Braves extend agreement with World Wide Sports Complex through 2019

Baseballs already cover the field in the early morning light during spring training at Champion Stadium on Monday Feb. 20, 2017, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista.   Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

Baseballs already cover the field in the early morning light during spring training at Champion Stadium on Monday Feb. 20, 2017, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

This spring won’t be the Braves’ last at Disney.

The team announced Wednesday that it’s extended its spring training agreement with ESPN Wide World of Sports through April 2019.

The Braves have played at the Complex since 1998.

New facilities are being built in North Port, including a 9,000-seat ballpark. The project was approved in September and the team broke ground on the complex in October.

The Braves had planned to move to North Port for 2019 spring training.