Dyersville, IA — They have built it and now the Big Hurt has come.
A controlling interest in the All-Star Ballpark Heaven and the Field of Dreams movie site near Dyersville, Iowa has been sold to a group calling themselves This is Heaven LLC. The transaction was announced this week.
Former White Sox slugger and Hall-of-Famer Frank Thomas will serve as CEO. Former Los Angeles Dodgers GM Dan Evans will be COO.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the transaction involves the purchase of all the interests in Go the Distance Baseball, which is owned by the Denise M. Stillman Trust.
The White Sox and the New York Yankees played in a custom-built field near the movie site in 2021.