{"id":4161,"date":"2026-03-24T18:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/fsu-savannah-bananas-recent-visit-brought-big-bucks-to-tallahassee-tallahassee-democrat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:34:03","slug":"fsu-savannah-bananas-recent-visit-brought-big-bucks-to-tallahassee-tallahassee-democrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/fsu-savannah-bananas-recent-visit-brought-big-bucks-to-tallahassee-tallahassee-democrat\/","title":{"rendered":"FSU: Savannah Bananas' recent visit brought big bucks to Tallahassee – Tallahassee Democrat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Savannah Bananas recent stop in Tallahassee at Florida State <\/a>made a sizeable impact on Leon County’s economy, the university announced.
FSU Athletics said in a press release on March 24 that the Bananas’ trip to Doak Campbell Stadium <\/a>“generated an estimated $10.1 million in total economic impact for Tallahassee and the surrounding region.”
The Bananas are a professional\u00a0exhibition barnstorming baseball team<\/a> that has captured the hearts and eyes of millions across the country. They opened their 2026 World Tour in Tallahassee Feb. 26-28<\/a>, with games at Dick Howser Stadium <\/a>and Doak.
Doak underwent a $265 million renovation <\/a>that updated the stadium’s west side while also making it accessible for events like concerts, Banana Ball, and the recent professional bull-riding league, PBR.<\/a>
\u201cThis event is exactly what we mean when we talk about using our facilities to serve Tallahassee and the broader region,\u201d Florida State Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Alford said in a press release.
\u201cDoak Campbell Stadium is a community asset, and bringing an event of this scale to our campus delivered real, measurable economic benefit while introducing new audiences to Florida State,\u201d he added.
The multi-day event helped spike local businesses like hotels, restaurants, retail businesses, and transportation services. In an independent analysis sent as part of the press release from FSU, the university highlighted three main points:
\u201cThis is a powerful example of what can happen when Florida State and our community work together to attract major events,\u201d Tallahassee Mayor John E. Dailey said. \u201cThe economic activity generated benefits businesses across Tallahassee and helps strengthen our local economy.\u201d
Liam Rooney covers\u00a0Florida State<\/a>\u00a0athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at LRooney@gannett.com or on Twitter @__liamrooney<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The Savannah Bananas recent stop in Tallahassee at Florida State made a sizeable impact on Leon County’s economy, the university announced.FSU Athletics said in a press release on March 24 that the Bananas’ trip to Doak Campbell Stadium “generated an estimated $10.1 million in total economic impact for Tallahassee and the surrounding region.”The Bananas are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}