KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — “Take me out to the ball game” — the Banana Ball game that is.
Crews are hard at work preparing Neyland Stadium for the upcoming Savannah Bananas game scheduled for May 23. On Monday, a Tennessee Athletics spokesperson shared photos of crews working on the field. The photos were captioned simply “coming soon” with the Bananas tagged.
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Tennessee Athletics is also testing a new traffic pattern for the game, hoping to reduce gridlock. They also used the alternate traffic flow for the Luke Combs concert on Saturday. Knoxville Area Transit also plans to shuttle people to the Savannah Bananas game.
The Bananas will also be playing at Covenant Health Park on May 21 ahead of the Neyland game. Knoxville was among the dozens of cities announced for the 2026 Banana Ball tour during a live selection show on ESPN2 in 2025…