Modern Woodmen Park
Swing of the Quad Cities
The Modern Woodmen Park is a minor league baseball stadium in Davenport, Iowa, USA and hosted the home matches of the baseball team Swing of the Quad Cities.
History
Was built the stage in 1931 with the name Municipal Stadium. On May 27, 1971, it was renamed in honor of the recently deceased sports journalist John O'Donnell John O'Donnell Stadium. The second name change took place on 12 December 2007. Since then, the stadium is named Modern Woodmen Park, according to the organization Modern Woodmen of America, which has its headquarters in Rock Iceland. The contract with Modern Woodmen of America runs for 10 years.
In addition to the baseball games, the stadium was mainly used until 1987 for high school football the private Catholic high school Davenport and Saint Ambrose University. On 10 May 1991, was the venue of the boxing match between Michael Nunn and James Toney for the IBF middleweight title.
At high tide the Mississippi baseball matches had to be repeatedly played in other stadiums. When referred to as The great Flood in the U.S. flooding in 1993 in Davenport pictures of the flooded pitch of Modern Woodmen Park has become a symbol of the floods were. As part of the comprehensive renovation 2004, about 3 feet high berm was constructed, which not only serves as a seat for spectators, but also as a barrier against flooding. After the renovation, the stadium had 4,024 seats and has since become a modern ballpark.
Throughout the operation of the minor league game is older than the Modern Woodmen Park, only the Centennial Field in Burlington.