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JetBlue ParkSpring Training home of the Red Sox beginning in 2012 Ballpark address: Opening: 2012 |
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Much more accessible than its predecessor, City of Palms Park, which was ensconced in a not-so-nice neighborhood, JetBlue Park abuts a 3,000-acre master-planned community called Gateway. Just past the baseball complex is Gateway's sizable office park and high school, while the Fort Myers airport, which is the fifth busiest in the state of Florida, is passed upon the short drive from the nearby Interstate.
Directions
Take I-75 to the Daniels Parkway exit (#131) and travel east for just a little over 2 miles. The stadium will be on your left side and is entered from Daniels Parkway.
Parking
The complex will have multiple grass fields in which spectators can park, albeit not so cheaply.
Cost: $9
Stadium Information
The Red Sox refer to their new spring training home as JetBlue Park at Fenway South, as the ballpark is designed to replicate Boston's home up north. That will most noticeably be accomplished with the installation of a 37' foot high green wall in left field. The Fort Myers version of the Green Monster will also feature a hand-operated scoreboard, and it's a vintage one at that as JetBlue Park's manual board was the same one affixed to Fenway Park's Green Monster until 2001, after which it was moved to South Dakota for storage. It has now been retrofitted to reappear in South Florida, where the playing field dimensions are identical to those of the fabled century-old ballyard in Massachusetts. The new place will get its Florida feel thanks to its most original feature: a zig-zaggy canopy style roof that is intended to mimic the area's nearby slanted cypress trees. The white steel truss supported roof will shade the majority of fans in the grandstand. An equally generous sized cable-supported roof was the most fan-friendly feature of the ballpark, City of Palms Park, in which the Red Sox trained from 1993-2011. That ballpark, which still stands (though now unused) about 10 miles away, was named for the nickname of Fort Myers, the city which paid to build it. This time, the county is financing the new winter home for the Red Sox. Lee County won't see their name, or any marketing variation of it, on the ballpark's marquee however, as JetBlue Airways officially acquired naming rights to it on March 29, 2011. The airline is the largest commercial carrier at Boston's Logan Airport and offers non-stop service between there and the Fort Myers airport, which is fittingly located less than a mile from JetBlue Park.
Fast Facts
Practice Fields
Types of Seating
All options will be offered and then some, like seating inside and on top of the Green Monster.
Notes about the seating
Tickets
Seats in the shade
Giving seats in the grandstand shade was an important consideration in the design of JetBlue Park and so an "undulating" roof extends the length of the main seating bowl. It will cover many of the seats in the 200-level sections while the sun's afternoon position will ensure that the roof casts shade upon many 100-level seats on the first base side of the grandstand.
VIP seating
The Green Monster will have three rows of seats within it, with tight netting in front of them to allow for balls to bounce correctly off the carved out portion of the wall. Atop the Monster is a drink rail with bar stool seats. Behind that single row is the Green Monster Deck, a ticketed standing room only space. Above the main grandstand, adjacent to the press box, will be a small number of suites. At field level and between the dugouts is where the exclusive six-section Home Plate Dugout Box seats will be. They will be placed in front of sections 101-106.
Game Day
Unique ballpark fare
Aramark will run the concession stands, just as they did at City of Palms Park. It is expected that the offerings they provide here will be much better than the below average grub that was sold there. No details are available yet, but you'd at least think the Fenway Frank will finally make its Fort Myers debut.
