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title: "Destination: Little Rock, Arkansas"
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This capital city offers value and first-class hotels and meeting spaces.

**Convenient convention center.** Just 10 minutes from the airport and blocks from major interstates, the Statehouse ­Convention Center features the 18,362-square-foot Woody Allen Ballroom, which can be divided into three separate spaces; 82,892 square feet of exhibit space; and meeting rooms of various sizes. Attached to the center is Arkansas’ only Forbes Four Star hotel, the Peabody Little Rock.

**A presidential experience.** The William J. Clinton Presidential Center offers more than 20,000 square feet of event space, including the 5,000-square-foot Great Hall with a panoramic downtown view and outdoor space in the 18,000-square-foot Scholars Garden.

**Offsite options.** Looking to get your attendees out of traditional meeting rooms for the afternoon? Explore the Little Rock Zoo, head out on a tour of historic homes in Quapaw Quarter, or take a stroll through River Market District, downtown’s entertainment hub, featuring everything from art galleries to music venues.

### Little Rock Fast Facts:

**Recent and Future Association Meetings:** American Fisheries Society 143rd Annual Meeting, National Association of State Judicial Educators 2013 Conference, Southern Nursing Research Society 27th Annual Conference

**Hotel Rooms*:***8,000

**Statehouse Convention Center Square Footage:** 220,000

**Distance From Airport to Downtown:**Five miles

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