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WE'RE JUST A LITTLE OVER THREE MONTHS FROM THE START OF ANOTHER SAVANNAH BANANAS SEASON AT GRAYSON STADIUM. AND IF YOU'RE COMING OUT TO THE BALLPARK THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE SOME VERY DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES.. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BANANAS ONCE AGAIN PUTTING FANS FIRST. WJCL'S DAVE WILLIAMS REPORTS. (:01-:10) (:23-:32) (:34-:43) (:47-:56) IN THE SAVANNAH BANANAS FOUR SEASONS AT GRAYSON STADIUM... THEY'VE PROVEN ONE THING.. THEY PUT FANS FIRST. OF COURSE, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM A COMPANY NAMED FANS FIRST ENTERTAINMENT. AND NOW THIS YEAR, THEY'RE TAKING THAT MOTTO ONE STEP FURTHER.. ALL ADVERTISING SIGNS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE OUTFIELD WALL, AND FANS WILL NO LONGER SEE THEM IN THE STADIUM. (JESSE COLE) "WE DON'T BELIEVE FANS WANT TO COME TO A BALLPARK, ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE GRAYSON STADIUM AND BE ADVERTISED TO, SO WE'RE GIVING THE WHOLE STADIUM BACK TO THE FANS, BEHIND ME YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE NO ADS, IT'S GOING BACK TO THE ROOTS OF THE 1926 BALLPARK." (JARED ORTON) "WE ASKED OURSELVES THE QUESTION, DO OUR FANS WANT TO COME TO GRAYSON STADIUM AND BE ADVERTISED TO, AND WE THOUGHT, PROBABLY NOT AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS WAS THE NEXT PHASE AND THE BEST POSSIBLE FANS FIRST EXPERIENCE. (DAVE STANDUP) AND EVEN MORE EXCITING CHANGES ANNOUNCED BY THE BANANAS FOR THE UPCOMNG CAMPAIGN AS FANS NOW COMING TO THE BALLPARK CAN BE THEIR OWN PART OF THE HISTORY OF GRAYSON STADIUM BY BEING ALLOWED TO SIGN THE BANANAS FAN WALL OUT IN RIGHT CENTERFIELD. (COLE) "SO EVERY GAME, PRE- GAME, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW FANS TO WALK ON THE FIELD AND WE'RE GOING TO ESCORT THEM OUT TO THE RIGHTFIELD WALL TO SIGN THE WALL AND THEN AFTER THE GAME WHEN FANS ARE RUNNING THE BASES, GETTING AUTOGRAPHS, THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN THE WALL AS WELL." BUT THAT'S NOT ALL... (COLE) "WE WILL HAVE A TIMELINE OF EVERY SINGLE TEAM TAHT PLAYED AT GRAYSON STADIUM ALL THE WAY FROM 19-26, UNTIL THE BANANAS THAT WILL BE ON THE LEFTFIELD WA

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We're just a little over three months from the start of another Savannah Bananas season at Grayson Stadium. And if you're coming out to the ballpark this year, you'll see some very dramatic differences.. And it's all about the bananas once again putting fans first.In the Savannah Bananas four seasons at Grayson Stadium, they've proven one thing,they put fans first.Of course, what else would you expect from a company named Fans First Entertainment. And now this year, they're taking that motto one step further..All advertising signs are being removed from the outfield wall, and fans will no longer see them in the stadium."We don't believe fans want to come to a ballpark, especially one like Grayson Stadium and be advertised to," said Jesse Cole, Savannah Bananas Owner. "So we're giving the whole stadium back to the fans, behind me you'll see there are no ads, it's going back to the roots of the 1926 ballpark.""We asked ourselves the question, do our fans want to come to Grayson Stadium and be advertised to?" said Jared Orton, Savannah Bananas President. "And we thought, probably not and so we feel like this was the next phase and the best possible fans first experience." And even more exciting changes announced by the Bananas for the upcoming campaign as fans now coming to the ballpark can be their own part of the history of Grayson Stadium by being allowed to sign the Bananas Fan Wall out in right centerfield."So every game, pre-game, we're going to allow fans to walk on the field and we're going to escort them out to the right field wall to sign the wall," explained Cole. "And then after the game when fans are running the bases, getting autographs, they'll have the opportunity to sign the wall as well."But that's not all."We will have a timeline of every single team that played at Grayson Stadium all the way from 1926, until the Bananas that will be on the leftfield wall, that will be going up this spring," added Cole.The Bananas are believed to the be the only team in any sport, anywhere in the United States eliminating the in stadium advertising.The Bananas open the 2020 season, May 28th at Grayson Stadium.