- Cosmic Baseball, featuring glow-in-the-dark games, is coming to Utah in 2026.
- The Tri-City Chili Peppers and Glow Mojis will play at America First Square.
- Exact dates are pending but ticket lotteries are open after 2025's sellout tour.
SOUTH JORDAN — Move over, Savannah Bananas, there's a new baseball spectacle barnstorming its way into Utah.
The Tri-City Chili Peppers and Glow Mojis, a pair of touring baseball teams that famously play glow-in-the-dark games, announced Monday that they will travel to The Ballpark at America First Square in South Jordan's Daybreak community next year as part of its 2026 "Cosmic Takeover Tour." It's one of about two dozen tour stops across the country.
Exact dates of the tour were not immediately disclosed, but the Chili Peppers launched a lottery for tickets this week after its 2025 tour sold out.
The so-called "Cosmic Baseball" is the latest twist on America's pastime, originating two years ago. The Tri-City Chili Peppers, a Virginia-based collegiate summer team in the Coastal Plain League, played a game under black lights, with neon, glow-in-the-dark uniforms, baseballs and equipment, as noted by MLB.com.
The team often threw glow sticks into the stands, but one night of this tradition sparked the idea in 2023, Chris Martin, the team's owner, told the outlet in 2024.
"I was like, 'It would be really cool if we could turn the lights off, and then you would actually see everybody's sticks waving around and having a little bit of fun with it," he said at the time.
Martin found a company that built a custom blacklight setup to turn the idea into reality. The first game went viral, creating a buzz that sparked a nationwide tour this year featuring the Glow Mojis as the team's touring opponent. The teams played several times this year in between the Chili Peppers' normal Coastal Plain League schedule, selling out each game.
Team officials said the information regarding dates, ticketing and more logistics will be announced sometime soon.
Utah was the site of a pair of Savannah Bananas games in 2024, as the exhibition team toured across the nation. Both of those games sold out Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City.
