MLB Spring Training Facility for Boston Red Sox
Project Overview
Scheduled to open in January 2012 in Fort Meyers, Florida, JetBlue Park will be the new spring training home of the Boston Red Sox. As one of the marquee franchises in Major League Baseball, the Red Sox have designed a spring training ballpark and player development complex that will be first class in every way. With a capacity of 11,000 fans, the ballpark will include a mix of fixed seats, standing room, and grass berm seating. JetBlue Park will feature a replica of the “Green Monster” with seating both on top of and behind the wall, an old-fashioned manual scoreboard, and an iconic undulating roof designed to reflect the energy and movement of the surrounding landscape. Beyond the ballpark, the player development complex will include six practice fields and state-of-the-art training and administrative facilities for the players, coaches and front office staff. Ultimately, a Red Sox driven retail development will be incorporated around the facility to activate the entire area and make JetBlue Park a year round destination.
Our Role
JMI Sports provided consulting services to the Red Sox on pre-development activities including: review of design development drawings and construction documents, comparison of general contractor estimates, benchmarking of comparable spring training facilities, detailed analysis of the initial project budget and subsequent revisions, identification of value engineering opportunities and on-site review of building mock-ups. JMI Sports’ active role in the preconstruction process, and our experience with the programming and design of the latest spring training facilities in Arizona, ensured that the Red Sox facility would be a first class for spring training facility without compromising budget or schedule. More importantly, JMI Sports provided the Red Sox with a layer of comprehensive review and analysis that proved essential to realizing their project goals.