{"id":429810,"date":"2026-10-16T20:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429810\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:12:09","slug":"savannah-bananas-bringing-banana-ball-to-tropicana-field-for-two-nights-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429810\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Bananas bringing Banana Ball to Tropicana Field for two nights in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 Banana Ball is headed to Tropicana Field next year.<\/p>\n<p>The Savannah Bananas announced they will play at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on May 7 and May 8, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature the Savannah Bananas and the Coconuts as part of the organization&#8217;s traveling Banana Ball tour.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its entertainment-focused style of baseball, Banana Ball combines on-field competition with choreographed dances, trick plays, fan interaction and other nontraditional elements that have helped make the team a national attraction.<\/p>\n<p>Fans interested in attending must enter <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lottery.fansfirsttickets.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the ticket lottery through the Banana Ball website<\/a>. Organizers said the lottery remains open through Oct. 31, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information, including game times and event details, will be released at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>For Tampa Bay, the announcement adds another high-profile event to Tropicana Field&#8217;s calendar and is expected to draw fans from across Florida.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792181529_376_ANNETTE.GUTIERREZ.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pasco County mom of 5 takes in 3 children left without food or power whose mother faces neglect charges<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine Young, a mother of 5, opened her home to three neglected girls as their mother faces child neglect charges for leaving them without food, power or water.<\/p>\n<p>Pasco County mom of 5 takes in 3 children whose mother faces neglect charges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 Banana Ball is headed to Tropicana Field next year. The Savannah Bananas announced they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[46610,81662,596,107032,72408,168804,202,204,203,199,168805,201,200,5910,3670,8125],"class_list":["post-429810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-banana-ball","tag-banana-ball-world-tour","tag-pinellas-county","tag-pinellas-news","tag-savannah-bananas","tag-savannah-bananas-florida","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-events","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tropicana-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}