Releases in ‘ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex’
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Disney Soccer Academy Offers Youth Chance to Learn from International Soccer Stars
More than 300 youth soccer players will attend the four-day camps, which feature instruction by top international players from the English Premier League. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (June 20, 2012) – For the next two weeks, youth soccer players have a rare opportunity to learn from some of the world’s premier soccer stars at the second annual […]
Disney Soccer, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Youth Sports
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Johnson races students, golfs at Disney
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson visited Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on June 13, 2012. Johnson joined approximately 40 Daytona Beach-area elementary school children at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The children participated in athletic drills with select Olympic athletes and NFL players before moving inside to build their […]
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Gridiron Kings Selected at ESPN Wide World of Sports
Champion Gridiron Kings, the nation’s elite high school football event featuring 64 of the best skill position players in the country, has chosen the first 38 student athletes invited to participate in the 7-on-7 games, skill challenges and performance training that take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. during […]
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ESPN Wide World of Sports Home to Olympic Hopefuls
Leading up to London 2012, a number of the world’s top athletes called ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex their training home. Brooks Johnson, the 2010 USATF Coach of the Year, trained a team of five Olympic-caliber athletes, including 2008 Olympic medalists David Oliver and David Payne, and top US women athletes Tiffany Ross Williams, Connie […]
Brooks Johnson, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Professional Sports
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U.S. Qualifies 10 to finals at 2012 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Age Group Championships
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The 2012 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships made its North American debut April 16-18 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Competitors from 23 countries flipped, twisted and danced their way to World titles and berths to the 2013 World Games. […]
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Spring Training at Disney Wraps Up for Atlanta Braves
The 2012 Atlanta Braves spring training season at Disney wrapped up its 15th edition on April 2. The noon Mets game concluded a month-long slate of 17 home games (and one rainout) at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The Braves faced the Mets three times, along with visits from the Yankees, world-champion Cardinals and Detroit […]
Atlanta Braves Spring Training, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Professional Sports
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ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Celebrates 15th Anniversary
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (March 28, 2012)–With the Braves-Yankees spring training game today at Champion Stadium, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex celebrates its 15th anniversary. With the swing of a bat, the sports complex officially opened March 28, 1997 with a Braves-Reds spring training game under the lights that featured the likes of […]
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AS Roma and ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Create Italian Pro Soccer Presence for America’s Youth Athletes
New multi-year agreement makes AS Roma the official professional football club of the renowned youth sports complex at the Walt Disney World Resort which becomes the team’s official winter training home; Joint venture further cements the sports complex’s stature as America’s leading youth soccer venue and expands AS Roma brand into the U.S. soccer market […]
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America’s Youth Athletes Gaining Larger Competition Stage Through ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Expansion
Leading amateur and pro sports venue at Walt Disney World Resort adding new fields and additional lights, digital video boards and audio systems; Changes offer more time and space for competition LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2011) — More than 300,000 youth athletes nationwide will now be able to compete and train on the […]
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ESPN Wide World of Sports Named ‘Business of the Year’ at SPORTYS
WINTER PARK, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2011) — The Central Florida Sports Commission recognized ESPN Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World Resort as “Business of the Year” Saturday night at the inaugural Central Florida SPORTYS Awards. The event honored deserving local athletes, coaches, employees and businesses, ranging from amateur to professional, throughout Lake, Orange, […]