Photos: Braves break ground on new spring training home

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Photos: Braves break ground on new spring training home

Local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new $100 million spring training facility in North Port, Fl. on Monday.

Local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Sarasota County Commissioner Nancy Detert visits with Atlanta Braves Vice Chairman John Schuerholz as other local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Atlanta Braves Vice Chairman John Schuerholz, local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Chairman of West Villages Improvement District Marty Black, local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Atlanta Braves Vice Chairman John Schuerholz, local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

Taylor Ranch Elementary School students sang the national anthem as local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

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Local elected officials and Atlanta Braves team executives gathered to break ground on the new spring training facility in North Port, Fl. Monday Oct.16, 2017. The $100 million complex is scheduled to be completed in time for spring training 2019. ( Herald-Tribune photo / Matt Houston )

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