In 1898 the Audubon golf course opened within the park . In 2002 , the golf course was renovated and converted to a mostly Par 3 executive course , to complaints from many non-golfing users of the park , who alleged that the original Olmsted Brothers design was being desecrated . The Heymann Memorial Conservatory , closed for many years prior , was demolished to accommodate the golf course renovation and new golf clubhouse . Also in 2002 , the New Orleans city council renamed the park 's " Avenger Field " to " David Berger - Avenger Field " in memory of David Mark Berger , an athlete and graduate of Tulane University who was captured and killed in the 1972 Olympic Games hostage crisis . The field was officially dedicated to Berger 's memory on June 10 , 2013
1972 Olympic Games hostage crisis
Munich massacre
Audubon Park (New Orleans)