Back ملعب توماس روبينسون Arabic Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium German Estadio Thomas Robinson Spanish Thomas Robinson Stadium Finnish Stade Thomas-Robinson French Thomas Robinson Stadium Italian Thomas Robinsonstadion Dutch Thomas Robinson Stadium Polish Thomas Robinson Stadium Portuguese Стадион Томас Робинсон Serbian
 The stadium in 2012 | |
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| Full name | Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium |
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| Location | Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas |
| Coordinates | 25°3′15.77″N 77°21′36.78″W / 25.0543806°N 77.3602167°W |
| Owner | Bahamas Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture |
| Capacity | 15,023 (expandable to 23,000) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1981 |
| Opened | 1981 |
| Renovated | 2005 for the CAC Championship 2014 for the IAAF World Relays |
| Expanded | February 23, 2012 |
| Tenants | |
| Bahamas national football team College of the Bahamas Bahamas Bowl (2014–present) | |
Thomas Robinson Stadium, officially Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The largest stadium in the country, it is used primarily for soccer matches. The stadium is also the home of the Bahamas Bowl, an annual NCAA Division I college football (American football) bowl game.
The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people, and can be expanded to hold 23,000 people.[1] It is named after Thomas A. Robinson, a sprinter who represented The Bahamas at several Olympic Games.[2][3]
- ^ http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/National_Stadium_will_provide_economic_opportunities_for_The_Bahamas_printer.shtml ... capacity to be expanded to accommodate 23,000 seats
- ^ http://www.jonesbahamas.com/news/123/ARTICLE/20122/2009-07-24.html[permanent dead link] ...the Track and Field stadium in Nassau was named in his honour.
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52345.html ...The stadium in Nassau was named after him in 1981