Savannah Bananas announce 2025 World Tour, new team

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The Savannah Bananas announced on Thursday that they will be touring 18 Major League Baseball stadiums and three football stadiums across 40 cities and 25 states. 

are bringing “The Greatest Show in Sports” (ESPN) to over two million fans,

Banana Ball will be traveling to the biggest stages in franchise history. 

Football Stadiums

The Bananas will face off against their biggest rivals, the Party Animals in three different football stadiums, they said.

The first is Clemson’s Memorial Stadium, known by Clemson fans as Death Valley. With a capacity of 81,500, the stadium will host the Bananas on April 26. 

Two weeks later, Banana Ball will go to its first NFL stadium, Nissan Stadium. The home of the Tennessee Titans has a capacity of 70,000.

For the final football stadium of 2025, the Bananas and Party Animals will play in front of 75,000 fans at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, the home of the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC, the Bananas said. 

“Our goal has always been to be Fans First and to take Banana Ball to as many fans as possible,” said Bananas owner Jesse Cole. “Now, to be at some of the largest stadiums in the entire country, these venues are something we never could have imagined. We know they will provide an electric atmosphere which will create some unforgettable nights for our fans.”

Major League Ballparks 

In addition to these football stadiums, the Bananas will be playing 36 games at 18 Major League Baseball stadiums. 

The Bananas will play in the first MLB stadium of the 2025 season on March 1 and 2, where they will return to loanDepot Park in Miami. The other stops are: 

The 2025 Banana Ball World Tour begins in Mesa, Arizona, where Sloan Park will host the Bananas on February 1 and February 2. They will remain in Arizona the following weekend, where the Bananas will play at Camelback Ranch, MLB’s state-of-the-art Spring Training facility for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Bananas will celebrate the ninth anniversary of the Bananas team name by opening up Savannah games February 21, 22, and 23. 

Along with Mesa, the Bananas will also return to Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and Washington D.C. in 2025. 

Texas Tailgaters

The Bananas will face off against their biggest rival, the Party Animals, as well as the Firefighters and the newest Banana Ball team, the Texas Tailgaters. 

“We’ve been excited about this brand for over a year,” Cole said. “Texas has shown unbelievable excitement and demand for Banana Ball since our first trip there to Sugarland in 2023. We believe these Texas Tailgaters are going to create an atmosphere that is unprecedented in sports.” 

The Tailgaters will be a part of a college tour, where they will face off against the Party Animals at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville and Davis Wade Stadium in Mississippi State. 

They will also headline a tour of their own across the state of Texas, with stops at Riders Field in Frisco, Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium in San Antonio, Dell Diamond in Round Rock and Minute Maid Park in Houston. 

Tour Championship & BBCL

This year’s tour will wrap up at Grayson Stadium where a Tour Championship will be held between the four teams on October 2 through October 5. 

This high stakes season ending championship will serve to usher in a new era of Banana Ball leading up to the creation of the Banana Ball Championship League (BBCL) in 2026.

“Banana Ball is getting more competitive and more entertaining,” said Bananas’ head coach Tyler Gillum. “It is a can’t miss show.”

All four team rosters will be filled with the most entertaining and talented players in the world, including former MLB stars and celebrity guests.

In 2024, former Major League stars Shane Victorino, Jamie Moyer, Joe Blanton, Ryan Howard, Jason Kipnis, Corey Kluber and Gio Gonzalez, to name a few, all joined the team during the tour. 

Banana Ball at Grayson Stadium

The Savannah Bananas said that they will be playing 30 home games in front of a sold out, 5,000-person crowd at a newly renovated Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Georgia in 2025. 

Renovations to Grayson Stadium Include:

• New state of the art 26x47ft video board
• Astro Turf playing surface
• LED Lights

Tickets

For the complete schedule and opportunity for tickets, visit www.bananaball.com/tickets and join the Ticket Lottery List to get the opportunity to be drawn in the lottery for a chance to purchase tickets. 

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