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Savannah Bananas bringing Banana Ball to Neyland Stadium

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Savannah Bananas
Savannah Bananas

The Savannah Bananas are coming to Knoxville next spring and will play the Texas Tailgaters in a baseball game at Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium. The team announced their 2026 tour Thursday night, which also includes other stadium games at Florida State, Iowa and Texas A&M, among others. 

The Bananas will play at Neyland Stadium on May 23, after playing at Covenant Health Park in Knoxville on May 21. 

Fans interested in tickets can join a ticket waitlist lottery on the Savannah Bananas website. The ticket lottery closes on October 31. 

Other college football venues on Savannah Bananas 2026 stadium tour

The Bananas will play at Florida State’s Doak Campbell Stadium February 28, at North Carolina’s Kenan Stadium April 11 and 12, at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field on May 2, at Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium on June 13, at Oregon’s Autzen Stadium June 27 and 28 and at Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium July 3 and 4.

They will also play at Gillette Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots, on August 28 and 29. 

The Bananas this year played games at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium, Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park.

The Bananas in 2026 will also play at AutoZone Park in Memphis, the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Petco Park in San Diego, Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Yankee Stadium and Truist Park, among other stops.

A closer look at Banana Ball

The Bananas play their own brand of baseball against teams such as the Party Animals, Firefighters, Tailgaters, Coconuts and Clowns. 

The rules of Banana Ball include innings being worth points, a two-hour time limit, no stepping out, not bunting, no walks and batters stealing first. Foul balls caught by fans are counted as outs. 

Banana Ball also includes players taking part in choreographed dances, skits, over-the-top celebrations and other in-game antics. 

Banana Ball was tested for the first time at Lander University in November 2018 and the team played their first game at Grayson Stadium in Savannah in June 2020.

The team went on the road and began selling out stadium in 2021 and went on tour in 2022. ESPN started broadcasting Banana Ball games in August 2022 and the first full season began in 2023. 

The National Baseball Hall of Fame also debuted a Banana Ball exhibit in 2023.