{"id":25413,"date":"2026-10-20T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=25413"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:45:01","slug":"banana-ball-is-coming-to-baylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2026\/10\/banana-ball-is-coming-to-baylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Ball is coming to Baylor!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25415\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bananaball-oct26.jpg\" alt=\"Banana Ball is coming to Waco, May 7-8, 2027!\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bananaball-oct26.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bananaball-oct26-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bananaball-oct26-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bananaball-oct26-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialbananaball\/posts\/pfbid037C4gUkZbcymMyZsJTNnv9F3XH4FPpQv5Sxa2FRvVyDEYxg11UTueJBb8MTtstcLel\">Banana Ball 2027 World Tour<\/a> was announced earlier this month, there was McLane Stadium &#8212; right alongside a host of NFL and MLB stadiums.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Banana Ball is coming to Baylor and Waco on May 7-8, 2027. Tickets are available only through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lottery.fansfirsttickets.com\/\">Banana Ball&#8217;s\u00a0online ticket lottery<\/a> &#8212; and that lottery closes Oct. 31, so sign up now. Standard tickets start at $35, with no hidden fees or taxes.<\/p>\n<p>(For those unfamiliar with <a href=\"https:\/\/bananaball.com\/\">Banana Ball<\/a>, think baseball, but with a lot of surprising twists. Created by the world-famous Savannah Bananas, Banana Ball&#8217;s unique rules and engaging style &#8212; including trick plays, dancing, singing, etc. &#8212; are all designed with one goal in mind: to entertain the fans.)<\/p>\n<p>Some interesting tidbits about the games at Baylor:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McLane is one of just five college football stadiums among the 75+ sites on this year&#8217;s tour, putting Baylor on a short list with Auburn (Jordan-Hare Stadium), LSU (Tiger Stadium), Notre Dame (Notre Dame Stadium), and UTSA (Alamodome).<\/li>\n<li>This will be the first baseball game in McLane&#8217;s 12-year history, joining other non-football events such as last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2025\/08\/baylor-waco-welcome-thousands-for-back-to-school-mclane-concert-football-opener\/\">Boys from Oklahoma concert<\/a> and this month&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/news\/2026\/10\/1\/football-topgolf-announces-first-stadium-series-event-in-the-big-12-at-baylor\">Topgolf Live<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The games in Waco will feature the Texas Tailgaters (winners of this year&#8217;s Banana Ball Championship League) and the Party Animals (whose &#8220;broadcast entertainer&#8221; is Drake Toll, Baylor Class of &#8217;23).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to join in the fun? Enter the Banana Ball ticket lottery now (or by Oct. 31 at the latest), and we&#8217;ll hope to see you at McLane next May!<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Banana Ball!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Banana Ball 2027 World Tour was announced earlier this month, there was McLane Stadium &#8212; right alongside a host of NFL and MLB stadiums. Yes, Banana Ball is coming to Baylor and Waco on May 7-8, 2027. Tickets are available only through Banana Ball&#8217;s\u00a0online ticket lottery &#8212; and that lottery closes Oct. 31, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","category-just-for-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25417,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25413\/revisions\/25417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}