Field of Dreams is as emblematic of the state of Iowa as Grant Wood’s American Gothic painting. The film’s love letter to baseball delivered alongside a touching father and son reconciliation spawned the iconic exchange between Ray Liotta’s “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and Kevin Costner’s Ray Kinsella that still resonates with every proud Iowan: “Is this heaven?” “No, it’s Iowa.” The Dyersville, Iowa film site – where the baseball diamond and farmhouse still stand – attracts upwards of 100,000 annual visitors to the town of less than 5,000. It’s where cinematic history slides into home, capturing the nostalgia and tradition of baseball through little league games, “Ghost Player” reenactments, and even two MLB games (played in an adjacent field).

Over Labor Day Weekend, the film site, in cooper

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