Pair of arenas to get $7.3M in emergency shelter-based upgrades

FORT MYERS — Lee County officials have approved funding agreements with a state agency for $7.3 million in repair work on two arenas in the county used for emergency shelters.  

The arrangement calls for $4.5 million to harden the roofs, windows and doors at Hertz Arena in Estero and $2.8 million to do the same at Alico Arena, on the Florida Gulf Coast University Campus in Fort Myers, according to a statement. The funding agreements are with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the release adds. Lee County Commissioners approved the plan Oct. 1; it approved the grant applications in June 2020.