Dickey–Stephens Park
home venue of the Arkansas Travelers
Dickey–Stephens Park is a baseball park in North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The ballpark is primarily used for baseball and serves as the home for the Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League. The capacity of the ballpark is 7,300, which includes 5,800 fixed seats and 1,500 on the berms. It opened in 2007 as a replacement for Ray Winder Field in Little Rock, Arkansas. The ballpark is named after two pairs of local Arkansas brothers: Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Dickey, former Major League Baseball catcher George Dickey, and businessmen Jackson T. Stephens and W. R. Stephens.
History
The majority of the ballpark's cost—about 83%—was paid by the public. On August 9, 2005, 54.3% of voters in North Little Rock approved a temporary (two-year) 1% sales tax increase that eventually generated $28 million in funding. Another $5.6 million was to be raised from ballpark revenue. On the private side of the ledger, Warren Stephens made a financial contribution of $440,494 and a land donation valued at $6.3 million. The North Little Rock City Beautiful Commission additionally donated $15,000.
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