A memorable experienceĪt one point during the game - about five innings in - I decided to walk around a bit and get another look at the original diamond from the movie. While I wasn't able to find affordable cash or award availability for flights in and out of a closer airport, I'd suggest that you start looking early if you're thinking of attending a game in the future to cut down on your time on the road. The drive time was ambitious given the timeframe I allotted for this trip.
And then another hour the next morning to the airport. and the same amount of time to get back to the hotel after the game.
#FIED OF DREAMS MOVIE#
It wasn't the easiest place to get to, but that's part of what made it so unique to visit the site of a classic movie to watch a game Mann - in the film - said has been "the one constant through all the years."įor more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.Īfter catching a bit of rest, it was another two-and-a-half hours of driving to the ballpark.
#FIED OF DREAMS PROFESSIONAL#
Having marveled at the inaugural edition of professional baseball being played in a cornfield last summer, as I sat down earlier this summer to write about what it would take to get to Dyersville, Iowa, for the 2022 festivities, I found myself buying tickets and booking flights. Thursday night, the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs faced off in the second-ever edition of Major League Baseball's Field of Dreams game on a regulation diamond constructed next to the field where Shoeless Joe Jackson (the late Ray Liotta) played ball on a field constructed by farm owner Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner). Editors' note: This post has been updated with new information.ĭecades after James Earl Jones repeatedly uttered one of American film’s more iconic lines, the prediction by his Field of Dreams character, Terrence Mann, took on real-life meaning this past week as thousands of fans gathered on what have become hallowed grounds of the cornfield, turned movie set for the popular film.
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