A fan letter to Jesse Cole
Dear Jesse,Branson is ready for Banana Ball.
We know the Bananas go where the fans are — and nine million people already come to Branson every year. If Banana Ball ever wants to plant another flag, this is the soil. The Baldknobbers name has carried this town since 1959. The crowd is already here.
Banana Ball goes where the crowd is. Branson's crowd never left.
— From the open letter to Jesse Cole
Read the full letterWhy Branson makes sense
Three reasons the Ozarks belong in the conversation.
Nine million built-in fans
The Bananas barnstorm to where audiences are ready. Branson's tourism economy delivers that crowd 365 days a year — visitors who came looking for a show and would lose their minds for Banana Ball.
A name worth building around
Whether as a touring stop or a permanent home base, the Baldknobbers identity is the most loaded, most loved, most marketable brand in any expansion conversation.
A region hungry for the game
Ready venues, a four-hour drive from five major metros, and an Ozarks fanbase that would pack the seats for a barnstorm tour stop or a full home schedule.
The Ozarks identity
Yellow on the outside. Ozark to the bone.
Banana Ball is nomadic by design — and that's part of the magic. But the Ozarks offers something rare: a ready-made identity, a name with sixty-five years of resonance, and a crowd that already knows how to hoot, holler, and demand a curtain call. Whether as a home base or a marquee tour stop, Branson is a natural fit.
Add your name to the letter.
Every signature shows Jesse Cole and the Banana Ball universe that the Ozarks fanbase is real, organized, and ready — whether that means a tour stop, a residency, or something nobody has tried yet.
Co-sign now