Lee County Player Development Complex, Fort Myers, Fla.

The 5-Plex

The “catbird seat” observation tower at the Lee County 5-Plex, Mar-2022.

Looking in at one of the fields through a bullpen.

College teams warming up between innings.

Quick Facts:

Location: Edison Avenue at Jacksonville Street, Fort Myers, Fla. (map it using Google Maps)
Opened: Unknown
Home team: Spring training, Boston Red Sox (through 2011)

When the Boston Red Sox utilized City of Palms Park as their spring training home, they had one back field available to them on the site. The bulk of their training took place here, at the Lee County Player Development Complex, popularly known as “the 5-Plex” for the number of fields it contained. The complex is about two miles east of City of Palms Park.

The facility’s five fields are still maintained and used mainly for amateur events, ranging from colleges getting games in during their spring break trips to the World Series of Roy Hobbs Baseball, a national program for amateur players over 30 years old. The facility’s batting cage tunnels are also intact and used by event participants. For many of these events, a food truck is also available near the entrance.

Game	Date	Fld	League	Level	Result
256	Thu 10-Mar-2022	5	Nonconference	Div III	PITT-BRADFORD 6, Alvernia 2

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