Dyersville, IA- The grant money awarded for the production of a “Field of Dreams” TV series in Iowa will be redirected to another tourism project.
Radio Iowa reports that the TV series was to be a prequel, featuring stories about characters in the Field of Dreams movie. In late June, Governor Reynolds announced the project was getting six million dollars from Destination Iowa, a state grant program financed with federal pandemic relief money.
Universal pulled its financing for the Field of Dreams series days later. The executive producer of the series told the Des Moines Register the project is suspended indefinitely and his team didn’t want to keep the six million dollars in limbo.
A spokeswoman for the Iowa Economic Development Authority says applications for about 28 million dollars worth of Destination Iowa grants are still open, but the deadline to apply is December 31st of this year.
Destination Iowa will reimburse the expenses, so none of the money was spent on the TV series.
