Editing Bowie, Maryland (section)

===21st century===
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Bowie has an area of {{convert|16|sqmi|km2}} and about 50,000 residents with nearly {{convert|2,000|acre|km2}} set aside as parks or open space. It has 72 ball fields, three community centers, an ice arena at [[Allen Pond Park]], the [[Bowie Town Center]], the 800-seat Bowie Center for the Performing Arts,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bowiecenter.org/ |title=Bowie Center for the Performing Arts |website=bowiecenter.org |access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref> a 150-seat theatrical playhouse, a golf course, and three museums.

Bowie's rail town history is on display via the [[Huntington Railroad Museum]], within the local rail station's restored railroad buildings. In 2006, the city reopened the Bowie Building Association building, a small brick and block structure constructed circa 1930, as a Welcome Center; it originally housed the Bowie Building Association, which helped finance much of the community's early development.

Bowie is home to the [[Chesapeake Baysox]], a [[Minor League Baseball]] team of the [[Eastern League (1938–present)|Eastern League]] which serves as the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] affiliate of the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. The Baysox moved to Bowie from Hagerstown in 1993 and began to play at Prince George's Stadium in 1994. In 2015, the Baysox captured their first [[List of Eastern League champions|Eastern League championship]], defeating the [[Reading Fightin Phils]] in five games.

The city operates a senior citizens center and a gymnasium for community programs.