Editing Bossier City, Louisiana (section)

==Sports and entertainment==
[[File:Horseshoe Casino Shreveport.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Horseshoe Bossier City|Horseshoe Casino]] offers [[gambling]] and entertainment in the Shreveport-Bossier metro area; it was opened by the late [[George Nattin Jr.]], who became its first president.]]
[[Image:Red River on Teague Parkway IMG 1551.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Red River of the South|Red River]] from the Arthur Teague Parkway in Bossier City]]

From the 1930s to the 1970s, Bossier was regionally and even nationally known for its entertainment district known as [[The Bossier Strip]], which followed [[U.S. Highway 80]] through the city. Nightclubs proliferated from the Texas Avenue Bridge to the Bossier-[[Webster Parish, Louisiana|Webster]] parish line. Prior to the 1940s, The Strip was as well known for such entertainment as [[Las Vegas, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/shreveportsounds00lorn/page/151|title=Shreveport Sounds in Black and White|year=2008 |isbn=9781934110416|editor=Kip Lornell and Tracey E. W. Laird|pages=151|access-date=January 20, 2015|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsn.org/casinos.html|title=Las vegas casinos and past mob Ties|access-date=January 21, 2015|archive-date=June 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613084129/http://ipsn.org/casinos.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bossier City and Shreveport share an all-women's flat track [[roller derby]] team named the Twin City Knockers. The team is the newest competing sport in the area, founded in January 2010. Bouts are hosted at Hot Wheels skating rink in south Bossier.

The [[Brookshires Grocery Arena]] (formerly CenturyTel Center) in Bossier City was the home of the [[Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings]] of the [[AF2]], as well as the [[Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs]] of the [[Central Hockey League]]. The arena has hosted top performers, including [[Britney Spears]] and [[Aerosmith]], as well as rodeos, ice shows, and children's entertainment.

The 2005 Red River Classic PRCA [[Rodeo]] to be hosted at the CenturyTel Center was cancelled due to the arena's use as a shelter for [[Hurricane Katrina]] evacuees.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.centurytelcenter.com/clientuploads/PR.RedRiverClassicCancels.pdf| title=2005 Red River Classic PRCA Rodeo Cancelled| publisher=[[CenturyTel Center]], 2005| access-date=April 22, 2010}}</ref>

The city hosts three [[riverboat casino]] gambling resorts along the east bank of the Red River: [[Margaritaville Resort Casino|Margaritaville]], [[Horseshoe Bossier City|Horseshoe]], and [[Boomtown Bossier City|Boomtown]]. Diamond Jacks previously operated in the area before closing, but Foundation Gaming has plans for reopening in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DiamondJacks Casino & Hotel in Bossier City closes its doors, cites impact of COVID-19|url=https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/diamondjacks-casino-hotel-in-bossier-city-closes-its-doors-cites-impact-of-covid-19/501-7d9a276f-4927-49ff-82bd-26972e8df05c|website=KYTX|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What's the latest on the Diamond Jacks Casino project in Bossier City? |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2022/10/14/bossier-citys-abandoned-diamond-jacks-casino-on-track-for-new-life/69562000007/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=The Times |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Horse racing]] and gambling on slot machines is also available at [[Louisiana Downs]], which opened in 1974.