Sports Teams
In 1997 at the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney’s Wide World of Sports was opened. It was a state of the art facility for all kinds of athletic activities, and has hosted a variety of amateur competitions as well as serving as the spring training camp for the Atlanta Baseball team. They acquired a share of the California Angels baseball team, which was owned by cowboy legend Gene Autry in 1996, and the name was changed to the Anaheim Angels.
The Disney Company established a hockey team called The Mighty Ducks in 1992. The name was taken from a series of popular live action comedies.