Showing posts with label Red Sox spring training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Sox spring training. Show all posts
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
The Sights and Sounds of Spring Training
Not exactly the most exciting thing in the world but "Play Ball!" can't be far away.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Locals Wary of Tax to Help Keep Sox in Ft. Myers
The Fort Myers News-Press ran a short editorial from Community Conversations Editor Mark Stephens who takes issue with using the "tourist tax" on hotels to help keep the Sox in Ft. Myers.
He says, "...well aware that using tax dollars to make a billionaire owner and his multimillionaire players happy would cause a revolution, the powers that be are talking about using the tourist tax on motels, hotels and other short-term rentals. Maybe, but we must be sure we don’t short-change the other purposes that money is used for, including beach improvements, that may draw more tourists than the Red Sox."
UPDATE - Sarasota Keeps Moving Ahead in Effort to Land Sox Spring Training
The Fort Myers News Press reported today that, "Sarasota’s pursuit of the Boston Red Sox moved forward a bit more this afternoon when the city commission voted unanimously to accept a study that pegged the team’s potential annual spring training economic impact at $46.5 million. The city commissioners also directed the city manager to look at “multiple sites” to locate a new spring-training facility."
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Lee County Determined to Keep Sox Spring Training
Despite recent talk of the Sox looking to move their Spring Training to Sarasota, Lee County Florida officials are confident that the Sox are staying put.
Lee County Deputy Manager Bill Hammond told WBBH TV the Red Sox will remain in Southwest Florida. "There is no push and go thing right now. We're not in that mode, we're not going to lose the Sox," said Hammond. "We're keeping them here and that's the message the county has given to (Red Sox COO) Mike Dee."
The TV station has launched a petition drive to keep the Sox Spring Training in Lee County.
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