{"id":467702,"date":"2026-10-16T09:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467702\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:42:23","slug":"savannah-bananas-to-play-in-san-antonio-for-the-first-time-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467702\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Bananas to play in San Antonio for the first time in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bananas are up against the Texas Tailgaters twice at the Alamodome<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4BNUTPNF2VH3NJHFRJJVMABLL4.jpg\"\/>Savannah Bananas pitcher Kelsie Whitmore, left, and infielder\/catcher Eric Jones, right, hold up flashlights during a game against the Firefighters during their &#8220;Banana Ball World Tour&#8221; Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson,  Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The Savannah Bananas are choosing to make two stops at a downtown San Antonio stadium next year to play against a familiar Texas team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The Bananas announced on Thursday they\u2019re bringing \u201cBanana Ball\u201d to the Alamodome for two games against the Texas Tailgaters in September 2027, according to a news release. Fans can watch the two teams play Friday, Sept. 10, and Saturday, Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The release said fans wanting tickets must register through the <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/bananaball.com\/__;!!JzAkRiGGxM5L!tgk-uyM9YHA76cjwCRK5dvD9SCbpfQB-q6BXdNoiaC5q-2591JPw1dlljJ4R4x2k1PAly3h19Naw0-rKknY$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/bananaball.com\/__;!!JzAkRiGGxM5L!tgk-uyM9YHA76cjwCRK5dvD9SCbpfQB-q6BXdNoiaC5q-2591JPw1dlljJ4R4x2k1PAly3h19Naw0-rKknY$\">Bananas website<\/a> before the night of Halloween (Oct. 31). <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Registration doesn\u2019t guarantee a chance for admission. The release said a random drawing will be used to decide who gets to buy tickets.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3FJFK7YNURAGVERDMQUTGRB6SA.jpg\"\/>FILE &#8211; Savannah Bananas&#8217; Dakota &#8220;Stilts&#8221; Albritton pitches against the Firefighters during their &#8220;Banana Ball World Tour,&#8221; Sept. 19, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson, File) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The games are part of the 2027 Banana Ball World Tour, where the team will play internationally for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Banana Ball isn\u2019t unfamiliar for local fans of the Tailgaters. The baseball team played in front of sold-out crowds the past two years at Nelson Wolff Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Things to Do<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792143742_946_ksat_thingstodo.webp\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Things_To_Do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Things_To_Do\/\">Things To Do<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorSamuel Rocha IV headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792143743_304_IFW2JOB4MJCBDDYEMFA4I3SNH4.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/SRBYREIS6TRV7FEISOBV\/\" title=\"View Samuel Rocha IV&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Rocha IV<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Samuel Rocha joined KSAT as a Newsroom Trainee in the spring of 2026. He is a San Antonio native and a graduate of San Antonio College and Texas A&amp;M University-San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bananas are up against the Texas Tailgaters twice at the Alamodome Savannah Bananas pitcher Kelsie Whitmore, left,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3082,1816,993,29245,6527,82,84,83,156516,154,69],"class_list":["post-467702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-alamodome","tag-baseball","tag-downtown","tag-ksat-sports-now","tag-ksatkids","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-savannah-bananas","tag-sports","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}