DYERSVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) \u2014 Major League Baseball returns to the Field of Dreams this week for the first time in four years.<\/p>\n
The original movie site\u2014corn, a baseball diamond and a farmhouse\u2014still anchors the property, but a permanent ballpark, a barn-turned restaurant and bar, an event center and a youth sports complex under construction now surround it.<\/p>\n
A permanent ballpark replaces the temporary structure<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest thing obviously would be our full-time professional ballpark,\u201d said Keith Rahe, executive director of Dyersville Events Inc., speaking on what\u2019s changed at the site since the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds arrived in Dyersville in 2022.<\/p>\n
The previous MLB games at the site used a temporary setup. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe diamond itself is permanent, but everything around it, they came in, they constructed, and then when the event was over, they took it down,\u201d Rahe said.<\/p>\n
The permanent ballpark will host the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Youth sports complex on the way<\/p>\n
The movie site said it hosted 637 youth baseball teams in 2025, marking an economic impact of $14.2 million.<\/p>\n
A new youth sports complex, currently under construction, is set to feature four fields in the spring, with room to expand.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan\u2019t wait for that. We\u2019re going to have the turf infields, grass outfields, and just a beautiful complex, so really take what we\u2019re doing from a tournament standpoint with baseball, softball, and senior baseball and that and really enhance that and grow that even more,\u201d Rahe said.<\/p>\n
Protecting the brand<\/p>\n
When asked whether the site\u2019s growth threatens the character of the original movie location, Rahe said the brand\u2019s preservation is his priority.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one cares about that more than me. I got to be honest with you. I spent 37 years building this brand, protecting this brand. No one cares more about that than what I do,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel [the growth] doesn\u2019t take away from the site. It adds to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rahe said continued development is necessary to keep the site viable. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to be able to do things. You have to be able to generate excitement and traffic and that cash flow in order to sustain someplace and to grow and keep it alive for not only this generation, but the next generations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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