Following completion of this game, BrightView will again oversee field management for MLB's Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa., where the sports turf team has maintained historic Bowman Field since the inaugural contest was played in 2017. The Field of Dreams game is yet another special project in a long line of celebrated games that BrightView has assisted MLB. "Each project we work on with Major League Baseball is unique and presents its own challenges, but Murray and his crew are the best in the business and they always rise to the occasion."ģ0,000 cubic yards of material was excavatedĤ,000 tons of sand and 2,000 tons of pea gravel was installed under the new grassġ59 acres of corn, standing 10 to 12 feet tall, surround the fieldĨ Iowans work on BrightView's gameday grounds crewīrightView is the nation's leading commercial landscape company, providing a wide range of services, from design, maintenance, and snow and ice removal to tree care, golf course maintenance, sports turf, and more.
Field of dreams movie#
"MLB at Field of Dreams exemplifies BrightView's passion for and commitment to helping bring grandiose ideas, improbable concepts, and even movie dreams to life," said Andrew Masterman, BrightView President and Chief Executive Officer. We built it, and they came."Ĭome gametime, BrightView's 12 person grounds crew, which includes eight native Iowans, is responsible for mowing, painting, and lining the field, as well as raking the base paths, grooming the infield, and changing bases between innings. "Our goal was to build a field that not only replicates the Field of Dreams movie magic, but make it so players are literally stepping out of the cornfield onto a first-class major league field that has been transplanted in the middle of an Iowa farm. "This was an incredibly satisfying project," said Cook. The team also managed the planting of the corn that is part of the iconic outfield background. Led by Murray Cook, President of BrightView's Sports Turf division, BrightView performed all site work and constructed the ballfield, bullpens, fencing, and foul poles, as well as oversaw installation of the outfield wall, backstop net, and various player-related areas.
In fact, the distance from the movie site's homeplate to the MLB field's homeplate is exactly 1,000 feet.
Field of dreams series#
Since MLB announced the Field of Dreams series in 2019, BrightView has worked with MLB to draw up plans and carve out and maintain an MLB caliber ballfield in a cornfield adjacent to the Dyersville farm where the movie was filmed and the original field still stands. And the sequel, featuring the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs, promises to be just as epic. With the second installment of the Field of Dreams classic scheduled for August 11, BrightView is again working with MLB to bring this vision to life and ensure the field conforms to major league playing standards. BrightView, the Official Field Consultant of Major League Baseball, is working with MLB to prepare the ballfield for the 2022 edition of the Field of Dreams game.
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