Three years after a temporary ballpark was built next to the original “Field of Dreams” in a cornfield in Dyersville, the facility is now in the midst of an $80 million expansion and Frank Thomas is behind it. The White Sox Hall of Famer bought a controlling interest in Go the Distance Baseball’s stake in the movie site and temporary ballpark in 2021.
Per WGN, “The project will add nearly 100 acres to the existing 190-acre site. When completed in 2025, it will include nine ball fields for youth baseball and softball, a 100,000-square-foot fieldhouse, a 104-room boutique hotel, an RV park, a concert amphitheater, jogging trails through the cornfields, and a park designed to be inclusive for children and adults with disabilities.”
