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[[Image:Admiral Mason Park.jpg|thumb|right|Admiral Mason Park, [[1959]]]]
<!-- will try to get permission [[Image:AdmiralMasonSenatorsProgram.jpg|thumb|right|Program illustration for the [[Pensacola Senators]] at Admiral Mason Park]] -->
Admiral Mason Park was a 2,000-seat baseball stadium situated on the waterfront site with the address 100 South [[9th Avenue]]. The park is best remembered as the home of various Pensacola-based minor league baseball teams including the [[Pensacola Dons|Dons]] and [[Pensacola Senators|Senators]]. The Dons were owned by [[Fred Davis]] and started playing at the park in [[1957]].<ref>[http://www.alabama-florida-league.com/nafl_-_articles_Pensacola_Baseball.htm Deep South Class D Baseball]</ref> The team became the Senators, after major league affiliate the [[Wikipedia:Washington Senators|Washington Senators]], in [[1961]]. The park was a popular destination, but occasional odors from the nearby [[Main Street 9th Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant]] prompted the nickname "Stinko Stadium" from some patrons.<ref>J. Earle Bowden. "It's spring and the feeling is baseball." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 31, 2001.</ref> After the league folded in [[1962]] for refusing to accept black players, Admiral Mason Park languished for almost two decades before ultimately being demolished.
In January [[1991]] the [[City of Pensacola]] appropriated 5.5 acres of the former stadium's site for the planned "[[Wall South]]" memorial, a half-scale replica of the [[Wikipedia:Vietnam Veterans Memorial|Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] in Washington, D.C. While the city retains ownership of the land, park maintenance and day-to-day operations are wholly the responsibility of [[Vietnam Veterans of Northwest Florida]]. This site has since become known as [[Veterans Memorial Park]] and is now home to several other monuments.
