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Full name JetBlue Park at Fenway South
Location 11581 Daniels Parkway
Fort Myers, Florida
Coordinates 26°32′53″N 81°45′48″WCoordinates: 26°32′53″N 81°45′48″W
Capacity 10,823
Field size Same as Fenway Park:
Left Field: 310 feet
Left-Center Field: 379 feet
Center Field: 420 feet
Right Field Bullpen: 380 feet
Right Field Pole: 302 feet
Surface Bermuda Grass (Celebration)
Construction
Broke ground March 4, 2011
Opened March 3, 2012
Construction cost US$77.9 Million
Architect Populous
Structural engineer Bliss & Nyitray, Inc.
General contractor Manhattan Kraft Construction
Tenants
Boston Red Sox (2012–present)
GCL Red Sox (2012–present)

JetBlue Park at Fenway South (or informally JetBlue Park) is a baseball park in Fort Myers, Florida,[1] part of the Fenway South training and development facility.

Opened in March 2012, it is primarily the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, replacing earlier separated facilities at City of Palms Park and Boston's former (1993–2011) minor league complex, also located in downtown Fort Myers.[1] The naming rights were purchased by JetBlue,[2] an airline with major operations at Boston's Logan International Airport since 2004.

Design
The ballpark's field has exactly the same dimensions as Fenway Park and some of the unique features as the Boston ballpark as well. The most notable is a replica of the Green Monster in left field. However, unlike the one in Boston, the Green Monster in Fort Myers has seating within the wall. There are three rows of seats carved into the middle portion of the wall. Separating the seats inside the wall from the field is a net so that balls cannot go inside the seated area. Any ball hit off the net is considered to be in play.[8][9]. The space in the Green Monster where the seats are behind the netting was necessitated by Florida Hurricane building codes as a wall of 37 feet (11 m) would have exceeded Florida code.[citation needed]

Another unique feature about the Green Monster is that like one in Fenway Park, it has a manual scoreboard. The scoreboard is the same, 1934-vintage unit that had been used for decades in Fenway Park, but before being installed in Fort Myers was in a storage facility in South Dakota. The manual scoreboard is different from the one in Boston though because there is no room behind it where a scoreboard operator can put numbers while the game is going on. Instead, a scoreboard operator works in a room in between the scoreboard and the foul line and has to run out in between innings with a ladder and scoreboard tiles to change the scoreboard.[10]

Other features from the ballpark in Boston that are present in the spring training stadium are the triangle, Pesky's Pole, and Lone Red Seat that marks the longest home run hit in the Fenway's history.[8]

One of the signature features of the ballpark is the wavy roof that sits over the seats in the stadium, providing shade for the fans in attendance. The roof also is an example of how the ballpark incorporated its location in Florida into the design of the stadium. The wavy design of the roof resembles the Cypress trees in the surrounding area of the ballpark. In addition, the blocks that make up the ballpark are embedded with sea shells from nearby Sanibel Island.[11] The park also features a lawn in right field, a popular feature in spring training parks.[7]

The ballpark's design is also LEED Certified.[12]

Features
In addition to the ballpark where spring training games are played there is also a state of the art player development complex. Unlike the old spring training ball park, JetBlue Park is located on the same piece of land as the player development complex. The player development complex features six fields that can be used for drills during spring training, injury rehab assignments and many other baseball activities. One of the six practice fields has the same dimensions as Fenway Park. There are two locker rooms, one for the major league players and another one for the minor leaguers. The major league locker room used during spring training has an oval shaped design, is 50,000 square feet, and has lounge areas with flat screen televisions.[9][9]

Spring Training
mlb.com/redsox/spring-training/ballpark

Homebase.org
homebase.org/

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