{"id":468100,"date":"2026-10-16T19:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468100\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T19:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:20:21","slug":"banana-ball-set-to-return-to-southwest-university-park-in-summer-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468100\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Ball set to return to Southwest University Park in summer 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Banana Ball is scheduled to return to Southwest University Park next summer, with the Texas Tailgaters set to play the Party Animals on June 18 and 19, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Tailgaters, the 2026 Banana Bowl champions, will play two nights of games in El Paso. The official ticket lottery list is open at b<a href=\"https:\/\/bananaball.com\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ananaball.com\/tickets.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joining the list does not guarantee a chance to buy tickets, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>Banana Ball made its El Paso debut in May 2026, drawing sold-out crowds for both games. <\/p>\n<p>The Tailgaters swept the Firefighters, winning 2-1 in Banana Ball points on May 15 and 4-1 on May 16.<\/p>\n<p>The fast-paced version of baseball is known for its modified rules and entertainment throughout the game. <\/p>\n<p>The 2027 series will bring a new matchup to the Borderland.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/bananaball.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bananaball.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Banana Ball is scheduled to return to Southwest University Park next summer, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-468100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468100","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=468100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}