Cracker Jack Stadium
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| Former names | Cracker Jack Stadium (1997–2006) The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports (2007) |
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Walt Disney World Resort 700 S. Victory Way Kissimmee, FL 34747 |
| Owner | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts |
| Operator | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex |
| Capacity | 9,500 |
| Field size | Left field – 335 ft / 102 m Left Center – 385 ft / 117 m Center Field – 400 ft / 122 m Right Center – 385 ft / 117 m Right field – 335 ft / 102 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1997 |
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Atlanta Braves (spring training) (1997–present) Gulf Coast Braves (GCL) (1997–present) Orlando Rays (SL) (2000–2003) USSSA Pride (NPF) (2011–2016) |
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Champion Stadium is a baseball stadium located at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort. The stadium was built in 1997. It is the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves and is the home for the Rookie-league GCL Braves. The stadium has a capacity of 9,500 including seating in the berm area. It features four luxury boxes and two open-air party suites. In January 2017, the Braves announced a formal agreement to move their spring training home to North Port, Florida.
Champion Stadium was originally known as Cracker Jack Stadium. When it was first built, Frito-Lay purchased the naming rights to the venue for ten years and put its Cracker Jack brand on the stadium. Frito-Lay chose not to renew its naming rights deal. During most of 2007, it was referred to as The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports. On November 1 of that year, HanesBrands Inc. purchased the naming rights for ten years and put its Champion brand on the stadium.
In 2000, after years of poor attendance at Tinker Field, the Orlando Rays moved to the Ballpark. However, the Rays, the Class AA Southern League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, continued to draw barely 1,000 fans a game in their new stadium. Things improved somewhat over the next three seasons; the Rays drew 150,051 fans in 2003, more than twice what they had seen just a few years earlier at Tinker Field, but still last in the league. Following the 2003 season, the Rays moved (breaking a 10-year lease at Disney after just four years) and became the Montgomery Biscuits.
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