Boston Red Sox Spring Training To Stay In Fort Myers For 30 More Years

BOSTON (AP) - Boston will keep its spring training home in the Fort Myers area for 30 more years after signing an agreement with Lee County, Florida.

The Red Sox have played in the 7,290-seat City of Palms Park since moving from Winter Haven in 1993. They’ve sold out 73 straight spring training games there. The team had a buyout that would have allowed it to leave in 2010, and it talked with Sarasota about moving to the Cincinnati Reds’ former home.

Instead, the Red Sox and Lee County will work together on a new complex that would open in 2012. The Lee County Commissioners approved the plan earlier this week.

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