A record number of fans flocked to Bank of America Stadium Friday and Saturday to see the Banana Ball World Tour during its two-night slate in uptown Charlotte.

A combined 148,000 fans were in attendance to watch the Party Animals take on the Savannah Bananas throughout the weekend. Prior to Saturday’s matchup, Jesse Cole, owner of Fans First Entertainment and the Bananas, announced to the sellout crowd that it had produced the largest combined weekend attendance number in Banana Ball World Tour history.

“For me, it obviously means a lot,” Cole said after Saturday’s game. “ Started in Gastonia — this small, little team, the Gastonia Grizzlies — in a 2,000-seat stadium. And so to be here, 74,000 back-to-back nights, to break a record here for Banana Ball, and to see this response fr

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