The Savannah Bananas are spending the weekend in Foxborough, greeting fans ahead of two sold-out games at Gillette Stadium that mark the team's first appearance at the New England Patriots' home turf. Both the Friday and Saturday matchups, part of the team's sprawling 2026 world tour, sold out well in advance, drawing thousands of fans eager to see the sport's most theatrical spin on baseball up close.
According to CBS News Boston, the Bananas met with fans in the lead-up to the sold-out games, which are being held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, this weekend. The opponent for both nights is the Loco Beach Coconuts, a brand-new franchise introduced this season for the Banana Ball Championship League, according to Gillette Stadium.
This is not the Bananas' first trip to New England. The team previously sold out Boston's Fenway Park in June 2024, drawing more than 37,000 fans for just its second-ever appearance at a Major League Baseball ballpark, per CBS News Boston. That sellout helped establish the region as fertile ground for Banana Ball, setting the stage for this weekend's leap to an even bigger venue.
A Tour Built for NFL-Sized Crowds
Gillette Stadium's football seating capacity of 64,628 can expand past 70,000 for special events, making it one of the largest stops on the Bananas' 2026 circuit, according to GoTickets. The Foxborough dates are part of a tour spanning 45 states and 75 venues this year, including 14 Major League Baseball ballparks and nine football stadiums — the organization's largest national run to date, per the venue's event listing.
The scale reflects how far the team has traveled from its roots. Founded in 2016 by Jesse Cole as a collegiate summer league team in Savannah, Georgia, the Bananas walked away from traditional league play entirely in 2022 to run full-time exhibition tours, according to Wikipedia. What started as a local ballclub has become a national sports-entertainment act capable of filling stadiums built for professional football.
Two-Hour Games, No Bunting, No Mercy for Foul Balls
Banana Ball reworks the sport with a strict two-hour time limit, point-per-inning scoring, walk-sprints, a ban on bunting, a rule against stepping out of the batter's box, and an automatic out if a fan in the stands catches a foul ball, per the Daily Iowan. Between innings and at-bats, the show leans on stilt-walking pitchers, breakdancing coaches, synchronized team dances and walk-up musical performances designed to eliminate dead time, as previously described by Boston 25 News covering the team's 2024 Fenway stop.
Fans who could not land tickets for the sold-out Foxborough games will still be able to watch. Both nights are scheduled for multi-platform broadcasting and streaming across truTV, YouTube, the ESPN App and Disney+, according to the team's own schedule listing from The Savannah Bananas.
Tickets Sell Out Fast, and Scalpers Follow
Standard face-value tickets for Banana Ball games are typically distributed through an official lottery system starting around $35 to $40, but demand has repeatedly pushed secondary-market resale prices into the hundreds or even thousands of dollars, despite the team's anti-scalping policies. Hoodline has documented that same pattern at other tour stops this year, including ticket sticker shock in the Superdome and a two-night sellout at Kenan Stadium.
Gillette Stadium itself offers some notable amenities for attendees, including a 22-story observation lighthouse, the largest outdoor curved videoboard at a U.S. sports stadium, and a dedicated sensory room for guests with sensory sensitivities, according to the venue. For the thousands who secured seats this weekend, the Foxborough stop adds another chapter to a tour that has already turned MLB and college football venues into carnival-like scenes, following recent stops the team made at Busch Stadium and Autzen Stadium.
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