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If you show it, he will come.
Actor Kevin Costner will be on hand for a free screening of 1989 baseball classic “Field of Dreams” this Saturday at Scottsdale Stadium.
The screening will take place after the championship game of the Western Wiffle Ball Classic tournament. The game starts at 6:30 p.m. and should last about an hour.
Fans entering the stadium after 6:30 p.m. will receive free admission and seating, which will includes stadium and in-field seating. All seats are first come, first serve. People wanting to attend can reserve tickets on Eventbrite. Scottsdale Stadium is located at 7408 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be in the same stadium and watch Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner,” Western Wiffle Ball League founder Logan Rose said in the event announcement. “I was one of those kids inspired by the movie, and thanks to my parents, we built our own wiffle ball field in my backyard so I could literally play on my own field of dreams. And here we are today, meeting the man who inspired it all.”
Rose, a Valley resident, founded his own league and event as a teenager during the pandemic. In 2025, the Western Wiffle Ball Classic will welcome teams from more than 20 states, including Arizona, California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, as they battle for bragging rights and a trophy.
“Field of Dreams,” based on the novel “Shoeless Joe” by W.P. Kinsella, is the story of an Iowa farmer who hears a disembodied voice that leads him to build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards. It also stars Amy Madigan, Ray Liotta, Gaby Hoffman, James Earl Jones and Burt Lancaster.
This isn’t the first time this year that Costner has visited Scottsdale. The actor was in the Valley in February when Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West gave him its first-ever Western Spirit Award at a celebrity fundraiser gala celebrating the museum’s 10th anniversary.
