Memorial Stadium (Waycross)
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.
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| Location | Waycross, Georgia |
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| Owner | Ware County, Georgia |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Surface | Natural Grass |
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| Opened | 1949 |
| Construction cost | $300,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Ware Co. Gators Waycross Bulldogs (1949–1993) Waycross Bears (1950–1955) Waycross Braves (1956–1958, 1963) | |
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.