The 1989 movie Field of Dreams saw an Iowa paddock of corn transformed into a diamond for pitching and batting.

Closer to home, Wodonga Council has its own field of dreams.

While cows may be grazing around Baranduda Fields now, the city anticipates the air there will one day echo to the sounds of "howzat" or "ball" rather than the moos of Angus heifers.

Planning is underway to have the area turned into a venue for cricket tutelage and contests as well as football and netball matches.

Cricket Albury-Wodonga chairman Michael Erdeljac has signalled bat and ball authorities from Cricket Australia down have indicated interest in a high performance centre being established at Baranduda.

While this is exciting, the realisation of the council's dream largely rests on Victorian and federal government funding grants to kickstart the $20 million first stage.

To that end, the council has strived to attract money from the higher levels of government.

In the case of the Victorian Government that involves tapping into a $100 million kitty which had previously been earmarked for regional cities by the Labor administration.

Mayor Anna Speedie and chief executive Patience Harrington have been lobbying for a share of the pool which was flagged before the 2014 state election.

Wodonga has a reasonable argument for a significant share of the $100 million.

Data comparing recurrent grant funding for Victorian regional cities in 2015 shows Wodonga's tally of about $11 million was well below the average of about $28 million.

Wangaratta, despite a smaller, population, received nearly $20 million and Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Latrobe all received above average amounts.

With the Victorian Government having introduced rate capping there is an argument that Spring Street will need to up its funding for a local government sector squeezed by reduced income.

Planning for big ticket projects is likely to be hampered by the new system.

So without help from governments there is the prospect that the land at Baranduda will continue to be a field of dreams and whether they will come if it is built remains a moot point.