Savannah Bananas Will Tour In 2024, Here’s What You Need To Know
The greatest show in baseball will be back on tour next year. The Savannah Bananas announced yesterday that their banana ball schedule for 2024 will be released on Thursday, October 5.
Here Is What You Need To Know
Tickets historically sell out incredibly fast. So, the Savannah Bananas have detailed specific instructions to prepare to make sure you have a fair chance at scoring tickets.
“These aren’t your typical tickets,” the organization states. To start, tickets are affordable at $35 apiece. There are no taxes or surprise fees on top of that price.
Great, So How Do I Secure Tickets?
On October 5 at 7 pm EST, the Savannah Bananas will stream a live event on their YouTube channel. During this event, they are expected to reveal all of the cities that will host next season’s “Banana Ball” events. Immediately after the livestream ends, the ticket lottery list will open up. The direct link to enter the ticket lottery will be posted all over the Savannah Bananas sites and socials for all to follow. Then, you follow the instructions to have your name in the ticket lottery.
Here’s the catch. Entering the lottery does not guarantee you have secured tickets. “A random drawing will take place about two months before the event,” the Savannah Bananas explain. If your name is selected, you then have the chance to purchase tickets to the event in your city. Finally, the ticket lottery closes on December 1, 2023. If you have not entered by then, you will lose your chance to have your name drawn for tickets.
What Else?
There have been hints about new Banana Ball experiences that will take place during next year’s tour and games. On the official Instagram announcement yesterday, new teams, special appearances, and new rules were among the teasers that may be part of the Savannah Bananas 2024 experience.
This past year’s tour included the Bananas playing their rival Party Animals (that team is also owned by the Bananas owner Jesse Cole) in select markets nationwide. The 2023 tour started in February in West Palm Beach, Florida. It went all the way until September 16, with the last game in Cooperstown, New York.
Here Are The Boston Legends That Played With The Savannah Bananas
The Savannah Bananas rolled their high-flying baseball game into Massachusetts this week, and surprisingly, they had a few Boston legends join them on the field.
On Wednesday night, the minor league baseball club (with the very bright uniforms) took their game to Campanelli Stadium in Brockton. However, the game quickly sold-out upon tickets going on sale.
Back in October, the Savannah Bananas announced they were bringing their “banana ball” on tour. This would bring the ball club to 33 cities in 20 states over the course of the 2023 summer.
“The 2023 world tour will be the most mind-boggling, exhilarating, craziest, and fun thing that has ever happened in sports,” said Bananas head coach Tyler Gillum, in a press release issued by the club. Forty players from the team are part of each tour stop.
And in Boston, two local legends took the field as well. One of them fit in perfectly with the Bananas. He was a character himself when he helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series in 2004. His unique look and personality was a Banana before the Bananas. Next, a local college football hero who also spent some time with the Patriots took the Campanelli Stadium field as well.
Banana Ball Highlights
Boston.com reported that in addition to these appearances, fans were treated to “raining donuts, dancing umpires, the tallest baseball player ever, and walk-off win.” Unfortunately, the Bananas were on the wrong side of the home run. The Party Animals ultimately won the game. The Party Animals are the rival team that travel with the Bananas on this baseball tour. The team is also owned by Jesse Cole (Savannah Bananas team owner).
The Boston legends who made an appearance with the Savannah Bananas on Wednesday night played different roles in the entertainment. In fact, their crowd-thrilling participation came within different innings of the game.
It is unknown if these pros will be part of the Savannah Bananas games in Portland, Maine this weekend. However, here who is made the trip back to town on Wednesday.
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