The Field of Dreams is now for sale. "Field of Dreams" is the move made in 1989 about an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield. On land near Dubuque, Iowa, the Field of Dreams was built by Universal Studios for the movie. Building the set for the movie turned the Field of Dreams farm into a tourist destination for many. The asking price is $ 5.4 million for the Field of Dreams farm–193 acres of land including the field and surrounding land plus the house used in the movie, two souvenir stands and six other buildings.
The Field of Dreams farm
The Field of Dreams is for sale 20 years following the movie was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award that ended up going to “Driving Miss Daisy.” ”Build it and they’ll come” was the theme in the “Field of Dreams” script. With about 65,000 visitors a year, the Field of Dreams farm stayed after the movie was over. ”Build it and they will come” became an American catch phrase, mostly for costly new major league baseball parks, built with cheap payday loans of taxpayer dollars that would increase attendance and line the pockets of team owners for a couple of years until the novelty wore off.
The Field of Dreams and also the movie script
The Field of Dreams script is adapted from the 1982 book “Shoeless Joe,” by W. P. Kinsella. Kevin Costner plays Ray Kinsella who’s a previous city boy trying to farm in rural Iowa with his family. The line in the “Field of Dreams” script that became the most famous occur when Ray walks through his cornfield and hears a voice in his head say “If you build it, he will come.”. Ray resents his father for never taking risks in his life. Ray follows the advice of the voice in his head and carves a diamond out of his cornfield. ”If you build it, he will come,” was soon co-opted into “If you built it, they’ll come” by major league baseball owners building new ball parks.
Huge price tags on Field of Dreams
The Field of Dreams is going for sale at a price far above that of the farmland within the area. The DesMoines Register reports that a 2009 farmland value survey by Iowa State University showed values for top-quality land in Dubuque County, where the field is located, as high as $ 4,685. At that rate, the sellers believe Field of Dreams memorabilia adds about $ 4.5 million in tourism value to the 193-acre parcel worth about $ 904,205. The Field of Dreams is for sale without stipulations; the buyers could plow the field and grow corn. The price of corn would have to sky rocket if which were ever to happen.
Article Resources
the Field of Dreams farm
http://www.fieldofdreamsmoviesite.com/distance.html
“Shoeless Joe,” by W. P. Kinsella
http://books.google.com/books?id=4zx2VLxLyUYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Shoeless+Joe,%22+by+W.+P.+Kinsella&source=bl&ots=_uZduc3aOU&sig=UD2TojMWrXRq4r1ifqTr0o4gcgA&hl=en&ei=yJLtS_DuGZLSsQPE1oTCBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false
DesMoines Register reports
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100513/NEWS/100513011/-Field-of-Dreams-site-for-sale
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