Washington Nationals seek a change in Spring Training home as they aim to shift to Fort Myers-MLB
Washington Nationals are sick of travelling a long way to reach their current Spring Training home, which is located in Viera. They want to shift somewhere else so that fans do not find hurdles in reaching the stadium and watching the matches.
The Nationals are under negotiations with the Lee County officials to switch to City of Palms Park.
Due to the lack of financial resources, county officials are reluctant to carry out the reconstruction process of the stadium. Actually, in order to make the park as per the requirements of the Nationals, certain changes to its structure are needed.
The Nationals are in the pursuit of changing their Spring Training home for the last few years. It can be expected that within a few years, they will be successful in having a new park.
At the moment, the Nationals do not have any option but stay in Viera until they find some new place. For fans, it will take few more years before they can enjoy the facility of watching games of their team in a stadium which is not far from their houses.
Principal owner of the Nationals, Theodore N. Lerner realises that for some years his team will have to endure the trouble of moving back and forth between the stadiums and covering long distances for playing matches during Spring Training.
Lerner has clarified that he has no issue with the government of Viera, believing that it treated his team extremely well. Only problem he has staying in Viera is the time that it takes to arrive at the stadium.
“We do have a problem here,” Lerner said then. “Viera has been wonderful as a town. Viera government has been wonderful. Our problem is basically logistics. Our closest game is 120-mile round trip. We cannot do that. It’s tiring. It messes up our practice
schedule. It’s not good for the organization. We have no choice but to look at what our options are.”
Furthermore, Lerner has explained that they are seriously thinking over shifting to some other stadium and that it is not long when they will have done so comfortably.
It will be interesting to see how Lerner deals with the problem and makes sure it is resolved at the earliest.
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