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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.

For the third straight year, Lee County figures to miss out on a big chunk of an estimated $70 million brought in by fans who pay for tickets to spring training baseball games.

Fans are streaming back to baseball stadiums across Florida now that the MLB owner-imposed lockout is over and players are back at spring training camp.

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…