The contract to design upgrades to Lee County Sports Complex and Hammond Stadium, home of Minnesota Twins spring training, has been awarded to Populous. (more…)
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Lee County still wooing Nats
Though Lee County has little to offer in terms of ballpark and complex upgrades, officials there say they’re still hopeful they can attract the Washington Nationals as a new tenant for City of Palms Park. The former spring home of the Boston Red Sox sits empty, and the Nats front office has openly expressed an […]
Minnesota Twins 2012 spring-training schedule posted
We’ve posted the 2012 spring-training schedule for the Minnesota Twins, complete with 17 games at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers. You can view the schedule here. The Twins will report early for training camp — at least by Minnesota Twins standards — with pitchers slated to report on Saturday, Feb. 18, with their first workout […]
Return of spring training to City of Palms Park: Extreme long-shot
· The return of Major League Baseball spring training to Fort Myers’ City of Palms Park is a considerable long shot with no teams openly expressing interest, according to a Lee County Commissioner exploring options for the property deserted this offseason by the Boston Red Sox. John Manning says he’s heard second-hand that two teams […]
