JetBlue Park on Schedule for March 3 Opening (WINK-TV, Fort Myers)

On Tuesday, March 29, 2011, the Boston Red Sox played their final game at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers. For the 2012 Florida Grapefruit League season, the Red Sox will debut Jet Blue Park, an 11,000 seat stadium, just off Interstate 75 in Fort Myers.

Recent drawings have showed features to include a Green Monster wall in left field to include a fan area in the wall halfway up. Essentially, it will be a hold carved into the wall for fans.

The new facility, scheduled to open in 2012, has been informally referred to as Fenway South because it will resemble the team's fabled Boston home, which will turn 100 next year.

The new Red Sox spring training home boasts six lighted practice fields that will also be available for use by Lee County's youth sports programs. A new hotel, shopping center and restaurants are also planned as part of the 80-acre development.

Individual Game Tickets are on sale now and are available at www.redsox.com and also by calling (888) 733-7696 or going to the ticket booth at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers.

2012 Ticket Prices
Home Plate Dugout Box, $46; Green Monster Seats, $35; Home Plate Box, $32; Field Box, $30; Left Field & Right Field Box, $27; Grandstand, $27; Green Monster Deck Seats, $25; Left Field & Right Field Grandstand, $25; Left Field Deck Seats, $15; Green Monster SRO, $15; Right Field Picnic Area, $10; Left Field Deck SRO, $10; Reserved Lawn, $5.

Pitchers and catchers report on February 19 with first workout on February 21. Position players report on February 24 with first full squad workout on February 25.

Link to 2012 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Schedule

This season will mark the Red Sox 20th Spring Training in Fort Myers, and it's first year at Jet Blue Park.

Parking: $9
Stadium completed in 2012
Dimensions: Left Field: 310 feet , Left-Center Field: 379 feet , Center Field: 420 feet , Right Field Bullpen: 380 feet , Right Field Pole: 302 feet
Seating Capacity: 10,823

Click here for a Jet Blue Stadium Seating Diagram

Find in Google Maps

From the North: Take I-75 South to Exit 131 (Daniels Parkway). Make a left (east) off exit onto Daniels Parkway. Continue heading straight through Intersection of Ben C. Pratt Highway / Daniels. Ballpark is 1.6 miles passed intersection on the left hand side

From the South: Take I-75 North to Exit 131 (Daniels Parkway). Make a right (east) off exit onto Daniels Parkway. Continue heading straight through Intersection of Ben C. Pratt Highway / Daniels. Ballpark is 1.6 miles passed intersection on the left hand side

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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)
1993-2011 Fort Myers (City of Palms Park)
2012 Fort Myers (JetBlue Park)

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

Other Spring Training sites nearby
Hammond Stadium, Fort Myers, Home of the Minnesota Twins – 5 miles to the west
Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte, Home of the Tampa Bay Rays - 35 miles to the North
Ed Smith Stadium, Sarasota, Home of the Baltimore Orioles, 76 miles to the North