| Hot Springs Wiseguys | |
| Current: | 2025 The Arena League season |
| Founded: | 2024 |
| City: | Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| Colors: | Black, Red, Brown, Gray |
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| No League Champs: | 0 |
| Arena Years: | Bank OZK Arena (2025–present) |
The Hot Springs Wiseguys are an indoor American football team set to begin play in 2025 as an expansion team of The Arena League. Based in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the Wiseguys will play their home games at the Bank OZK Arena.
The Wiseguys will be the first ever arena/indoor football team based in Hot Springs.
On April 26, 2024, Hot Springs was announced as the fifth team of The Arena League and its first of two expansion teams for the 2025 season.[1] [2]
After a name-the-team contest was held, the Wiseguys name, logo and color scheme were announced on July 25, 2024. The Wiseguys name references Hot Springs' history with organized crime (most notably with the Hot Springs Gunfight of 1899 as well as the Arlington Hotel serving as a favorite retreat for Al Capone), while the horse mascot and logo references its history with horse racing (most notably as home of Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, which was the only legal gambling establishment in Hot Springs until 2007).[3]