Press Release

Bullhead City Gears Up for Spring Sports Season

Bullhead City, AZ, February 13 – The City of Bullhead City is preparing for an exciting series of sports tourism events set to start on February 14 and continue throughout the spring season. “Looking at the calendar, we have multiple major tourism events taking place every weekend starting now through the beginning of summer,” said Bullhead City Public Information Officer Mackenzie Covert. “We already had a taste of the sports season a few weekends ago with the Slab-O-Rama taking place at the same time as two youth football championships, but now we’re going full speed into our heavy sports season.”

The annual American Youth Soccer Organization’s Colorado River Invitational Tournament (CRIT) is set to launch this weekend, welcoming 103 teams to Bullhead City’s Rotary Park. This event will run concurrently with the AFA youth softball tournament, utilizing both Rotary and Ken Fovargue Park’s nine softball and baseball fields. The youth softball tournament is scheduled to start on Saturday, February 15, and conclude on Monday, February 17. Immediately following, the AFA Bash for Bats adult softball tournament will attract 101 adult softball teams, competing from February 18 through 23.

Power Play Sporting Events will host a baseball tournament in Rotary Park from March 1 to 2, and the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions is poised to bring numerous top-ranked high school softball teams from across the nation to Bullhead City from March 6 to 8.

“Each of the hundreds of teams coming to Bullhead this weekend and the coming weekends will bring dozens of people, including players, coaches, parents, siblings, and grandparents,” said Covert. “Those people will stay in local hotels and short-term rentals, eat at local restaurants, and patronize local businesses.”

Bullhead City Manager Toby Cotter highlighted the economic benefits, stating, “It’s important for local businesses to be aware of the economic impact of these tournaments and to adequately prepare for the rush of customers that comes with the influx of tourism. Tournaments like the Colorado River Invitational Tournament and the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions bring in several million dollars into our community in a single weekend each year.”

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