Sports and Recreation

Sports in the Richmond Region encompass nearly every type of professional and amateur activity. Experience the heart-stopping action of NASCAR and Southside Speedway's spring and fall racing weekends, or cheer for the home team at Richmond Braves baseball, Richmond Kickers soccer, Richmond RiverDogs ice hockey, Richmond Bandits indoor football and local college and university sports events.

Want to be part of the action? Navigate through downtown Richmond on the James River's Class IV rapids. If golf carts are more your speed, check out the Region's more than 20 public courses, including Royal New Kent, ranked in the top 100 public courses by Golf Digest magazine. And with more than 100 local parks, there's always somewhere new to explore

Disc Golf at Gillies Creek Park
The City of Richmond is full of many hidden treasures! One of which happens to be the Gillies Creek Park system. Located on the City's east side just off of Stoney Run Drive and Williamsburg Road, Gillies Creek Park has an abundance of activities to offer, some of which are refreshingly different. Gillies Creek Park sports an 18 hole "Disc Golf Course". Disc Golf is golf played with a Frisbee-type disc which is hurled through the air into a chainlink basket to score points. The least amount of putts (throws) it takes a golfer to land the disc into the basket, the faster they can proceed to the next hole (basket location). The game takes about an hour to play and covers a distance of about a mile.

Colonial Downs Horse Racing
Located at 10515 Colonial Downs Parkway in New Kent County, Colonial Downs is Virginia's premier race track for thoroughbred and harness racing. The track is conveniently located off I-64 East, about a 30 minute drive from the heart of downtown Richmond. The racing season runs from early spring through the mid-fall. For more information, call 804-966-7223.

Richmond Kickers
Home games for Richmond's professional soccer team are played at the University of Richmond soccer complex. For more information, call 804-282-6776.

Richmond International Raceway
Located at Strawberry Hill - 600-602 E. Laburnum Avenue, the Richmond International Raceway is a state-of-the-art 3/4 mile track that seats 100,000+ fans. The arena hosts four NASCAR weekends a year. For more information, call 804-329-7914.

Richmond RiverDogs (Hockey)
Richmond RiverDogs home games are held at the Richmond Coliseum at 601 E. Leigh Street. For a schedule or more information, call 804-225-PUCK.

Richmond Bandits Football
Home games for Richmond's only indoor football team are played at the Richmond Coliseum, located at 601 East Leigh Street in Richmond, Virginia. For a schedule or more information, call 804-780-0383.

Richmond Braves Baseball Team
Located at 3001 North Boulevard, The Richmond Braves - the AAA farm team of the Atlanta Braves, offers great baseball played at The Diamond. As standard with baseball, the games are played throughout the spring and summer. For a schedule or more information, call 804-359-4444.