2012 Red Sox Spring Training Schedule(only home games at JetBlue Park are listed) |
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| March | Day | Time | Visiting Team | TicketsNow |
| 3 | Saturday | 2:35 | Northeastern | Tickets |
| 3 | Saturday | 7:05 | Boston College | Tickets |
| 4 | Sunday | 1:35 | Twins | Tickets |
| 6 | Tuesday | 1:35 | Orioles | Tickets |
| 9 | Friday | 7:05 | Pirates | Tickets |
| 10 | Saturday | 7:05 | Rays | Tickets |
| 12 | Monday | 1:35 | Marlins | Tickets |
| 15 | Thursday | 2:35 | Cardinals | Tickets |
| 16 | Friday | 7:05 | Twins | Tickets |
| 17 | Saturday | 1:35 | Orioles | Tickets |
| 19 | Monday | 1:35 | Twins | Tickets |
| 20 | Tuesday | 7:05 | Blue Jays | Tickets |
| 22 | Thursday | 7:05 | Yankees | Tickets |
| 24 | Saturday | 1:35 | Phillies | Tickets |
| 27 | Tuesday | 1:35 | Rays | Tickets |
| 29 | Thursday | 1:35 | Blue Jays | Tickets |
| April | Day | Time | Visiting Team | TicketsNow |
| 1 | Sunday | 1:35 | Twins | Tickets |
| 2 | Monday | 1:35 | Nationals | Tickets |
* Single game tickets went on sale Saturday, December 17.  See the full 2012 Red Sox Spring Training schedule |
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Ballpark Area Info
This will be a trendy area one day and the Red Sox are sure to capitalize on it as the team owns the 20 acres of yet-to-be-developed land between the spring training facility and Daniels Parkway. What beat the baseball complex to this part of Lee County was the neighboring master-planned Gateway community and the Southwest Florida International Airport, which opened in 1983. The airport is but a mile from the ballpark so ascending and descending planes will be a part of the JetBlue Park backdrop. Much closer to home plate is the Gateway Charter High School (est. 2004) and Westlinks Business Park, which are Fenway South's next door neighbors to the east. Otherwise, much of the immediate area is still barren. But the development that already exists is clearly upscale, which is a marked difference from the mostly downtrodden environs that City of Palms Park was completely surrounded by.
Travelers' notes
 Hotels close to JetBlue Park |
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| Distance | Hotel | Street Address | City/Zip | Phone |
| 1.9 miles | GrandStay Hotel & Suites | 10150 Daniels Pkwy | Fort Myers, FL 33913 | 239-791-5000 |
| 2.5 | Travelodge | 13661 Indian Paint Ln | Fort Myers, FL 33912 | 239-561-1117 |
| 11.0 | Candlewood Suites | 9740 Commerce Center Ct | Fort Myers, FL 33908 | 239-210-7777 |
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 Restaurants close to JetBlue Park |
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| Distance | Restaurant | Street Address | City/Zip | Phone |
| 1.3 miles | Boulevard Deli | 12220 Towne Lake Dr | Fort Myers, FL 33913 | 239-561-7444 |
| 1.7 | Dunkin' Donuts | 13000 Treeline Ave | Fort Myers, FL 33913 | 239-225-1257 |
| 1.9 | Cracker Barrel | 10090 Daniels Pkwy | Fort Myers, FL 33913 | 239-561-6461 |
| 2.5 | Waffle House | 9420 Daniels Pkwy | Fort Myers, FL 33912 | 239-768-9595 |
| 2.5 | Denny's | 9340 Marketplace Rd | Fort Myers, FL 33912 | 239-768-5488 |
| 2.8 | Beef 'O' Brady's | 13650 Fiddlesticks Blvd | Fort Myers, FL 33912 | 239-768-9798 |
| 2.8 | New China | 13650 Fiddlesticks Blvd | Fort Myers, FL 33912 | 239-561-3588 |
| 2.8 | Rib City | 13750 Fiddlesticks Blvd | Fort Myers, FL 33912 | 239-225-2825 |
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 Airports close to JetBlue Park |
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| Distance | Airport | Airport Code | ||
| 0.95 miles | Southwest Florida International (Fort Myers) | RSW | ||
| 75.4 | Sarasota Bradenton International | SRQ | ||
| 106.0 | Miami International | MIA | ||
| 110.0 | Tampa International | TPA | ||
| 130.0 | Orlando International | MCO | ||
