Major League Baseball will return to Dyersville, Iowa next season for the third Field of Dreams Game on the site made famous by the 1989 film starring Kevin Costner.
The Philadelphia Phillies will play the Minnesota Twins in the showcase event on Thursday, Aug. 13 with the game airing on Netflix.
“Major League Baseball is excited to return to Iowa in 2026 and to deliver a unique experience to the Twins, the Phillies, their players, our two Minor League teams, and fans across the game,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “We look forward to working with Netflix and creating an event that all sports fans can enjoy.”
The Twins will serve as the home team for the 2026 game.
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As mentioned in Manfred’s statement, there will be two games at the Field of Dreams site next season. The other matchup will feature the minor league affiliates of the Twins and the Chicago Cubs, the Triple-A St. Paul Saints and the Iowa Cubs, who will meet on Aug. 11.
The Phillies-Twins game will be the first regular-season game at the Field of Dreams site since 2022. The inaugural event in 2021 saw Tim Anderson’s walk-off home run help the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-8.
The following year, the Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals played in Dyersville, with the Cubs getting a 4-2 win.
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That event may not have featured the pageantry of Costner introducing the event, the players emerging from the cornstalks to take the field didn’t feel quite as special the second time, and the game wasn’t as dramatic. However, Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey had a catch on the field before the game, invoking the spirit of the beloved film.
MLB did not play a game at the Field of Dreams for the past two years while the site was sold to new owners and a permanent facility was constructed with fields for youth baseball and softball teams. August events were played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama (paying tribute to the Negro Leagues) in 2024 and Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee in 2025.
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The MLB regular season has featured games and series played at alternate sites since 2016, including Fort Bragg, Japan, South Korea and Puerto Rico, while also playing the annual Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
