Dabos Park
Montgomery, AL
Review by Gary
The Montgomery Biscuits originally came out of the oven as the Orlando Twins in 1973. After playing until 1999 at Tinker Field, the organization went through three MLB affiliations and played for four years at Champion Stadium in Kissimmee before the owners chose to relocate the club to Montgomery, Alabama in time for the 2004 season. Montgomery had not had a pro team of its own since 1980, when the Montgomery Rebels played at nearby Paterson Field.
Originally named Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium, the ballpark received a corporate sponsorship in March 2026. Named after a biotech company, Dabos Park is a fine baseball facility located right at a bend in the Alabama River in downtown Montgomery. The coolest feature of the ballpark is the building along Tallapoosa Street at the intersection with Coosa Street. The main entrance, concession stands and bar area are in a converted century-old train shed. This structure makes up the first base side of the park.
The concourse is open to the field, with the concession stands located inside the railroad building. On the inside pillars of the building, numerous posters show the vast history of the ballpark, including team photos, players, programs, and images of what the train yard looked like before the ballpark was constructed on the site. Six of the twenty suites are on the second floor of this classic old train station.
Active train tracks run along the exterior of the stadium parallel to the left field wall. Fans can stand above the warning track waiting for passing trains while hoping for a home run ball to clear the fence. The outfield curves naturally around centerfield until it reaches the right field corner, which is formed into an odd S-curve that causes the wall to bulge inwards before protruding back out at the right field pole. At the top of the bulge is where the flagpole sits in a circular patch. In the right field corner, a 333-foot sign cleverly doubles as the phone prefix of a local law firm, whose ad is on the wall.
Playing in the Southern League, the Double-A Biscuits can entertain a capacity crowd of 7,000, with 4,500 of the fans sitting in individual seats or relaxing on berms around the outfield. On the day of this game, the home team donned rainbow “The Gump” shirts, a tribute to Forrest Gump's fictional hometown of Greenbow, Alabama. This was curious, considering the film came out in 1994. Maybe the concession stands sells boxes of chocolates…
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