About 159 acres of corn surround the field. The right field fence has a unique design - a mesh 7-foot-high green chain link fence with offset vertical support posts that helps accentuate the corn. "It's very reminiscent of old Comiskey Park in that fashion," said Murray Cook of Brightview, who oversaw the building of the playing field. Even the stadium's dimensions, 335 feet down the left and right field lines and 400 feet to center, are similar. A barn wood scoreboard was installed in right field. More: How a 2016 trip to 'Field of Dreams' site convinced MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to hold game thereĪ 12-foot wall was built in center field like Comiskey, for instance. Both teams' bullpens were also put behind the center field wall.More: Yes, the Field of Dreams is a real place.He found plenty of it and began mixing ideas of the old park into the design of the new one. Populous senior principal Todd Barnes, who had been to the old park as a fan, also looked through some photos for inspiration. They decided one of the ways to honor the White Sox was to use some designs from Chicago's old Comiskey Park.
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The idea was to pay homage to Iowa and the White Sox organization, an important part of the movie and one of the teams playing in the game. MLB partnered with Populous, BaAM Productions and BrightView to design and construct the temporary ballpark made specifically for the game. Thursday’s game has been a long time in the making for the "Field of Dreams" site, which began construction on the MLB park shortly after the game's announcement in August 2019.
Moments after walking onto the infield dirt along the first base line at Major League Baseball’s specially constructed ballpark in Dyersville on Monday, former Chicago White Sox player and manager Ozzie Guillen looked around and examined the site. View Gallery: Photos of MLB's Field of Dreams stadium before Yankees-White Sox gameĭYERSVILLE, Ia.