Thomas Robinson Stadium, officially Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, is a

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. The largest stadium in the country, it is used primarily for

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matches. The stadium is also the home of the

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, an annual NCAA Division I

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(

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) bowl game. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people, and can be expanded to hold 23,000 people. It is named after Thomas A. Robinson, a

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er who represented

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at several

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Bahamas national football team

On 22 August 2011, the

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was withdrawn by

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from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Some days later,

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current president Anton Sealey said the reason was the incomplete construction of the Thomas Robinson Stadium project in Nassau.

Bahamas Bowl (NCAA)

The Bahamas Bowl is a

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(NCAA) sanctioned

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in American

at the

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(FBS) level, first played in December 2014 at Thomas Robinson Stadium. Through the January 2025 playing, each game has involved a team from

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(C-USA), with all but one of their opponents coming from the

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(MAC). Due to renovations at the stadium, the December 2023 edition of the bowl was played at an alternate site,

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, and was named for a local sponsor (Famous Toastery) of that contest.

IAAF World Relays

In 2014, Thomas Robinson Stadium served as the host of the inaugural

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, a relay athletics meet organized by the

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. A new Mondo track was installed for the competition. The Stadium also hosted the 2015 and 2017 IAAF World Relays, and had hosted the

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References

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