MLB, Trump administration mulling baseball game in National Park: Report

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Trump administration are considering hosting a baseball game in a national park, according to a new report.

The Washington Post reported Saturday that MLB and White House officials told the outlet that the league had broached the topic of a game happening at a national park to the Trump administration. Two sources close to the situation said that the administration had looked for areas in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming for the construction of a baseball park for an MLB game.

According to a statement the Post obtained from the White House, the league questioned “if it was possible to host a game at a national park, similar to the Field of Dreams game,” referencing a game MLB occasionally hosts in Iowa , celebrating the 1989 movie.

“This is not a Presidential directive, nor is it being directed by the White House. It’s also not being driven by the Department of Interior,” the White House added. “Therefore, this is not a White House or Administration priority.”

The Hill has reached out to the White House and MLB for comment on the reported plan.

The Trump administration has a history of looking to private use of national park land, recently eyeing a land swap that would hand over a portion of Yosemite National Park to a private company, per a document submitted to Congress.

The National Park Service (NPS) stated in the document that a landowner was aiming to link their property with a park service road to facilitate commercial development.

The agency said it was “working with the landowner on a land exchange that will … enable NPS to convey an interest in land.”