History of Florida to use I-75, and settled along the west coast of Florida. Florida's first theme parks were developed in the 1930s and included Cypress Gardens (1936) near Winter Haven, and Marineland (1938) near St. Augustine. Disney selected Orlando over several other sites for an updated and expanded version of their Disneyland Park in California. In 1971, the Magic Kingdom, the first component of the resort, opened and became Florida's best-known attraction, attracting tens of millions of visitors a year. It stimulated the development of other attractions, as well as large tracts of housing and related businesses. The Orlando area became an
Sports in Orlando, Florida the U.S. All-Stars beat the World All-Stars, 6-1, before an attendance of 34,416. Orlando was a finalist in the 1993 MLB expansion. It lost out to Miami and Denver. It was also a finalist in the 1998 MLB expansion, losing out that time to Tampa Bay and Phoenix. The Orlando area is home to spring training for one Major League Baseball team. The Atlanta Braves train at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. In 2017 the Braves Class A Advanced affiliate, the Florida Fire Frogs of the Florida State League moved into Osceola County Stadium