After filming completed, the Lansing family kept their portion of the field intact and added a small hut where visitors could buy souvenirs.

The Ameskamp family returned their land to farming for a year, but then restored the remainder of the field and opened up their own souvenir stand.

In 1990, Keith Rahe, a neighboring farmer, put together a baseball team dubbed the "Ghost Players" to entertain the visitors at the field.

The Magic of the Field of Dreams – chronicles the story of how the once make-believe location has been turned into a real and tangible place that beckons people from across the world.

The book, which has also been translated into Japanese, "offers readers a glimpse of this slice of heaven here on Earth and shows how it continues to affect people who step between the chalk lines.

[4] On October 30, 2011, it was reported that a sale had been agreed upon with a private partnership called Go the Distance Baseball,[5] founded by Denise Stillman,[6] which has owned and preserved the movie site since December 28, 2012.

Over Father's Day weekend 2014, the field was home to a series of events to commemorate its 25th anniversary, including an exhibition game featuring Kevin Costner, Dwier Brown and others.

The project was initially intended to open in 2014, coinciding with the film's 25th anniversary, but confronted difficulties finding funding and legal action from neighboring property owners, who objected to the commercial re-zoning of the site.

[13] Major League Baseball (MLB) planned for a 2020 regular-season game to be held at a temporary facility constructed at a distance of approximately 500 ft (150 m) in the cornfields.