And from Rogers Stadium to the CIVIC…. Semi-Pro basketball is back as the NEBL season begins tomorrow night at the Belize City Civic Center. Seven teams will be contesting for $70,000 first prize and $30,000 second prize. Minister Mahler says that he looks forward to the change sports can bring:
Anthony Mahler - Minister of Sports
"Our administration truly believes that sports can be a vehicle for a massive change. And, we have four major pillars for sports, sports and education being the main one and so we believe that sports, you can use sports as a vehicle to get people abroad to study and to, come back with world experiences and with their education and sports and healthcare, it is important for us because in the last time I check about 60% of our population is affected by some non-communicable diseases and we believe that if we inject sports in the primary schools and the psyche of the Belizean people, then we can be a healthier people."
Anyone wishing to purchase tickets can use Kwiqpass or go to the ticket booth at civic from as early as 10am tomorrow.