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{{Short description|Park in Wisconsin, United States}}
{{Infobox venue
| name = Hart Park
| address = 7300 Chestnut Street<br/>Wauwatosa, WI 53213
| location =
| image = Hart Park.jpg
| image_size =
| caption=
| opened = 1921
| renovated  =  {{hlist|1926|1929|1938|1940|1942|1958|2067|2013|2020}}
| owner = City of Wauwatosa Parks and Forestry Division
| former names = City Park<br>(1921–1960)
| operator =
| seating_capacity = 4,900
| surface = artificial turf
| architect =
| tenants = [[Wauwatosa East High School]] {{small|([[Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association|WIAA]])}}<br>[[Marquette University High School]] {{small|([[Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association|WIAA]])}}<br>[[Marquette Golden Eagles]] {{small|([[NCAA Division I|NCAA]])}}<br>[[Wauwatosa Curling Club]] (1925–present)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of our Club |url=https://wauwatosacurlingclub.com/index.php/our-club/history-of-our-club |website=wauwatosacurlingclub.com |publisher=Wauwatosa Curling Club |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613213424/https://wauwatosacurlingclub.com/index.php/our-club/history-of-our-club |url-status=live }}</ref><br>[[FC Milwaukee Torrent]] {{small|([[National Premier Soccer League|NPSL]]) (2017–present)}}<br>[[Forward Madison FC]] {{small|([[USL League One|USL1]]) (2020)}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.wauwatosa.net/government/departments/parks/hart-park|Venue website}}
}}
'''Hart Park''' is a {{Convert|19.5|acre|adj=on}} park on the [[Menomonee River]] in [[Wauwatosa]], [[Wisconsin]]. Created in 1921 and originally known as City Park, the park has a football/soccer field, baseball diamond, field house, several tennis courts, a [[skate park]], and nature trails.<ref name="Hart Park">{{cite web|title=City of Wauwatosa, Hart Park|url=https://www.wauwatosa.net/government/departments/parks/hart-park|publisher=City of Wauwatosa|accessdate=5 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015605/https://www.wauwatosa.net/government/departments/parks/hart-park|url-status=live}}</ref>  In 1960, to commemorate Wauwatosa's 125th anniversary, the common council named the park Charles Hart Park to recognize the city's founder.
A curling facility, sports fields, tennis courts and skating rink were established by 1926. The field house, constructed by the [[Works Progress Administration]], opened in 1929.  The WPA made many improvements to the park, including the addition of stone walls, a new football field, bleachers, an indoor curling rink and a parking lot. The roller rink and baseball diamonds opened in 1942.<ref>{{cite web |title=7300 W CHESTNUT ST Architecture and History Inventory |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI140438 |website=wisconsinhistory.org |date=January 2012 |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |archive-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709212846/https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI140438 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The athletic field is [[artificial turf]]<ref name="tosa2">{{cite web |title=Athletic field rentals: Hart Park |url=https://www.wauwatosa.net/government/departments/parks/hart-park-information/athletic-field-rentals |publisher=City of Wauwatosa |accessdate=5 February 2019 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020050/https://www.wauwatosa.net/government/departments/parks/hart-park-information/athletic-field-rentals |url-status=live }}</ref> and can host high school and college football, soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse.
It is currently used as the home field for the [[NCAA]] [[Marquette Golden Eagles]] [[lacrosse]] teams and, as of 2017, the [[Milwaukee Torrent]] soccer team of the [[National Premier Soccer League|NPSL]] and [[Women's Premier Soccer League|WPSL]] .<ref name="tosaconn">{{cite web |title=Milwaukee Torrent to Call Hart Park, Tosa Home |url=http://www.tosaconnection.com/milwaukee-torrent-to-call-hart-park-tosa-home/ |website=Tosa Connection |date=December 2016 |accessdate=5 February 2019 |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627141617/http://www.tosaconnection.com/milwaukee-torrent-to-call-hart-park-tosa-home/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], Hart Park hosted [[Forward Madison FC]] as their home venue for the [[2020 USL League One season]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Forward Madison set for home games at Hart Park in Wauwatosa |url=https://www.forwardmadisonfc.com/news_article/show/1112497 |website=ForwardMadisonFC.com |date=9 July 2020 |accessdate=9 July 2020 |archive-date=12 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712215723/https://www.forwardmadisonfc.com/news_article/show/1112497 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Protected areas of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:1921 establishments in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Soccer venues in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:College lacrosse venues in the United States]]
[[Category:USL League One stadiums]]
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