Boston Red Sox

Lee County's Department of Transportation advises motorists to avoid the Daniels Parkway corridor in South Fort Myers on the afternoons of three specific Spring Training dates this season when both the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins have games.

An Evening at the Ballpark at JetBlue Park recently focused on youth, baseball and the future.The annual event, hosted by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County at the Red Sox Spring Training site, included recognition of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County’s 2024 Youth of the Year, Kaliyah Stephens, an eighth grader at Crestwell School.

Baseball spring training is back, and drivers in Lee and Charlotte counties are reminded to be prepared for increased traffic near ballparks in both counties at game times.

Spring Training is back, and Lee County’s Traffic Operations Center reminds motorists to be prepared for increased traffic near the stadiums at game time, especially when the Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox take to their respective fields at the same time on the same day.This year, DOT advises motorists to avoid the Daniels Parkway corridor on the afternoon of three specific dates this season.

Major League Baseball fans are calling Lee County home as the teams hold spring training at JetBlue Park and Hammond Stadium.

Lee County DOT advises motorists to be aware of double home games at JetBlue Stadium and Hammond Stadium during spring training season.

Smith will be managing all community, facility, and event operations for JetBlue Park, including Red Sox Spring Training, as well as oversee all capital improvement projects and business development of JetBlue Park and the adjacent Fenway South parcels.

World Baseball Classic exhibition game to take place at JetBlue Park March 8

Acres of trees, pasture and a few storefronts surround JetBlue Park, the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox located on Daniels Parkway in Lee County. The stadium opened in 2012 and some predicted it would create a trendy, highly-developed area east of I-75. However a building boom of hotels, restaurants and retail outlets has not happened around JetBlue in the past 10 years.

For baseball fans, the first sign of spring comes in February. That’s when professional baseball teams begin training for the upcoming season. Many teams…