Memorial Stadium (Waycross) Explained

Stadium Name:Memorial Stadium
Nickname:"The Swamp"
Location:Waycross, Georgia
Opened:1949
Owner:Ware County, Georgia
Surface:Natural Grass
Construction Cost:$300,000
Tenants:Ware Co. Gators
Waycross Bulldogs (1949–1993)
Waycross Bears (1950–1955)
Waycross Braves (1956–1958, 1963)
Seating Capacity:12,000

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.