Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino is a racino located in Sunland Park, New Mexico, a suburb in southern New Mexico. Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.Racino in Sunland Park, New Mexico, US Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino RECOMMENDED: Bert Kreischer, 'The Machine,' extends Tops Off World Tour to El Paso in January 2024 The entertainment complex is expected to be completed in about 14 months.īelow is a presentation and layout of the new center: “We’re really building this for the community, that’s why we have things like pickleball, we have rec areas, we have weddings and quinceaneras, so it’s really about making something very functional that the community will love, 7 days a week,' said Bijlani. The complex is set to include a multi-use amphitheater with up to 4,000 seats, nightlife entertainment, year-round community events and a cannabis superstore. We want people to come from all over the country and be excited to come here,' said Bijlani. “We’re really trying to focus on building this area as an entertainment district so that the whole community benefits and also so it becomes our regional attraction. The floor plan of the complex is 120,000 square feet and will be located along Sunland Park Drive adjacent to Western Playland and the Sunland Park Casino.Īhmit Bijlani the development director for Heritage Group said the project was done intentionally as they work to transform Sunland Park into an entertainment corridor. 'We tried to formulate something that would be very special that had not been assembled this way anywhere in the United States, the combination of the programs that are inside this compound is unique,' said David Bingham the President of Heritage Group. “Independent Nation and this particular project has been an idea established long ago but over the last five years a lot of work has been going into it,' said Javier Perea the mayor of Sunland Park.

The mayor of Sunland Park and the president of the company Heritage Group who is building the center, said the project is a major step in transporting the area into an entertainment corridor.

The event center will be called Nation Entertainment Complex. The concert and entertainment venue will be located at 420 Sunland Park Drive on the border of Texas and New Mexico and adjacent to the Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. The groundbreaking will take place at 10 a.m.

The owners of Independent Nation and the City of Sunland Park will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday morning. (KFOX14/CBS4) - A new concert and entertainment venue will be built in Sunland Park, New Mexico.

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