MLB’s Field of Dreams game is rapidly moving toward becoming a permanent part of the league schedule.
Just hours after completing the 2026 version of the event between the Phillies and Twins on Thursday night, creating another feel-good, nostalgia-filled moment for the sport, the league unveiled plans to return to Iowa in 2027. The fourth version of the Field of Dreams game will involve the Red Sox and Royals on Aug. 12 next year.
While MLB has been careful in many other special-event games to fight against complacency and diminishing returns, the games at the filming site of the 1989 Field of Dreams movie have become something else entirely and are cherished by fans and players alike.
The continuation of Field of Dreams games, meanwhile, will take further advantage of a series of structural upgrades at the Dyersville, Iowa, locale. Those improvements added amenities for both fans and players, including permanent concession stands and locker rooms, but without detracting from the farm setting and expansive cornfields that are core to the appeal of these games.
NBC Sports will have the media rights for next year’s Field of Dreams event after Netflix streamed Thursday’s game exclusively and Fox carried the first two games, held in 2021 and 2022.
