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Coordinates: 28°20′13.5″N, 81°33′21.6″W

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Entrance to Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex
The Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex
Location	Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
Opening Day	1997
Resort	Walt Disney World Resort
Theme	Sports Complex
Website	Disney's Wide World of Sports Homepage
Operator	The Walt Disney Company

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Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex is a 220 acre (89 ha) athletic complex located in Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, that consists of 8 venues.

Contents 1 Venues 1.1 Champion Stadium 1.2 Milk House 1.3 Hess Sports Fields 1.4 Baseball Quadraplex 1.5 Diamondplex 1.6 Centre Court Stadium 1.7 Cross Country Course 1.7.1 Track and Field Complex 1.8 Auto Racing Track 2 Expansion 3 External links

Main article: Champion Stadium

A 9,500 seat baseball stadium built in 1997. Formerly known as Cracker Jack Stadium and The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports. It is the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves and the recurring home for the Gulf Coast Braves.

A 5,000 seat multi-purpose arena located at Disney World. Sponsored by the National Dairy Association.

Consists of eight multi-purpose fields, two are equipped for night play. Four are made to international soccer dimensions.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have conducted training camp at the facility since 2002.

Consists of four professional baseball fields and one practice infield, two are equipped for night play. The quadrapelex also consists of batting tunnels, pitching mounds, hitting tunnels, masters pitching machines, and ten bullpens.

The first venue to be completed, consists of six fields used for softball and youth baseball. Organized with four fields in circle and two adjacent.

A 1,000 to 8,500 seat, ten court tennis complex.

Consists of multi-purpose fields, the Track and Field Complex, and a 0.7 mile wooded trail.

A 500 seat, competition facility for track and field events, designed to International Amateur Athletic Federation specifications.

• nine lane track
• three shot put rings
• two discus/hammer rings
• a javelin runway
• two high jump areas
• two horizontal jump runways
• two pole vault runways

On an adjacent plot is a one-mile oval that is a former Indy Racing League and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series venue. It is now used by the Richard Petty Driving Experience. This venue is co-managed by the parent company of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

On March 28, 2007, the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Wide World of Sports Complex, Disney announced that they were opening a new arena on the site, the Jostens Center. It will be a 75,000-square-foot arena (2-1/2 times larger than the Milk House) that will open in the fall of 2008. It will feature six college-size basketball courts, twelve volleyball courts and two roller hockey rinks. Its seating capacity is yet to be determined. The Milk House will remain in operation after the Jostens Center's completion. [1]

• Official website
• Photo gallery
• Lawsuit against Disney for the design of this complex