Champion Stadium at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is architecturally one of the flashier venues for spring training. It's also one of the largest: with 9,500 seats (80 percent between the first and third bases). The design is in a Florida Spanish Mission design with some Art Deco touches.

The stadium is a marvel with double-decked seating and the cheerful cast members playing the role of concessionaires. The gentlest part of the park is the general admission seating area down the left-line, which isn't designed for sitting at all, but for lounging on an emerald hill atop blankets and beach towels brought from home. The ballpark is spotlessly clean, but then this is Disney: What else did you expect? There is a very agreeable spaciousness to the stadium, despite almost all the seating being concentrated in the two-deck grandstand. The lower level features two concourses -- a small one at the back of the grandstand and a much larger one within the grandstand -- while the upper level features a large concourse within the grandstand, four luxury boxes and two open-air suites. The wider concourses make for pleasant milling around during the game, and there's an expanded area outside of the grandstand that can accommodate groups.

In-game entertainment provides plenty to keep fans busy between innings. A four-piece brass band climbs atop the Braves dugout to play. A roving emcee asks randomly-selected fans trivia questions and to guess the attendance for prizes. Besides the gift shop behind home plate, there are plenty of carts placed around the stadium offering Braves merchandise and memorabilia.

2012 Ticket Prices
Lower Reserved: $32-$46; Upper Reserved: $24-$36; Bleacher Reserved: $24-$36; General Admission Lawn: $10-$21
Individual game tickets vary by game day and opponent. Tickets are an additional $5 each when purchased the day of the game.

Three-game mini plans are also available for various dates throughout the Month of March for $84 per package.

Pitchers and catchers report on February 19 with first workout on February 20. Position players report on February 24 with first full squad workout on February 25.

Parking: No parking charge
Stadium built in 1996
Dimensions: 340 feet right and left-field lines, 385 power alleys, 400 feet centerfield
Seating Capacity: 9,500
Braves 15th Spring Training at this location.

Click here for a Champion Stadium Seating Diagram

Find in Google Maps

From southwest -- Take I-4 East to Osceola Parkway West (Exit 65). Turn left at stoplight onto Victory Way to stadium.

From southeast -- Take Florida Turnpike north to Exit 249 (Osceola Parkway West); go about 10 miles; turn left onto Victory Way to stadium.

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1906 Jacksonville
1916-18 Miami
1922-37 St. Petersburg (Waterfront Field)
1938-40 Bradenton (McKechnie Field)
1942 Sanford
1946-47 Ft. Lauderdale
1948-62 Bradenton (McKechnie Field)
1963-97 West Palm Beach (West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium)
1998-2012 Lake Buena Vista (ESPN's Wide World of Sports)

Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, (407) 363-5800 or www.visitorlando.com
Kissimmee Convention & Visitors Bureau, (407) 847-5000 or www.visitkissimmee.com
Central Florida Sports Commission, (407) 648-4900 or www.centralfloridasports.org
 

Other Spring Training sites nearby
Osceola County Stadium, Kissimmee, Home of the Houston Astros - 17 miles to the East
Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Home of the Detroit Tigers - 37 miles to the Southwest
Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Home of the Washington Nationals - 62 miles to the East
Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, Home of the New York Yankees - 72 miles to the Southwest