The Trump administration is reportedly discussing a proposal with Major League Baseball to stage a game inside Wyoming’s vast Grand Teton National Park—a plan that would require a significant construction project.
MLB executives have contacted the White House about constructing a temporary or permanent stadium in Grand Teton for a special event modeled on the league’s popular Field of Dreams game, according to sources in MLB and the administration who spoke with the Washington Post.
An unnamed MLB official told the newspaper that the league began examining the possibility of creating a ballpark at Grand Teton following the success of the Field of Dreams games.
Major League Baseball has held three games at the Iowa cornfield made famous by the classic film Field of Dreams. The Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies played at the site in August.
In a statement to the Post, the White House said the proposed stadium was neither a presidential directive nor a priority for the administration.
Two people familiar with the proposal said National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands had visited Grand Teton to assess possible sites for a baseball stadium. Lands declined to comment on the visit when questioned by the Post.
Luther Propst, a Wyoming county commissioner, said he met with Lands during the visit but that they did not discuss constructing a ballpark in the park.
Propst strongly rejected the concept, telling the Post that a stadium would represent “a radical departure from the tradition of national parks.”
Major League Baseball has approached the Trump administration about building a stadium at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, pictured above
Trump previously directed the Department of the Interior through an executive order to create a plan for increasing revenue at national parks
A source said MLB is considering the proposal after the success of the Field of Dreams game at an Iowa cornfield, pictured above
Betsy Buffington, a regional director with the National Parks Conservation Association, also criticized the proposal.
“It is irreplaceable. There is no other Grand Teton that is home to bears and wolves and bison, elk and pronghorn,” Buffington told the Post.
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“So the idea that we would put a baseball stadium in Grand Teton National Park is just—what would the word be?—ludicrous. Crazy. Ridiculous. I mean, I just can’t fathom.”
Grand Teton National Park covers 310,000 acres in northwestern Wyoming, just south of Yellowstone. The park is home to 126 species during the summer and 58 in winter.
The National Parks Conservation Association has previously condemned policies pursued by the Trump administration. Earlier this month, the group accused the administration of moving at “a breakneck pace to dismantle our nation’s conservation legacy within our national parks and on public lands just beyond park boundaries.”
The NPCA pointed to a Congressional effort last year to sell more than three million acres of public land near Zion National Park, as well as Trump’s decision to reduce protected acreage in Utah.
In 2025, Trump signed an executive order aimed at helping “make America beautiful again by improving our nation’s parks.”
Three games have been held at the historic Iowa cornfield where Field of Dreams was filmed. The Chicago Cubs played at the site in 2022
Grand Teton spans 310,000 acres in northwestern Wyoming, south of Yellowstone. It supports 126 species in summer and 58 in winter, while conservationists have opposed the idea of building a ballpark there
The order directed the Secretary of the Interior to develop a strategy to increase revenue and rescinded diversity, equity and inclusion requirements in the National Park Service.
It’s unclear if plans to construct a baseball stadium in Grand Teton would be permanent. The Field of Dreams stadium was initially temporary, but was recently made permanent.
Hinchliffe Stadium, which is part of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson, New Jersey, is the only stadium in a national park.
Former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt also designated Wrigley Field a National Historic Landmark in 2020.
Our News Outlet has reached out to the White House, the Department of the Interior and MLB for comment.
