Savannah Bananas’ Charlotte games attract 148K fans in 2 nights, brings in $38.6M

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — This is the first summer Bank of America Stadium has hosted back-to-back baseball games. Not your regular baseball game, but ones featuring the Savannah Bananas.

Those games were back in June, drawing a total of 148,000 attendees over two nights, including more than 54,000 out-of-town visitors.

 The Charlotte Sports Foundation announced Wednesday that the Savannah Bananas’ two-night stop in Charlotte in June generated a total economic impact of $38.6 million, based on a report conducted by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.