If you build it, they will come. Tourists, that is.

With Tuesday’s 3-1 vote by the Lee County commissioners to construct a new Fenway Park-style spring training facility for the Boston Red Sox somewhere between Daniels Parkway and Bonita Beach Road, south Lee County business and community leaders envision a substantial spike in revenues for local businesses.

“It will definitely bring more business to our end of town,” said Joe Thompson, director of sales and marketing for the Estero-based Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa. “We already have the Red Sox executives and player-support personnel staying here during spring training, so it won’t affect us as greatly in terms of business, but it will definitely be good for south Lee County as a whole.”

Thompson said Red Sox-related business is a staple for the Hyatt.

“With the executives and fan and support groups, they’re one of the larger groups that come down every year,” Thompson said. “The fan groups will come in for a weekend here and there, and the executives will stay two weeks to a month. It’s good for business.”

Thompson isn’t alone in his way of thinking.

“It’s a terrific fit and the Chamber fully supports it,” said Meg Judge, chairwoman of the Estero Chamber of Commerce. “It’s going to provide a tremendous increase in the amount of business for Lee County and the Estero community. With all of our hotels and restaurants and our three regional malls — Miromar Outlets, Coconut Point and Gulf Coast Town Center — all the businesses in south Lee County will benefit greatly from this agreement.”

Judge said construction of the new facility will provide an economic lift in other ways, as well.

“It’s also going to provide jobs, which is greatly needed with the unemployment rate we’ve got,” she said. “The commissioners are doing a very smart thing here. It’s a win-win situation for all of us, and we’re really looking forward to it.”

Judge said she hopes the new construction will take place in Estero.

“We’re very excited about the possibility of having the Red Sox in the area,” she said. “Estero has all of the amenities, and it’s all about location, location, location. We’re centrally located for places such as Fort Myers, Charlotte County, Naples, Marco Island — we’re just in the right place at the right time.”

Judge said Estero’s infrastructure is also in place to accommodate the new facility.

“We’re way ahead of other communities in terms of our road systems, especially with the Estero Parkway flyover, which is scheduled for completion next summer,” she said. “That will help take some of the traffic off of Corkscrew Road.”

Construction of the new facility will be financed by setting aside up to one cent of the current 5-cent bed tax revenue. Bonita Springs Councilwoman Martha Simons, who also sits on the Lee County Tourism Development Council, said that it’s money well spent.

“Even as a Yankees fan, I’m happy they got this deal done,” Simons said with a laugh. “I’ve always said that we need economic diversification, and this makes economic sense. People need jobs, and we need these kinds of economic engines to drive our economy.”

Simons also foresees a future where the Red Sox and Minnesota Twins aren’t the only games in town.

“It would be so exciting to have even a third team — to be a hub for spring training,” she said. “On top of that, this new ‘mini-Fenway’ is going to be useful year-round for other events. It’s got 50 percent more capacity than City of Palms Park. This is going to be a large facility.”

Don Eslick, chairman of the Estero Council of Community Leaders, also sees the deal in a positive light, with one caveat.

“If it’s in the right location, then it’s a real positive,” he said. “I’ve seen the map of potential locations, and there are some locations that we would not be enthusiastic about, but assuming that it’s in the right place, I think it will have a good long-term impact.”

Eslick said a proposed location that would cut into the Density Reduction/Groundwater Resource area and another possible site on the corner of U.S. 41 and Williams Road would not work for his group.

“The proposed location that would cut through the east side of the DR/GR and the one on U.S. 41 are not appropriate. They just wouldn’t work,” he said, citing environmental concerns with the DR/GR and interference with long-term mixed-use development plans at the U.S. 41 location as his reasons.

Those concerns aside, Eslick said the agreement is a good thing for south Lee County.

“Over the next 10 years, I anticipate a lot of retirees moving down here, and I think that this will help greatly with the hangover we’re experiencing with the real-estate market,” he said. “I’ve always felt that having teams here has an impact on our area as far as retirement locations, and Boston has a sizeable market, not to mention New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut. Not only will this help with tourism, but it will also help the long-term viability of our real-estate market, which is in really bad shape right now.” Construction on the new facility is slated for completion in 2011 or 2012.