Jackie Robinson (basketball, born 1955)
Jackie Robinson (born May 20, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. Career. A 6'6" forward from UNLV, Robinson played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 to 1981 as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons, and Chicago Bulls. He averaged 3.8 points per game in his NBA career and won an NBA Championship with Seattle in 1979. Retirement. Afterward, Robinson played five years in Europe, and upon retirement held executive positions in several Las Vegas companies that worked in retail, real estate, construction, credit, and the food and beverage industries . He was a one-time owner of the Las Vegas Silver Bandits of the defunct International Basketball League, and the Las Vegas Slam of the American Basketball Association. By 2008, Robinson and real estate veteran Michael Bellon had teamed up to develop a multibillion-dollar project on Bulloch and Gaffin's property called Elysium. It called for condos and hotel rooms, a dome-covered ocean-beach swimming complex, and more. It was to be located on the southeast of the Las Vegas Strip. Robinson is currently working to build in Las Vegas the All Net Resort and Arena, a $ 4 billion hotel, shopping, and arena complex that could attract an NBA expansion team to Nevada. The project broke ground in October 2014, but construction will only begin by 2017 given Robinson had long development issues with Clark County before getting his approval.