Sports
Central Arkansas is home to the Arkansas Travelers, a Class AA minor league farm club of the Anaheim Angels. Since 2007, the Travelers have been playing at the new Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans, an NCAA Division 1 basketball team, play in the new 5,600-seat Jack Stephens Center on the UALR campus. UALR also has 15 Division-I athletic programs with the soccer team playing at Burns Park in North Little Rock, and the baseball team playing at Gary Hogan Field.
In 2008, UALR and Alltel Arena hosted two rounds of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament and Alltel Arena hosted the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament in 2008 and 2009.
Two University of Arkansas Razorback football games are held each year at Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium. The University of Arkansas Razorback Basketball Team plays annually in Alltel Arena.