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Sox to stay in Lee County

Email|Link|Comments (3) Posted by Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff November 1, 2008 03:56 PM

Though the Red Sox won't be staying in their current digs at City of Palms Park, they will be staying in Lee County. The Sox reached an agreement today to stay in Lee County for the next 30 years rather than head to Sarasota.

The new spring training stadium will be a single-site situation, something that Sarasota was not able to provide for the Sox. That means the minor leaguers and major leaguers will train at the same place, which is not what they currently have. The new park will open in 2012, with the Sox staying in City of Palms until that point.

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Posted by mike November 1, 08 09:40 PM

Lee county Florida loves the RED SOX and always will. The new park will be a replica of Fenway complete with GREEN MONSTER. Plans are fast unfolding to build the surrounding area with open-air markets,raw bars and New england style dining ! It will be closer to Ft.Myers Beach and there is a brand new Timeshare that is now selling the 5 wks of spring training in condos only feet from the Gulf of Mexico.Weeks 9-13 are expected to go fast and its new so multiple weeks are available in the same unit CONTACT RedSoxSpring@Gmail.com for info

Posted by Skip Mooney November 4, 08 05:46 AM