Golden Park is a 5,000-seat

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, that opened in 1951. Located on the

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in Downtown Columbus, it is currently home to the Columbus Chatt-a-Hoots as of 2021 . The exterior of the Golden Park is a red brick façade and has many well-landscaped sidewalks that connect to the Chattahoochee RiverWalk. 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

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team. Golden Park was renovated in 1994 in anticipation of the

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events of the

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that were held in the city of Columbus. 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. It also was the home field of the

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from 2003-2008. In June 2021, the park opened back up with the home team being the Columbus Chatt-a-Hoots of the

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Golden ParkBaseball in Columbus, Georgia, by Cecil Darby
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