FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl
Team Walkthrough Robinson National Stadium Noon-1 p.m.
Friday, December 21, 2018
Pregame Fan Fest Robinson National Stadium 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl Robinson National Stadium 12:30 p.m.
Postgame Press Conference Robinson National Stadium Following game
Designated team hotels:
Atlantis–Paradise Island
1 Casino Drive, Paradise Island, Bahamas
242-363-3000
ALL U.S. CITIZENS MUST HAVE A PASSPORT TO TRAVEL TO THE BAHAMAS.
INFORMATION AT www.passports.state.gov
Designated media hotel:
Atlantis – Paradise Island
Request rooms through
1 Casino Drive MakersWantedBahamasBowl.com starting Nov. 5.
Nassau, Bahamas
242-363-3000
Local airport: Lynden Pindling International Airport; Air Canada, Air Jamaica,
AirTran, American Eagle, Bahamasair, British Airways, Continental, Copa, Cubana,
Delta, Frontier, jetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, U.S. Airways, West Jet.
Local tourism bureau: Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, 242-302-2000, contact:
Frederica Lightbourn, website: www.bahamas.com.
Prominent area tourist attractions:
Atlantis Resort, Straw Market, Pompey Museum, The Retreat Gardens, Arawak Cay,
Rawson Square, Ardastra Gardens and Zoo, Junkanoo Museum, The Caves, Fort
Montagu.
DIRECTIONS (Note: The bowl recommends using taxis or tour buses to travel within
Nassau. All driving in the Bahamas is done from the left-hand side of the road.)
>From main arrival airport to stadium:
Go north on US Departures Rd. (0.2 miles), at the roundabout, take first exit onto Windsor Field Rd. (0.4
miles), go through one roundabout (0.4 miles) and stay on Windsor Field Rd., at the next roundabout
(0.7 miles), take the first exit to John F. Kennedy Drive and go through two roundabouts, at the third
roundabout (4.3 miles), take the third exit onto Tonique Williams-Darling Hwy. and go through one
roundabout, at the second roundabout (2.2 miles), take the first exit onto Bahamas Games Blvd.,
continue on Bahamas Games Blvd. (0.7 miles), and Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium is on the right.
>From main arrival airport to media hotel:
Go north on US Departures Rd. (0.2 miles), at the roundabout, take first exit onto Windsor Field Rd. (0.4
miles), go through one roundabout (0.4 miles) and stay on Windsor Field Rd., at the next roundabout
(0.7 miles), take the first exit to John F. Kennedy Drive and go through two roundabouts, at the third
roundabout (4.3 miles), take the first exit onto Prospect Ridge Rd., at the next roundabout (0.8 miles),
take the first exit onto West Bay St., continue on West Bay St. (1.9 miles), at the next roundabout,
continue on West Bay St. (1.1 miles), turn left onto Marlborough St. (0.1 miles), road becomes Navy
Lion Rd. (213 feet), turn right onto Bay St. (1.2 miles), turn left and cross the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge
(0.5 miles), take first right onto Paradise Beach Rd., at the roundabout (0.1 miles), take the first exit and
continue (0.2 miles), Atlantis Resort will be on the left.
>From media hotel to stadium:
Head east toward Casino Drive (0.2 miles), at the roundabout, take second exit onto Paradise Island
Bridge – Southbound Rd., cross bridge (0.4 miles) – road becomes Mackey St., continue on Mackey St.
(1.2 miles), turn right on Wulff Rd., continue on Wulff Rd. (0.8 miles), turn left onto East St., continue on
East St. (1.0 miles), at the roundabout, take third exit onto Independence Dr., continue on Independence
Dr. (0.6 miles), at the roundabout, take second exit onto Harrold Rd., stay on Harrold Rd. (0.1 miles),
make slight right onto Tonique Williams-Darling Hwy. stay on Tonique Williams-Darling Hwy (0.6 miles),
at roundabout, take second exit onto Bahamas Games Blvd., stay on Bahamas Games Blvd. (0.7 miles),
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium will be on the right.
Other Trivia:
-The Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl is the only international FBS bowl game and the
first outside of the U.S. or Canada since the 1937 Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba, a 7-7 tie
between Auburn and Villanova.
-The bowl’s first two champions – WKU (2014) and Western Michigan (2015) - won their
respective conference titles the next season. WKU won C-USA in 2015 and 2016, while WMU
won the 2016 MAC title with an undefeated regular season and played in a New Year’s Six
bowl.
- In 2014, the finish of the inaugural bowl, in which Central Michigan went 75 yards on a pass
play and three laterals to score a TD on the final play of regulation, was selected the top play
of the bowl season by ESPN’s SportsCenter and was a finalist for an ESPY Best Play award.
-Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, built in 2012 as a gift to the Bahamas from the
Peoples Republic of China, was named for the Bahamian track hero who competed in four
Olympic Games.
Major Media in the area:
Nassau Guardian Nassau Tribune The Bahamas Weekly
The Punch The Bahamas Journal ZNS-TV
Power 104.5/1540 AM ZSR SportsRadio 103.5 GEMS Radio
Island 102.9 FM
Guardian Radio 96.9 FM
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