CNN: the Field of Dreams still draws fans
Dyersville, Iowa- More than 15 years after Ray Kinsella built it, people still come to the Field of Dreams. 65,000 baseball fans a year are drawn to Dyersville, to see the ball park Kevin Costner's character build in a cornfiled in the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams." Visitors come from all 50 states and dozens of countries.
"It's just a pickup game from morning to night". "A family from California meets a family from New York and they all play together."
"I really believe the Field of Dreams, over this length of time, has become a part of American culture," said Keith Rahe who manages the Ghost Players a community team made up from some of the ball players from the movie. The team shows up at the park each Sunday from June to September, emerging from the corn to host an hour-long baseball game with visitors.
"At noon, the guys appear out of the corn like they did in the movie," Rahe said. "I've seen it a thousand times and its still sends a shiver down my back."
There's a shaded area in right field where fans take a break from the game and watch the action with a cool drink at the picnic tables. There's no admission and the field owners get no city revenue for upkeep. Profits from the concessions run by the Lansing family and Left and Center Field help offset maintenance costs.
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