Team beat the Austin Blackhawks by a score of 5-2.^[4]

References

↑ "About Golden Park". Ballpark Reviews. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 541.
↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 462.
↑ Haskey, Mike. "Championship Game at the 2013 Beep Baseball World Series in Columbus". LedgerEnquirer.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

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Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics

Olympic Ring	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Clark Atlanta University Stadium Cycling road course Georgia Dome Georgia State University Gymnasium Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Georgia World Congress Center Marathon course Morehouse College Gymnasium Morris Brown College Stadium Olympic Stadium (Turner Field) Omni Coliseum Walking course

Metro Atlanta	Atlanta Beach Georgia International Horse Park Lake Lanier Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome Stone Mountain Tennis Center Wolf Creek Shooting Complex

Other venues	Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Florida) Golden Park (Columbus, Georgia) Legion Field (Birmingham, Alabama) Ocoee Whitewater Center (Polk County, Tennessee) Orange Bowl (Miami, Florida) RFK Memorial Stadium (Washington, D.C.) Sanford Stadium (Athens, Georgia) University of Georgia Coliseum (Athens, Georgia) Wassaw Sound (Savannah, Georgia)

Olympic venues in discontinued events

Baseball	1988 (demonstration): Jamsil Baseball Stadium 1992: Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Baseball Stadium (final) 1996: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 2000: Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Baseball Stadium (final) 2004: Hellinikon Olympic Baseball Centre 2008: Wukesong Baseball Field

Basque pelota	1900: Neuilly-sur-Seine 1992 (demonstration): Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron

Cricket	1900: Vélodrome de Vincennes

Croquet	1900: Bois de Boulogne

Jeu de paume	1908: Queen's Club

Lacrosse	1904: Francis Field 1908: White City Stadium

Polo	1900: Bois de Boulogne 1908: Hurlingham Club 1920: Ostend 1924: Bagatelle, Saint-Cloud 1936: Mayfield

Rackets	1908: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

Roque	1904: Francis Field

Softball	1996: Golden Park 2000: Blacktown Olympic Park 2004: Hellinikon Olympic Softball Stadium 2008: Fengtai Softball Field

Tug of war	1900: Bois de Boulogne 1904: Francis Field 1908: White City Stadium 1912: Stockholm Olympic Stadium 1920: Olympisch Stadion

Water motorsports	1908: Southampton Water

Coordinates: 32°27′08″N 84°59′30″W / 32.452348°N 84.991541°W / 32.452348; -84.991541

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