Inside the numbers that it takes to create Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa
DYERSVILLE — All eyes in the baseball world will once again be on rural Dyersville this week. The Iowa town and its specially constructed stadium located near the diamond from the iconic 1989 movie "Field of Dreams" will host a big-league game between the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.
Building and maintaining the park, which hosted a game between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees last season, hasn't been easy. And it requires tons of effort and resources. BrightView, MLB's official field consultant, handled construction of the park and provided this week these numbers behind the process of maintaining and building it.
Take a look:
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Number of core team members
20
Volunteer tarp crew members
159
Acres of corn that surround the ballfield
250
Yards between the movie site diamond to the big-league field
300
Pounds of grass seed used to overseed the field
2,000
Tons of pea gravel installed under the turf
4,000
Tons of sand installed under the turf
30,000
Cubic yards of material moved to build the ballpark
100,000
Square feet of sod
Tommy Birch, the Register's sports enterprise and features reporter, has been working at the newspaper since 2008. He's the 2018 and 2020 Iowa Sportswriter of the Year. Reach him at tbirch@dmreg.com or 515-284-8468. Follow him on Twitter @TommyBirch.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Inside the numbers it takes to create Field of Dreams game in Iowa
