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Boston Red Sox
2007 World Series Champions

City of Palms Park
2201 Edison Ave
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Ticket Information: Toll Free (877) RED-SOX9 (733-7699)
Other Information: (239) 334-4700

2008 Ticket Prices: Box Seats $26; Reserved $23; Bleachers $15; Lawn $12; Standing Room $10


2008 Red Sox Spring Training - By the Numbers

2008 Record: 8-13

Red Sox Leaders

At Bats

  49, Jacoby Ellsbury

Games

9, Hideki Okajama, Javier Lopez

Hits

  15, Alex Cora

Innings Pitched

19.2, Jair Jurrjens

Runs

  8, Brandon Moss, Joe Thurston

Wins

2, Jair Jurrjens, Mike Hampton

Home Runs

  4, Kevin Youkilis

Strikeouts

15, Chris Resop

RBI

  10, Kevin Youkilis

ERA (min 10 IP)

0.47, Tim Hudson (18.1 IP)

Batting Average
 (min 40 ab)

  .395, Alex Cora (38 ab)

 

 

2008 Attendance Figures
11 games; 86,893 total attendance; 7,899 average per game
Largest crowd: 8,048 vs. Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, March 13


Directions to City of Palms Park
From north -- From North -- Take I-75 south to Martin Luther King- Exit 138, Turn right (west) on MLK 4 miles to Broadway, Left (south) on Broadway ½ mile to Stadium.

From south -- Take I-75 north to Martin Luther King- Exit 138, Turn left (west) on MLK 4 miles to Broadway, Left (south) on Broadway ½ mile to Stadium.

Stadium Information
Parking: TBAS
Stadium completed in 1992
Dimensions: 330 feet down foul lines and 410 feet to center.
Seating Capacity: 7,707 - Red Sox 15th Spring Training at this location.
Minor Leaguers practice at Red Sox Minor League Complex at 4301 Edison Ave., Ft. Myers, (239) 334-4700.

Boston Red Sox Spring Training Location History
1919 Tampa
1928-29 Bradenton
1930-31 Pensacola
1933-42 Sarasota (Payne Park)
1946-58 Sarasota (Payne Park)
1966-92 Winter Haven (Chain O' Lakes Park)
1993-2007 Ft. Myers (City of Palms Park)

Attending a Red Sox Spring Training Game
Since 1946, the Red Sox have held their annual spring training in Florida. For 25 years the Red Sox were a fixture at Payne Park located in Sarasota and then in Winter Haven for 26 years. In 1993 the Red Sox moved to their new state-of-the-art facility City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, FL. City of Palms Park has a seating capacity of 7,800, including standing room, and it has been a hit with fans from the beginning. In their first season, the Red Sox drew 96,421 fans to 15 home games for and average of almost 6,500 per contest. By 2005, average home attendance had grown to over 7,500 per game.

The stadium is done in a pure Florida style, with a main covered grandstand and palm trees past the outfield fence. There are two sections separated by a concourse: the section closest to the action contains box seats and the section past the concourse contains bleachers. Sitting in a neighborhood surrounding just outside of downtown Fort Myers, City of Palms Park is a few blocks away from the Red Sox workout facility. For the true Red Sox fans and visitors from the northeast, newspaper racks outside the stadium sell copies of the Boston Globe and Boston Herald.

The fans at City of Palms Park carry on the tradition of the Red Sox Nation's rendition of the national anthem in full force. You'll think you've joined a choir! It isn't the Fenway Frank, but spoil yourself with a kosher dog from the free-standing stand in the concourse on the first base side.
 

Red Sox Spring Training Attendance (2000-2008)
. 20002001 20022003 20042005 2006 2007 2008
Total
Attendance
97,846 113,999 109,476 115,001 115,962 109,071 110,291 118,851 86,893
Games 1416 1516 1614 14 15 11
Average
Attendance
6,989 7,125 7,298 7,188 7,248 7,790 7,878 7,923 7,899

Area Information
Lee County Visitors & Convention Bureau, (239) 338-3500 or www.FortMyersSanibel.com


Official Boston Red Sox Web Site