Savannah Bananas Tickets Are Outpricing MLB by Nearly 10x, Gametime Data Shows

An exhibition baseball team is commanding higher ticket prices than Major League Baseball — and the gap is not close.

New data from Gametime shows Savannah Bananas get-in prices running nearly 10 times higher than the typical MLB game. In a March 18 snapshot, the median get-in price for a Savannah Bananas event was $255, compared to $27 for MLB.

The full picture by the numbers:

Savannah Bananas

• Median get-in: $255
• Average get-in: $232.60
• Range: $111–$344

MLB

• Median get-in: $27
• Average get-in: $35.53
• Range: $7–$584

Even the cheapest Bananas event in the sample — $111 — sat near the high end of what most MLB games cost to enter.

Scarcity over prestige

The most straightforward explanation is supply. MLB teams play 81 home games a regular season, generating enormous ticket inventory across a wide range of price points. That volume creates competition among sellers and keeps median prices low on most dates.

Savannah Bananas events operate at a fraction of that scale. Fewer dates means fewer opportunities, and fewer opportunities create urgency. When buyers know there are limited chances to attend, they behave differently — and so does pricing.

Fans are buying a show, not a game

The other driver is how fans are categorizing the experience. Savannah Bananas events are marketed less as baseball and more as live entertainment — high-energy, family-friendly, and built around social media virality. That positions them closer to premium concerts or touring shows than to a weeknight regular-season game.

Fans willing to pay for that kind of singular experience tend to be less price-sensitive than traditional sports buyers. The question they're answering isn't "is this worth it for baseball?" — it's "is this worth it for the event?" That's a different calculus, and it supports a higher floor.

MLB's range tells its own story

The MLB data isn't just a contrast — it's a reminder that league prestige doesn't automatically mean high prices. The dataset included MLB get-ins as high as $584, but the median of $27 reflects the reality of most games: plenty of affordable entry points driven by heavy supply and uneven demand across a 162-game season.

The Savannah Bananas don't have that problem. With limited dates and a product that generates consistent urgency, there's less downward pressure on price.

The broader signal

What the data reflects is a live-event market increasingly driven by perceived exclusivity over league hierarchy. Fans are paying premiums for experiences they believe they can't miss — and by that measure, an exhibition baseball team can outperform a major league on price.

In Gametime's March 18 snapshot, it did. By a lot.