Field of Dreams field for sale

Young Drachma · 05-14-2010, 02:26 PM

For Sale: The Field of Dreams

For the bargain price of $5.4 million dollars.

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In "Field of Dreams," Kevin Costner's character builds a ballpark out of a corn field because a voice says: "If you build it, he will come."

Well, now he can buy it, and so can anyone else.

Don and Becky Lansing, the owners of the site near Dyersville, Iowa, where the field was built by Universal Studios, said they're selling the property. The asking price is $5.4 million.

The couple said they love the land, which has been in Don Lansing's family for more than a century, but they're ready to retire.

"It's really time for us to head to the locker room. Maybe that sounds corny. I don't care," Becky Lansing said. "We really would just love to become spectators. We want to sit in the bleachers."

The site has been a popular tourist destination. Up for sale is the diamond, a two-bedroom house, six outbuildings that include a concession stand, and a 193-acre parcel.

MikeVic · 05-14-2010, 02:28 PM

Can we buy it and make it the micronation of FOFC?

MalcPow · 05-14-2010, 02:30 PM

Can we change this to "Field of Dreams field fielding offers"?

Greyroofoo · 05-14-2010, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

Can we buy it and make it the micronation of FOFC?

I got $50 to chip in.

Ksyrup · 05-14-2010, 02:43 PM

Does it come with a parking lot for our aircraft carrier?

korme · 05-14-2010, 02:47 PM

A fake field from a movie is going for that price.

I'll just build my own and they'll come

Sun Tzu · 05-14-2010, 03:24 PM

I cry every time I watch that movie.

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molson · 05-14-2010, 03:41 PM

I still can't believe they plowed all that corn for a ball field. A ball field! No wonder Kevin Costner's weird brother-in-law was so pissed.

Maybe Joe Jackson should have stayed in heaven and those terrible farmers should have donated that food to the hungry.

MikeVic · 05-14-2010, 03:46 PM

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Located at the intersection of fantasy and reality

Horrible.

Subby · 05-14-2010, 03:50 PM

I would pay 5.4m for the technology to replace Amy Madigan and James Earl Jones with less irritating actors.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 05-14-2010, 03:52 PM

Amy Madigan, yes. James Earl Jones...really?

Sun Tzu · 05-14-2010, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Subby

I would pay 5.4m for the technology to replace Amy Madigan and James Earl Jones with less irritating actors.

Blasphemy!!!

Subby · 05-14-2010, 03:56 PM

That was one of my top 10 movies for a long time, but upon re-watching it recently it didn't hold up as well as I had hoped. Amy Madigan was over the top cringe-worthy and I thought James Earl was mis-cast.

Just one man's opinion.

Sun Tzu · 05-14-2010, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Subby

That was one of my top 10 movies for a long time, but upon re-watching it recently it didn't hold up as well as I had hoped. Amy Madigan was over the top cringe-worthy and I thought James Earl was mis-cast.

Just one man's opinion.

I don't know that anybody in Hollywood could have delivered the "Baseball" speech in the end as well as Jones did. If he did nothing else in any other movie out there, that alone was enough to give him a permanent spot in my heart.

FBPro · 05-14-2010, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I cry every time I watch that movie.

[/softandtendermoment]

No doubt, also played on the field....wife and I took a trip there back in the day.

Drake · 05-14-2010, 09:38 PM

This is a much better microinvestment opportunity than the FOFC aircraft carrier.

(I still wish we had the aircraft carrier, though.)

JeeberD · 05-15-2010, 05:50 AM

I sprained my ankle sliding into third there when I was 12 years old. I should have sued their asses, taken the field for myself, and sold it for 5 million myself.

Opportunity lost...

sterlingice · 05-16-2010, 10:05 PM

They'd better not sell it to someone who will pave it over before I have a chance to visit. We were planning on going back to Iowa for a week and visiting the stuff around the state where my wife grew up including that but it's on hold for now.

SI

BYU 14 · 05-17-2010, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I don't know that anybody in Hollywood could have delivered the "Baseball" speech in the end as well as Jones did. If he did nothing else in any other movie out there, that alone was enough to give him a permanent spot in my heart.

So true, goose bumpy stuff.

05-14-2010, 02:43 PM	#5
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Does it come with a parking lot for our aircraft carrier? __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

05-14-2010, 03:24 PM	#7
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	I cry every time I watch that movie. [/softandtendermoment] __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

05-14-2010, 03:41 PM	#8
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	I still can't believe they plowed all that corn for a ball field. A ball field! No wonder Kevin Costner's weird brother-in-law was so pissed. Maybe Joe Jackson should have stayed in heaven and those terrible farmers should have donated that food to the hungry. Last edited by molson : 05-14-2010 at 03:42 PM.

05-14-2010, 03:50 PM	#10
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	I would pay 5.4m for the technology to replace Amy Madigan and James Earl Jones with less irritating actors. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

05-14-2010, 03:56 PM	#13
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	That was one of my top 10 movies for a long time, but upon re-watching it recently it didn't hold up as well as I had hoped. Amy Madigan was over the top cringe-worthy and I thought James Earl was mis-cast. Just one man's opinion. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

05-14-2010, 02:28 PM	#2
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	Can we buy it and make it the micronation of FOFC?

05-14-2010, 02:30 PM	#3
MalcPow College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Diego	Can we change this to "Field of Dreams field fielding offers"?

05-14-2010, 02:47 PM	#6
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	A fake field from a movie is going for that price. I'll just build my own and they'll come

05-14-2010, 03:52 PM	#11
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Amy Madigan, yes. James Earl Jones...really?

05-14-2010, 09:38 PM	#16
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	This is a much better microinvestment opportunity than the FOFC aircraft carrier. (I still wish we had the aircraft carrier, though.)

05-15-2010, 05:50 AM	#17
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	I sprained my ankle sliding into third there when I was 12 years old. I should have sued their asses, taken the field for myself, and sold it for 5 million myself. Opportunity lost... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

05-16-2010, 10:05 PM	#18
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	They'd better not sell it to someone who will pave it over before I have a chance to visit. We were planning on going back to Iowa for a week and visiting the stuff around the state where my wife grew up including that but it's on hold for now. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

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