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The Week In News Field of Dreams
The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees played the first Major League Baseball game on Thursday night in a specially built field near the original “Field of Dreams” movie site in Dyersville, Iowa. The 1989 movie, based on W.P. Kinsella’s “Shoeless Joe,” portrays Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella, an Iowa corn farmer who hears a voice telling him, “If you build it, they will come.” Kinsella then proceeds, against the odds, to build a baseball diamond in the midst of his corn crop with the support of his wife and daughter. Costner attended the Thursday game. Delayed due to the pandemic, the game had originally been planned to be held between the White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals in 2020, after a scheduling issue precluded the Yankees from participating. However, the game was ultimately rescheduled, and the White Sox won 9-8 with a home run into the cornfields. Fans attending the game entered the original field before proceeding through the center cornfield on a path leading to the MLB Stadium. The stadium, constructed in 2019, dismantled in 2020, and reconstructed in 2021 for the game, has seating for up to 8,000 people.
line’s other three, which are located in western Canada.
The Rocky Mountaineer has been honored eight times by the World Travel Awards as the “World’s Leading Travel Experience by Train,” and in 2020, it won a Globe Travel Award for “Best Rail Company.” Passengers on the trip do not spend a night on the train; instead, they disembark and spend the night in a local hotel, paid for as part of the cost of the journey. Nicole Ford, communications director at Rocky Mountaineer, shared, “Our routes showcase some of the most spectacular scenery North America has to offer. Our trains only travel during the day and feature oversized windows so guests do not miss a moment of the ever-changing landscapes.” The Rocky Mountaineer’s routes also have passengers eating at their seats, with each row treated as a table in a restaurant, with personalized service, scheduled meals, and drinks on demand. Each car has a small outdoor viewing platform. The inaugural season will run through November 19.
Canadian Luxury Snake Fest Train Debuts First U.S. Route The Canadian Rocky Mountaineer luxury scenic train line has launched its first U.S. route. The two-day, one-night route runs through Denver, Colorado, and Moab, Utah, and is known as “Rockies to the Red Rocks.” The new route joins the
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