Lee could be Spring Training Capital

Could Lee County be home to three professional baseball teams for spring training?

“If bed taxes keep rising, yes we can,” says Tamara Pigott, executive director of the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau, speaking to the Real Estate Investment Society in Fort Myers recently.

When Lee County used bed-tax collections to fund the new spring training stadium for the Boston Red Sox, the team left the City of Palms Park empty in downtown Fort Myers. That older stadium could be renovated to suit the Washington Nationals, and team officials are now talking to Lee County government about the possibility of moving from Viera.