Savanna Bananas at Kinnick stadium
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I can't grasp the dimensions of a baseball diamond inside Kinnick. One outfield wall would be like 170 feet? Slap a giant black and gold monster wall to it and block seating below row 30?
Savannah Bananas will bring their zany baseball to Kinnick Stadium next July 3-4
The immensely popular barnstorming baseball/entertainment team will bring its fun and talent to Iowa’s football stadium for two nightsKinnick Stadium will have a capacity for 65,000 fans for the 2 games. Given the national box office success of the Bananas in 2025, a pair of sellouts may be what Kinnick sees.
As of Sept. 22, more than 2.2 million fans had attended games on this year’s Banana Ball World Tour. An April game at Clemson University’s Memorial Stadium drew 81,000, with all the tickets gone within 4 hours of going on sale.
The way to try to get tickets is to register in a lottery at the team’s website, bananaball.com. The lottery will be open through the end of October. If selected, fans will have an opportunity to continue through the verification process.
The full story:
Savannah Bananas will bring their zany baseball to Kinnick Stadium next July 3-4
Kinnick Stadium is adding another out-of-the-box sports spectacle to its lore.
When they did it at Clemson it was very short to left field, which I’m sure they’ll do again at Kinnick. Home plate will be near the visitor’s tunnel, under the Children’s Hospital.
They could do it like the old Polo Grounds where it’s equally short down each line and deep as hell to center field. Have home be where the SEZ goal post is.
Polo Grounds
Left field should be ok.
BUT, as you go from left to right, you run out of real estate.
EDIT: Or who knows, based on the post above. LOL
This 13 minutes is worth your time & it helps explain how they are (and got) so popular.
And talk about a nice free ad from CBS TV.
And talk about a nice free ad from CBS TV.
I just signed up for their ticket lottery at bananaball.com.
The lottery closes on October 31.
Savannah Bananas tickets cost between $35 and $60 for standard seats and $100 to $125 for VIP experiences, including early entrance and meet-and-greets.
These prices include all taxes, and there are no additional service or convenience fees when purchasing directly from their official seller, Fans First Tickets.
However, due to high demand, tickets often sell out instantly, leading to prices on the secondary (resale) market that are significantly higher than the original cost.
Baseball as comic theater. White Sox and Rockies fans already know the feeling, haha
First time an entertaining offense will be in Kinnick since Caitlin played there
Living under a rock?
It's the 21st century baseball version of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Please don't tell me you watch professional wrestling.
Everyone should go once to see it. If you go back again, that's on you.
Nope. I also don’t watch this bs baseball.
It’s like the Chinese acrobats. Fun for 10 minutes. Just show me the tricks I don’t need the contrived game to string it out.
I think it would be good during tv timeouts of a football game. That would be more than enough for me.
I agree, it is like the Globetrotters, but for young kids...it is the bomb. I am hopeful to draw tickets so I can take my grandsons. I know they would love it.
It's family entertainment. They also support a lot of good charities.
I love the insinuation from Obscure's post that being like the Globetrotters is a bad thing. The Globetrotters have been around for 100 years, longer than most professional franchises.
Be thankful it’s not everybody’s cup of tea. Do you really want millions of people entering for the ticket lottery?
I wish damn near nobody wanted to go to the real MLB game held at Field of Dreams because then I might get lucky.
Awesome news. Banana Ball is so much fun to watch. It's great that Kinnick will be hosting a game. These always sell out and require a lottery system to even get a ticket.
Let the old boomers stay angry in their retirement homes about this. Kinnick will be rocking when they're in town.
Let the old boomers stay angry in their retirement homes about this. Kinnick will be rocking when they're in town.
Can't say I'm really interested in it, but for those sayings it's just the Globetrotters of baseball, it actually isn't quite like that. Sure some of it is theatre and they script some of the performances, but the games actually are real. The Bananas and the teams they play are all high level players, and unlike the Globetrotters the Bananas don't always win. Basically they integrate some flair into actual competitive games.
outfielders doing somersaults while catching fly balls is impressive
and the guy on stilts batting (and pitching?) is kinda fun
The 60 minutes piece is pretty interesting. (above) Check it out.
Savannah Bananas will bring their zany baseball to Kinnick Stadium next July 3-4
The immensely popular barnstorming baseball/entertainment team will bring its fun and talent to Iowa’s football stadium for two nights
Kinnick Stadium will have a capacity for 65,000 fans for the 2 games. Given the national box office success of the Bananas in 2025, a pair of sellouts may be what Kinnick sees.
As of Sept. 22, more than 2.2 million fans had attended games on this year’s Banana Ball World Tour. An April game at Clemson University’s Memorial Stadium drew 81,000, with all the tickets gone within 4 hours of going on sale.
The way to try to get tickets is to register in a lottery at the team’s website, bananaball.com. The lottery will be open through the end of October. If selected, fans will have an opportunity to continue through the verification process.
The full story:
Savannah Bananas will bring their zany baseball to Kinnick Stadium next July 3-4
Kinnick Stadium is adding another out-of-the-box sports spectacle to its lore.www.thegazette.com
Savannah Bananas tickets cost between $35 and $60 for standard seats and $100 to $125 for VIP experiences.
Lets say the ave ticket price is $50 x 81,000 (tickets sold at Clemson) = $4,050,000 in ticket revenue for this one baseball game
Why is that a weird question? No way they fill Kinnick. It's cheesy circus show.
I didn’t make it that far in the segment, I guess.
I’ve lost all hope in this country if adults are selling out NFL stadiums and paying to see Savanna Banana.