Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
[citation needed] A statue honoring Baseball Hall of Fame player Hank Aaron was erected in front of the stadium in 1994.A renovation project around 1997/98 added permanent seats behind home plate, benches in the lower areas of the grandstand, and a remodeled concourse and exterior.Upon the arrival of the Eau Claire Express Northwoods League franchise in 2005, the stadium underwent further renovations.It also hosted the now-defunct Chippewa Valley Predators and Eau Claire Crush of the amateur Northern Elite Football League.A tornado that moved through Eau Claire on September 12, 1982, destroyed the press box at the football stadium.The Buckshot Run starts and finishes at Carson Park and follows the Chippewa River State Trail in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.