More: 'Field of Dreams' star Kevin Costner explains why beloved film has stood test of time 'Field of Dreams' cast A portion of the sale of each box of cereal will benefit a nonprofit that helps children who experience the loss of a parent, caregiver or sibling. He also partnered with West Des Moines-based Hy-Vee on a "Field of Dreams" cereal. More: Field of Dreams tourists, officials mourn Ray Liotta's deathĭwier returned to Dyersville to restore the abandoned Tegeler Dairy building. Ray Liotta stars as "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, a member of the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox." Dwier Brown plays John Kinsella, Ray's father.
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The movie also stars Amy Madigan as Ray's wife, Annie, and a young Gaby Hoffmann as their daughter, Karin. View Gallery: 'Field of Dreams': Kevin Costner has made multiple visits to Dyersville since 1989 movie release While still overwhelmingly white (92.5 percent), minority numbers have grown since 2010, when Dyersville was 97.6 percent white. In 2020, there with 4,477 people living in Dyersville, up from 4,058 in 2010. More: Visiting the Field of Dreams? Here’s where to eat and what to see in Dyersville Dyersville: Population 4,477ĭyersville's population in 2020 increased about 10 percent from 2010, according to U.S. Scenes from the movie were filmed there, as well in and around Dyersville and Dubuque and Galena, Illinois. The "Field of Dreams" movie site is a few miles northeast of Dyersville. Where is Dyersville and the Field of Dreams?ĭyersville is located in eastern Delaware County and western Dubuque County, in eastern Iowa. The movie, which earned about $64 million in the box office, was nominated for three Academy Awards, including best picture. Eventually, he got the go-ahead and the Hollywood descended onto eastern Iowa for 68 days in the summer of 1988. Kinsella while he was enrolled at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in Iowa City. Filmmaker Phil Alden Robinson fell in love with Kinsella's story and spent several years trying to get a screenplay green-lit. The seeds of the movie started in the mind of W.P. The story about an Iowa farmer hearing voices coming from a corn field is not real, but it does have Iowa roots. View Gallery: 'Field of Dreams': April 2019 marked the 30th anniversary of Iowa movie's theatrical release Is 'Field of Dreams' a true story? More: How can MLB, FOX Sports top last year's Field of Dreams game? A look at their plan Since the movie was released, Dyersville has drawn baseball fans from around the world to the film site. Major League Baseball built a 8,000-seat stadium near the original movie site to host the game. After the movie was released, the Dyersville site became a tourist attraction. Iowa cornfields were transformed into a baseball diamond for the 1989 movie.
More: MLB won't return to Field of Dreams in 2023 due to construction, owner Frank Thomas says Is there a real Field of Dreams? "They don't want to come back if the stadium's not prepared." "It's a lot going on," he told the Des Moines Register. Owner Frank Thomas said construction on a youth complex at the site will prevent the MLB from making a third consecutive return. Unfortunately for fans looking to make the trek to Dyersville, there will be no Field of Dreams game in 2023. Here are 13 things to know about the "Field of Dreams" movie site, the film and the game played in Iowa. The MLB returned in 2022 when the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds faced off in the same location.įrom 2021: The Field of Dreams game was more than unbelievable. The game, originally scheduled to be played in 2020, ended in dramatic fashion with a walk-off homerun by the White Sox. The attention of baseball fans from across the nation was on Dyersville in August 2021 when Major League Baseball hosted a game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox at a specially constructed stadium near the movie site. The "Field of Dreams" site near Dyersville has cemented its place in Iowa sports history.įor years, the "Field of Dreams' movie site has been a tourist draw for baseball fans and people who love the 1989 film featuring Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones.
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