The Bank OZK Arena, formerly known as Summit Arena and Bank of the Ozarks Arena, is a 6,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. It hosts local sporting events, concerts, and assorted other engagements such as the Miss Arkansas Pageant. It was opened in 2003 with a concert by Tony Bennett. The arena can seat 6,050 for sporting events and circuses. It has hosted the Arkansas Activities Association's High School Basketball Championships since 2012 and the Great American Conference's Women's Volleyball Championship since 2013. It has been the site of the Forrest L. Wood national bass fishing championship three times and will host the event again in 2015.
The arena, with a Шаблон:Convert ceiling height and Шаблон:Convert of exhibit space, is the newest facility in the Hot Springs Convention Center complex, which also includes a Шаблон:Convert exhibit hall which is used for trade shows, conventions, and other events (maximum capacity: 8,000), has a Шаблон:Convert ceiling height, and can be divisible into four smaller halls; and fifteen meeting rooms, including the Шаблон:Convert Horner Hall ballroom with capacity of up to 1,850 and capable of hosting banquets, meetings and other special events, along with Шаблон:Convert of meeting space in the other 14 meeting rooms.
The complex is also home to a permanent art collection.
Файл:SummitArenaAndConventionCenter.jpgThe Summit Arena signage in 2008, with the Hot Springs Convention Center extending out to the right and part of an adjoining Embassy Suites hotel on the left
