$1,000 starting price
201-250 guest capacity
This venue can host up to 250 guests
About this vendor
Modern Woodmen Park is a baseball stadium and wedding venue located in Davenport, Iowa. Home to the Minor League Baseball team the Quad Cities River Bandits, the stadium provides a true one-of-a-kind setting for your big day.
Facilities and Capacity
This venue offers flexible event space to accommodate weddings and other special celebrations. The helpful staff can aid in transforming the space into the wedding of your dreams, whether it’s an intimate gathering or a grand affair. Expansive areas and walls of windows provide a customizable setting and unforgettable views.
Services Offered
Modern Woodmen Park is able to serve as a venue for a variety of wedding-related events, including engagement parties, showers, rehearsal dinners, ceremonies, and receptions. The venue’s special events team is dedicated to providing every couple with a memorable experience that they can treasure for years to come. Modern Woodmen Park also offers the following wedding services and items to ensure that your special day is as stress free as possible:
Parking
Setup and cleanup
Wheelchair access
Barware
China
Flatware
Glassware
Linens
Cuisine
Couples holding their celebration at this venue can enjoy a range of catering services to help make their event all the more seamless. Dining options such as buffets, cocktail receptions, desserts, hors d’oeuvres, servers, and stations are all available. You may opt for a paid (credit/debit card only) or an open bar and also have access to numerous bar services:
Bartender(s)
Champagne toast
House beer, liquor, and wine
Premium liquor
Signature drink
Specialty beer
History
In 1931, the venue, then called Municipal Stadium, opened along the Davenport riverfront to a crowd of 3,000 people. It was then renamed John O’Donnell Stadium and later received $4.5 million in renovations in 1989. Since then, the stadium has received many accolades and updates, including its current name. The current Midwest League franchise has utilized Modern Woodmen Park since 1960. This makes the venue the oldest stadium used on a continuous basis by a current Minor League Baseball team for longer than 50 years.
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Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
Liability Insurance
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Guest Capacity
- Up to 250
Settings
- Beach
- Waterfront
- Historic Venue
- Park
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Food & Catering
- Rentals & Equipment
- Service Staff
Reviews
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5
out of 5.04 reviews
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Amy at Modern Woodmen Park was wonderful to work with! The reason we picked this venue was because they had a separate space that we could have the ceremony from the reception area. The space is full of windows so it does not feel like a stuffy conference room like other places we looked at. The food was very good and all the staff the night of was wonderful. The property has a lot of great unique photo opportunities from carousel and to the river just outside the property. It was so nice to be able to pick up all the decorations the Monday after, it took the stress off us and my parents for having to worry about someone staying to clean up after everything was done. The only downside is they do not have a space for us to get ready in, they said I could put my dress on there but nothing more. Us girls used a hotel suite to get ready and dressed in, so as long as you plan ahead you should have an issue! Once you add decorations you don’t feel like you are at a ball park and you don’t need to add a ton of decorations either. I highly recommend this venue for both ceremony and reception!
I cannot rave enough about how amazing my wedding was at this location. My husband and I are HUGE baseball fans and this was the perfect setting for our day. Even though it was because of baseball the site was beautiful and classy and the food and service was to die for. We had so many compliments about how unique and awesome our wedding was!!!!! Wonderful job!
Long story short, I had a reception venue booked for 1 year and it closed/cancelled our contract 4 months before our wedding. We scrambled and happened to find that Modern Woodmen Park was available! Extra bonus - my husband and I actually met while watching a game there! Shauna and Andrea were FANTASTIC. They understood our situation and did everything they could to help us put our wedding back together. It turned out so much better than we ever could have imagined. The attention to detail here was just wonderful. One staff person even carried my plate back to my table for me after I went through the buffet line. So smart, but I never would've thought that I even needed that! They were flexible and accommodating every step of the way. I would HIGHLY recommend this venue to anyone who's looking for a unique and fun place to have a reception. Oh, and for those that aren't crazy about baseball, once you're inside, you can hardly tell it's a ballpark! So you can choose to emphasize or de-emphasize the whole baseball thing. Very fun. We had tons of compliments on the venue.
Also should mention, the "Total Cost of Service" I listed is only for the venue itself. You do have to use their food service, but I'll review that separately.
We planned our wedding from out of state and our event coordinator, Kayla, was amazingly helpful! Kayla was very flexible and willing to go the extra mile to help us! She coordinated meetings with the chef, tastings, and showed the venue to our parents. She was very easy to work with (I probably sent her e-mails every other day!) and she was very prompt with her responses.
The day of the event they did took care of us; finalized the last minute details (setting-up the cake and such); I trusted her completely!
Contact
209 S Gaines St, Davenport, IA
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