DENVER — "Banana Ball" is coming to Colorado in 2025.
The Savannah Bananas, an unconventional independent baseball team known for its viral antics and fast-paced play, will tour to 18 Major League Baseball stadium and three football stadiums in 2025, the team announced Thursday.
The tour includes a stop at Coors Field in Denver on Saturday, Aug. 9, and Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025.
Savannah Bananas owner Jesse Cole said sellouts are expected at each of the tour stops.
For tickets, fans can enter a ticket lottery, which closes Nov. 1. A random drawing for tickets will take place two months before the events. Tickets for games at MLB stadiums will cost $40 to $80.
"We played in front of 1 million fans this past year," Cole told ESPN. "We're playing in front of 2 million fans next year. Maybe that sounds boastful, but our waitlist is at 3 million right now."
According to ESPN, the 39-game tour will also feature the Party Animals, the Firefighters and a new team, the Texas Tailgaters from March to September.
"At first people were like, 'Well you're just the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball,'" Cole said. "I do take that as a compliment because the Globetrotters fundamentally changed the game of basketball, and they're going on 100 years.
"But we look at ourselves as, we're building a sport. We're building something for the future generations to have fun with and really create something truly special. That is where this dream gets much bigger."
"It's something I could've never imagined," said Cole, a former collegiate pitcher. "Walt Disney has been my biggest mentor forever. He said, 'It's kind of fun to do the impossible.' I just feel, in many ways, we are doing the impossible."
