Post-season teams such as Nationals, Cardinals, Tigers and Orioles, along with Yankees and Red Sox, part of marquee Grapefruit League schedule that features 18 home games at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, including four under the lights

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (March 19, 2015) – Some of Major League Baseball’s marquee teams, including four reigning division champions, are taking on the Atlanta Braves at Walt Disney World during spring training in 2015. The Braves hosted the National League East champion Washington Nationals on Friday, March 6, and will face the American League East champion Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, April 2. The new-look New York Yankees came to town on Wednesday, March 18.

All-Star game closer Craig Kimbrel and the rest of the Braves reported to Disney for two weeks of training in mid-February at Champion Stadium at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, then began play Wednesday, March 4 against the New York Mets, who returned on Tuesday, March 10. The National League Central division champion St. Louis Cardinals visited on Wednesday, March 11, while the American League Central division-winning Detroit Tigers come to Disney again on March 22.

The schedule features four night games – the Houston Astros on March 14 and March 31, the New York Yankees on March 18 and the Baltimore Orioles on April 2. Disney also hosted a Military Appreciation Day on Saturday, March 21, when Disney and the Atlanta Braves honored veterans during the game against the Nationals.

Each Braves spring training game has a unique Disney feel with family-oriented fun, including in-game entertainment, Disney character appearances and on-field fan experiences. In what has become a Disney tradition, kids will again have the opportunity to run the bases after every game.

Individual spring training game tickets are on sale through the Atlanta Braves’ website (braves.com/springtraining), through Ticketmaster (800/745-3000) and at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex box office. Spring training ticket prices range from $14 (general admission lawn seats) to $54 (lower level reserved seats).

Information on the Braves’ Spring Training season tickets, suite/hospitality, group tickets and mini-plans is available by calling the Premium Sales team at (407) 939-GAME (4263) and online at www.espnwwos.com/atlantabraves. The popular mini-packs are now on sale, featuring four separate three-game options and giving fans their first opportunity to purchase tickets to specific games on the Braves’ 2015 spring training schedule.

2015 Atlanta Braves Spring Training Home Schedule

All dates, times and opponents are subject to change

All games to be played at Champion Stadium at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

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