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City of Palms Park is a stadium in Fort Myers, Florida primarily used for baseball, although the City of Fort Myers uses the venue for the occasional concert. It served as the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox from its opening in 1993 to 2011. Former Boston Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell is from Fort Myers, and was instrumental in bringing his team to the city for spring training. The stadium was built in for that purpose and holds 8,000 people. It was also the home of the Red Sox Rookie team, the Gulf Coast League Red Sox, from April through June. The stadium's name is taken from the city's official nickname. A crew of six is on hand during spring training to groom the Ballfields/Common grounds. Every effort is made to give players access a spring training facility befitting Major League Baseball. Since Lee County Parks and Recreation has taken this facility over from the City of Fort Myers in , the Grounds Crew has won the Ground Crew of the year award for the Red Sox Gulf Coast League in and . City of Palms Park is one of four spring training facilities in Fort Myers. The Minnesota Twins train in Hammond Stadium on the Southern end of town. Terry Park Ballfield (also known as the Park T. Pigott Memorial Stadium) in East Fort Myers is currently not in use, however, it is the former home of the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals. In February 2012, the Boston Red Sox moved their spring training operations into the newly constructed jetBlue Park at Fenway South located on County Road 876 (Daniels Parkway) in Fort Myers. It is also located very close to Southwest Florida International Airport. On March 20, 2012, Lee County Commissioners voted to begin negotiations with the Washington Nationals about moving their spring training operations to the park. The Nationals, who currently train at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, are looking for a new spring training location because their stadium is far away from other teams' locations, making travel to away games inconvenient. The Nationals could potentially begin training at City of Palms Park as early as the 2014 season if the deal goes through. For now, the stadium is used for travel ball tournaments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lee County requests permission to enter into negotiations with Nationals about new spring home, Washington Times )〕 ==Player Development Complex== The Player Development Complex is where the Red Sox trained and practiced before the exhibition season began at City of Palms. It also housed all the Minor League affiliates and coaches the entire month of March, and it is where players were reassigned as they whittle the roster down during spring training. Once spring training ends, Extended spring training ran from April through the beginning of the Gulf Coast League season. Instructional league took place there from September to October. This Complex includes: five baseball fields with bullpens and eight batting tunnels. The Clubhouse includes: a spacious meeting room, conference room, kitchen, six offices, a spacious players' locker room with showers, a Trainer/Therapy room, a Hydro-Therapy room, laundry room, an Umpire locker room, Coaches' locker room, and a new, expanded weight training room that was added in -. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Palms Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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