Memorial Stadium (Waycross)
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"The Swamp" | |
Location | Waycross, Georgia |
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Owner | Ware County, Georgia |
Capacity | 12,000 |
Surface | Natural Grass |
Construction | |
Opened | 1949 |
Construction cost | $300,000 |
Tenants | |
Ware Co. Gators Waycross Bulldogs (1949–1993) Waycross Bears (1950–1955) Waycross Braves (1956–1958, 1963) |
Memorial Stadium is a 12,000-capacity county-owned stadium located in Waycross, Georgia, the largest city in and county seat of Ware County in the southern part of the state.
Noted for its J-shaped main stand, Memorial Stadium was originally intended as a multi-use venue that would be home to both baseball and football in Ware County. During the 1950s and 1960s the stadium played host to a duo of Georgia–Florida League teams, the Bears and the Braves in addition to hosting high school football in the autumn.
In 2002 the stadium was renovated and became a venue exclusively for sports played on rectangular fields (chiefly football, though soccer is also played at the venue occasionally) with the addition of a new stand running along the northern sideline.
- Defunct baseball venues in the United States
- High school football venues in the United States
- Soccer venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Sports venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Buildings and structures in Ware County, Georgia
- American football venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Waycross, Georgia micropolitan area