Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium is the home of the

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of the Southern League. The minor league baseball

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opened in

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in 2004. Located in downtown Montgomery, the stadium can host up to 7,000 people a night. Riverwalk Stadium is a converted century-old train shed. The actual train station is located two blocks away from the field. The abandoned train shed is what is on the exterior of the first base side of the park. Riverwalk Stadium is located near the Alabama River. Montgomery offers a riverfront area that is easily accessible from Riverwalk Stadium with a children's splash pad. There is also an amphitheater located behind the field.

Features

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. The stadium also has a full bar, called "The Club Car Bar", which is located down the first base line and a children's playground area located down the third base line. The stadium

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is a video board with a LED screen capable of

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. The stadium also has a gift shop called "The Biscuit Basket" located under the grandstands. There is a notched curve in deep right field over which the American flag is flown. Between 2004 and 2007, Riverwalk Stadium hosted the

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championship tournament; the tournament moved to Riverwalk Stadium from nearby Paterson Field, where it had been held since 1985. The tournament moved to

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, in 2008.

History

Victor Mateo threw the stadium's first no-hitter on August 24, 2013, when he allowed just one baserunner on a walk (the runner was erased in a double play later in the inning) in the Biscuits' 3–0 defeat of the

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.\ The ballpark was scheduled to become the permanent home for the

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, but as the season was postponed, it will begin during the

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season.

References

External links

Montgomery Biscuits Park Info

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