The Savannah Bananas have released their 2027 Banana Ball World Tour schedule that includes their first ever international fixtures.The Bananas have exploded in popularity since 2018 with the ultimate goal of reshaping the traditional baseball fan experience.The Bananas have added a further 34 cities compared to their 2025 scheduleGettyIn 2027, they will play in 79 stadiums across 74 cities. Canada’s Rogers Centre, Winnipeg’s Blue Cross Park, and Princess Auto Stadium will host games for the first time.Mexico will host two preseason games at Monterrey’s Walmart Park and Tijuana’s Toros Mobil Park in February.“Fans have been talking about us going international for years, and we’ve always said ‘not yet, not yet, not yet,’” Banana Ball’s creator and owner Jesse Cole told ESPN.“As the demand has grown, and we’ve continued to hear from multiple countries and multiple opportunities, we said the time is now.“We looked at the opportunity to create more fans and [we’re] very excited to go to Mexico, going to Canada, [bringing] four of our teams out there is going to be special.”First Banana Ball 360 event to take place at Notre Dame StadiumThe 2027 tour will also bring a new format dubbed ‘Banana Ball 360’, with the inaugural event taking place at Notre Dame’s iconic stadium in June.This format will see one game played on two fields, with the two teams switching fields between innings.The goal is to ensure every seat in the stadium has a prime view of the action, and there is no better place to start than Notre Dame Stadium.Opening in 1930, the venue seats over 80,000 and is widely considered one of the best sports to watch college football in America.“We continued to watch the fan experience, and kept asking, ‘Well, what if? How can we make it better?” Cole added.Banana Ball 360 will see one game played on two fields in the same stadiumGettyThe new format will make it’s debut at the 96-year-old Notre Dame Stadium in JuneGetty“How can we make it even better for the fans, the fans who are way out in center field? Is there something that we can do to make it better?“We just started asking that question and said, ‘Well, what if we put a field on one corner, and put a field on the other corner?“And what if every inning, the teams switch?’ So half the game, no matter where you’re sitting, you’re sitting close to home plate.”Bananas unveil bold project for 2028The league is partnering with Disney to release a documentary on the growth of the competition, but that’s not all.As if 79 stadiums wasn’t enough, they announced a cruise experience for fans.In January 2028, a cruise ship will set sail for Puerto Rico, ending in a Banana Ball game to be played at San Juan Hiram Bithorn Stadium.View Tweet: https://t.co/s8KD74un4E“I think [doing hard things] what drives us,” Cole concluded. “I think that’s how you create something truly magical, when you do the hard things that other people won’t do.”