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The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is a 220-acre (89 ha) multi-purpose sports complex located at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, United States, near Orlando.The complex allows families to combine tournaments and competition with a visit to vacation destinations in the area.
The Ballpark opened with the rest of Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex on March 28, 1997, with an exhibition baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds. The Gulf Coast League Braves began play at the stadium in 1997, [ 6 ] while the Atlanta Braves started its 20-year spring training lease in 1998.
The ESPN Wide World of Sports Resort Area is the area located near the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the southern part of the Walt Disney World Resort. The farthest resort area from most of the theme parks, it includes two value-priced resorts that surround an artificial body of water called Hourglass Lake.
The 2020 NBA Bubble was the bio-secure bubble at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, that was created by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to protect its players from the COVID-19 pandemic during the final eight games of the 2019–20 regular season and throughout the 2020 NBA playoffs.
Since 1994, the arena has hosted the annual Wooden Legacy basketball tournament. [20] In 2011, the arena began hosting the Big West Conference Men's and Women's Basketball tournaments. [21] The arena has also hosted the NCAA men's basketball tournament seven times, as the West Regional site – 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2019.
Originally called the Orlando Arena, and later TD Waterhouse Centre, the Amway Arena was the home of the Magic from 1989 to 2010. Amway Arena opened in 1989 and served as home to the Orlando Magic since their inception until the 2009–10 season. It was originally known as the Orlando Arena, or the "O-Rena", during its first 10 years.
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On March 1, 1993, at the brand-new Anaheim Arena – located a short distance east of Disneyland and across the Orange Freeway from Angel Stadium – the team's name was announced. The team's name was inspired by the 1992 Disney film The Mighty Ducks, about a struggling youth hockey team who, with the help of their new coach, become champions. [4]