MLB to play regular season game at Field of Dreams cornfield

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If you build it ... White Sox and Yankees to play at 'Field of Dreams' movie site in Iowa

Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa. And there will be a Major League Baseball game played there in 2020.

The 1989 classic "Field of Dreams" is coming to life in the cornfields. MLB announced on Thursday that a regular-season game will be played on August 13, 2020, at the site where the iconic baseball movie was filmed, between the Yankees and White Sox. They will play at an 8,000-seat temporary stadium at the Dyersville farm site, and the game will be nationally televised on FOX.
A pathway through a cornfield will take fans to the ballpark, which will overlook the famous movie location. The right field wall will include windows to show the cornfields beyond the ballpark. This will be the first MLB game in Iowa.

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"As a sport that is proud of its history linking generations, Major League Baseball is excited to bring a regular season game to the site of 'Field of Dreams,'" MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in an MLB press release. "We look forward to celebrating the movie's enduring message of how baseball brings people together at this special cornfield in Iowa."
The movie tells the story of Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella, a husband and father who is tending to his cornfield when he hears a mysterious voice intone, "If you build it, he will come." According to the American Film Institute (AFI), those words are the 39th top film quote of all-time.
"'Field of Dreams' captures the uniqueness of Iowans' can-do attitude, and there's no better place to host our state's very first Major League game than this legendary baseball field in Dyersville," Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said. "As the famous movie quote goes, 'Is this heaven?' 'No it's Iowa.' Iowa's truly a land of opportunity, where you can work hard, dream big and anything can happen. I look forward to this historic event in 2020."
For the third year, MLB is holding a game at the Little League World Series site in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where the Cubs and Pirates will play on August 18. Back in 2016, the Braves and Marlins played a game at Fort Bragg, making it the first time a regular-season game in a professional sport was played on an active military base.

www.cnn.com/2019/08/08/sport/field-of-dreams-mlb-game-2020-white-sox-and-yankees-spt-intl/index.html

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Field of Dreams Game Planning Underway

Work is underway for 2020’s Field of Dreams MLB regular-season game, with plans taking shape for a temporary ballpark that will be constructed in the Dyersville, IA cornfield.

Earlier this month, MLB announced that the Chicago White Sox will host the New York Yankees in a regular-season game at the Field of Dreams site on August 13, 2020. Since that announcement was made, there has been considerable buzz surrounding the contest that will serve as an homage to the beloved 1989 baseball film. With a little less than a year remaining until the game will be played, planning to construct a temporary ballpark is underway.

The actual Field of Dreams playing surface on the site is far too small and not up to MLB standards, so a portion of the surrounding cornfield has been cleared to make way for the temporary facility that will host the White Sox and Yankees. In that space will rise an 8,000-seat venue, which include the playing field, temporary facilities, and infrastructure needed to host an MLB regular-season game that is being nationally televised. To execute this plan, BrightView Sports Turf president Murray Cook and his crew will focus on the playing field as BaAM Productions handles other areas. More from the Des Moines Register:

While Cook’s team concentrates on life between the baselines, the Toronto company BaAM Productions focus on everything else — from the restrooms and showers in the team clubhouses to the stands, fences, press box and bleachers.

BaAM has partnered with major sports for special events for years. They help the NHL put on its annual outdoor game, the Winter Classic. They worked with MLB on the Fort Bragg game….

The pieces to make the stadium are gathered from a variety of contractors, and the temporary field is assembled like a kind of giant Lego set.

BaAM has designed a temporary stadium for the Field of Dreams game with an eye toward preserving the “atmosphere of a Major League game without losing the sense of place,” said Annemarie Roe, BaAm president.

Current plans call for the move site to be lit so that it is visible during the game, with windows in the outfield wall to allow for views of the cornfield (the rendering shows the design concept). The game will be the first MLB regular-season contest played in the state of Iowa.

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