Editor’s note: Mark Anderson is covering the UNLV men’s basketball team’s trip to the Bahamas. Every day this week he is sharing his experiences away from the arena.
Near Sir Kendal Isaacs Gym, where UNLV is playing basketball this week, sits the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, which was built in 2012.
If the building has a bit of a Birdcage feel to it, there is a good reason for that. The 15,000-seat stadium resembles Beijing’s famous Birdcage stadium during the Olympics, and the facility was a $30 million gift by the Chinese.
Officials say the stadium, which is home to the Bahamas Bowl, doesn’t come with expectations of anything in return, but a local cab driver was skeptical when I rode in her taxi to the gym.