Editing Bullhead City, Arizona (section)

==Parks and recreation==
Bullhead City has hundreds of acres of city-operated parks. Ken Fovargue Park features lighted basketball courts, a bike trail, ball fields, a playground, and a public swimming pool with a water slide. Rotary Park', the largest city park, covers {{convert|300|acre|km2}} of riverfront land. It features maintained beaches with ramadas and barbecues, a large skate park, fishing jetty, fish cleaning station, boat launching ramps, a dog park, a disc golf course,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mohavediscgolf.com/riverview |title=Riverview Disc Golf Course |publisher=Mohavediscgolf.com |access-date=January 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806181721/http://www.mohavediscgolf.com/riverview |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a complete lighted sports complex that hosts regional tournaments and local competitions.<ref name="bullheadchamber.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bullheadchamber.com/attractions.php |title=Bullhead City Chamber of Commerce, Relocating Information, Economic Development, Job Force, Small Business Opportunity Bullhead City AZ |publisher=Bullheadchamber.com |access-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref> The proposed [[Arizona Peace Trail]] would serve Bullhead City.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Messick|first1=Brandon|title=Havasu's off-roading season has arrived|url=http://www.havasunews.com/news/havasu-s-off-roading-season-has-arrived/article_1482f60e-847a-11e6-9d6d-07bbca64432a.html|access-date=February 13, 2017|work=Today's News-Herald|date=September 26, 2016}}</ref>

===Controversy===
Feeding homeless people in parks is not permitted in Bullhead City.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Jaclyn |title=An Arizona grandmother was arrested for giving food to the hungry. Now, she's suing |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/30/1132319984/norma-thorton-bullhead-city-arrest |access-date=November 4, 2022 |website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR}}</ref> In March 2022, in an incident described internationally as “criminalizing kindness”,<ref>{{cite web| last1= Guardian staff and agencies|url= https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/28/arizona-woman-arrested-homeless-people-criminalizing-kindess} |title= 'Criminalizing kindness': US woman arrested for feeding homeless people sues |work=The Guardian |access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last1=Brooks |first1=Khristopher |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bullhead-city-lawsuit-feeding-homeless-norma-thornton/} |title= Arizona woman sues city after arrest for feeding homeless: "Criminalized kindness" |publisher=CBS News |access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1= Warren|first1= Steve|url= https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2022/november/criminalized-kindness-grandma-sues-city-that-arrested-her-for-feeding-the-homeless} |title= 'Criminalized Kindness': Grandma Sues City That Arrested Her for Feeding the Homeless |publisher= Christian Broadcasting Network|access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref> 78-year-old local resident Norma Thornton was arrested and accused of violating an ordinance against sharing food for "charitable purposes" at public parks. The charges were later dropped in July, but the Arizona grandmother said she was warned that if she began sharing food in the park again, she would go to jail.<ref>{{cite web| last1= AAP|url= https://www.foxnews.com/us/when-you-have-plenty-you-should-share-az-woman-arrested-feeding-homeless} |title= 'When you have plenty, you should share': AZ woman arrested for feeding the homeless |publisher= Fox News|access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name="mohavedailynews.com">{{cite web|url=https://mohavedailynews.com/news/139274/woman-arraigned-for-feeding-homeless-in-city-park/ |title=Woman arraigned for feeding homeless in city park |publisher=mohavedailynews.com |access-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref>

===Special events and sports tournaments===
Bullhead City hosts many annual events, the most notable being a river regatta. On the weekend of August 13, 2016, the 10th annual Bullhead City River Regatta, with a ''Pirates of the Colorado'' theme, attracted 30,158 registered participants. The local economic impact of the event was estimated at $20 million in 2015, although the city made just $208,000.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McDonald|first1=D.K.|title=City, volunteers remove trash left by regatta's 30,158 participants|url=http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/city-volunteers-remove-trash-left-by-regatta-s-participants/article_92d96e18-62bd-11e6-a14c-436b33a3b23d.html|access-date=August 19, 2016|work=Mohave Daily News|date=August 15, 2016|location=Bullhead City, AZ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Kailyn|title=Heaps of trash in wake of regatta have Bullhead City rethinking river event|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/aug/16/heaps-trash-regatta-bullhead-city-rethink-river/|access-date=August 19, 2016|work=Las Vegas Sun|date=August 16, 2016}}</ref>

Other events take advantage of Bullhead City's climate in the fall and winter months, in particular sports tournaments. Every February, A.Y.S.O. Region 397 hosts the annual Colorado River Invitational Tournament at Rotary Park. The annual youth soccer tournament draws thousands of young soccer players and their supporters. Bullhead City also sponsors two senior softball tournaments every year, one in the spring and one in the fall. Participants come from as far away as Canada.

Just a few miles south of the city limits, in Fort Mohave, is the Mojave Crossing Event Center, an arena with a [[seating capacity]] of 5,000. As the largest stadium/arena in Mohave County,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mojavecrossing.com/ |title=Mojave Crossing Event Center |publisher=Mojavecrossing.com |access-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref> it is frequently used for large events such as graduation ceremonies, circuses, indoor extreme motocross, monster truck rallies, and concerts.