Editing Lee County, Florida (section)

===MLB spring training===
[[Image:Little league field in Downtown Fort Myers, supported by the Boston Red Sox.jpg|thumb|right|Red Sox logo on the fence outside the City of Palms Park]]
The [[Boston Red Sox]] hold their annual spring training at [[JetBlue Park]] at [[Fenway South]] in the Fort Myers area. A cross-town rivalry has developed with the [[Minnesota Twins]], which conduct their spring training at [[Hammond Stadium]] in south Lee County, which has a capacity of 7,500 and opened in 1991.

The Red Sox' lease with Fort Myers ran through 2019, but the Red Sox were considering exercising the early out in their contract that would have allowed them to leave following the 2009 spring season. On October 28, 2008, the Lee County commission voted 3–1 to approve an agreement with the Boston Red Sox to build a new spring-training facility for the team in south Lee County. That stadium, named JetBlue Park at Fenway South, is located off Daniels Parkway near Southwest Florida International Airport. The stadium opened in time for the 2012 season.

[[City of Palms Park]] had been built in 1992 for the Red Sox' spring training. Former Red Sox left fielder [[Mike Greenwell]] is from Fort Myers, and was instrumental in bringing his team to the city for spring training.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kambic |first=Randy |title=MLB family's legacy continues in Cape Coral |url=https://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/cape-coral/2018/07/21/cape-coral-mlb-greenwells-batting-cages-red-sox/792884002/ |access-date=August 10, 2021 |work=Fort Myers News-Press |date=July 21, 2018}}</ref> The deal for JetBlue Park left City of Palms Park without a tenant. County officials have discussed the possibility of securing another team for City of Palms. [[Terry Park Ballfield]] (also known as the Park T. Pigott Memorial Stadium) in East Fort Myers is also not currently in use by a Major League Baseball team, though it is the former home of the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]], [[Cleveland Indians]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], and [[Kansas City Royals]].