JetBlue Park at Fenway South
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JetBlue Park at Fenway South
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| Full name | jetBlue Park at Fenway South |
| Location | 11500 Daniels Parkway Fort Myers, Florida |
| Coordinates | 26°32′53″N 81°45′48″W / 26.54806°N 81.76333°WCoordinates: 26°32′53″N 81°45′48″W / 26.54806°N 81.76333°W |
| Broke ground | March 4, 2011 |
| Opened | March 3, 2012 |
| Construction cost | US$77.9 Million |
| Architect | Populous |
| General Contractor | Manhattan Kraft Construction |
| Capacity | 10,823 |
| Field dimensions | 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 |
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| Boston 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 elsewhere.[1] The naming rights were purchased by jetBlue Airways,[2] which has maintained major operations at Boston's Logan International Airport since 2004.
Many characteristics of the stadium are taken from Fenway Park, including a 37-foot (11 m) Green Monster wall in left field, featuring seating on top of and behind the wall.[1] Included in the wall is a restored version of the manual scoreboard that was housed at Fenway for almost 30 years, beginning in the 1970s.[3] The field dimensions at jetBlue Park are identical to those at Fenway,[3] as are those of training field #1 at Fenway South, although jetBlue Park's left field wall is 3 ft (1 m) or 6 ft (2 m) taller than Fenway Park's Green Monster [4][5] because of the additional seating inside, as well as on top.
Opening
The first game played in jetBlue park was on March 4, 2012, against against the Minnesota Twins in the Grapefruit League. The ceremonial first pitch saw eight current players catching, with the balls brought onto the field by Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Luis Tiant, and Dwight Evans. The first homer at the field was hit in the opening game by Lars Anderson and was a grand slam. The home team won by eight runs to three.
References
- ^ a b c "JetBlue Park". http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/jetblue_park.jsp. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Sox new facility to be named jetBlue Park". http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/9145/sox-new-facility-to-be-named-jet-blue-park. Retrieved 2012-2-13.
- ^ a b "Red Sox announce spring training ticket prices at new jetBlue Park". http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2011/08/red_sox_announc_8.html. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "JetBlue Park’s Green Monster Not Same Size As Fenway’s". http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/03/02/jetblue-parks-green-monster-not-same-size-as-fenways/. Retrieved 2012-3-9.
- ^ "'Monster' seems friendly to them". http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2012/03/09/monster_seems_friendly_to_them/. Retrieved 2012-3-9.
External links
- Description at RedSox.com
- Site selected for new Sox spring training complex
- Red Sox Reach Deal For New Spring Training Facility in Ft. Myers
- Design of new Red Sox spring training facility slowly taking shape
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