The New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox will play a game at the famed Field of Dreams in Iowa on Aug. 13, 2020, the teams announced Thursday.
A temporary, 8,000-seat ballpark will be built at the site where the 1989 movie was filmed.
“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,” commissioner Rob Manfred said. “We look forward to celebrating the movie’s enduring message of how baseball brings people together at this special cornfield in Iowa.”
Construction on the ballpark will begin Tuesday, one year before the game will be played. Dimensions of the ballpark were not announced.
Is this heaven?@Yankees–@WhiteSox, see you in Iowa on 8.13.20. pic.twitter.com/5GGbH7TWuq
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The game, which will be played on a Thursday, will be considered a White Sox home date. Friday will be an off-day before the teams resume their three-game series in Chicago.
The Academy Award-nominated “Field of Dreams” features Kevin Costner’s Ray Kinsella interacting with a number of players from the 1919 White Sox who were banned from baseball for intentionally losing in the World Series.