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[caption id="attachment_1052" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Hermit's Peak"][/caption] One hundred seventy-five years ago, the storm and thunder of native elk swarmed the piñon-laced hills outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The land looked different then. Beaver claimed the Rio Gallinas in numbers much larger than today. The river bent to nature’s whims, snaking around geological dips in the landscape, flooding the plains during spring thaw. The land grew wetter, greener, and denser. Prairie dogs dotted the landscape with cavernous burrows. They chewed the delicate native grasses, prompting the growth of tender shoots that elk love to explode across the plains. It’s difficult to imagine how Las Vegas used to appear before cattle barons carved the land and shifted the balance of natural power, forced thick fence stakes into the red earth in order to keep the neighbors and Native Americans at bay, before fur trappers scented rusting traps with the glands of dead beaver in the hopes of snagging a fat prize. In 1835, Spanish settlers applied for a communal land grant from Mexico, asked to settle in a rolling valley beneath the Sangre de Christo Mountains. New Mexico wasn’t yet a State of the Union. The railroad connecting east to…
- What to do in Las Vegas, New Mexico

Wondering what to do in Las Vegas, New Mexico? The Hot Springs near Montezuma Castle are a local favorite spot. You can soak in the 112 degree hot pool while your young children splash in the 100 degree warm pool. These natural hot springs have been used by the local population for hundreds of years. The pools are free, outside, and are maintained by the students of the Armand Hammer World College, a two-year dormitory college prep school which has students from over 100 different countries. The Historic Plaza Hotel has a Hot Springs Special, too! [arrow]Click here to download a brochure detailing the Montezuma Hot Springs, including directions and a map![/arrow] The Historic Plaza Hotel and Byron T’s Saloon, on the Plaza in Old Town Las Vegas, New Mexico, is the site where Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders held their first reunion. The hotel has been restored and features a wonderful restaurant and wild west accommodations with a modern touch. The Historic Plaza Hotel has an incredible new expansion – the Ilfeld Building, located right next to the hotel on the Old Town Plaza. The building features a gorgeous newly renovated ballroom and theme rooms. Don’t miss it! Each Saturday…
- The Ghost of Byron T. Mills
[caption id="attachment_1009" align="aligncenter" width="507" caption="Actual photograph of the ghost of Byron T. Mills"][/caption] The Plaza Hotel is home to one of the most-loved and active ghosts in Northeastern New Mexico, Byron T. Mills. A former owner of the hotel, Byron acted as town Mayor and as a territorial representative. Mills Avenue carries his name. In fact, his ego was so large that he named it after himself. He died in 1947, at the Elks Lodge, but still lives today in the room – 310 – that he loved. Jesika, a young woman manning the hotel front desk shivered when I asked her about Byron T. She showed me a photograph kept behind the desk. The ghost’s room looks normal, looks wellkept, clean, tastefully appointed with a thick comforter and elegant drapes. And in one chair, at a small round table, a translucent man gestures, his profile caught in animated conversation. Byron T. “He scares me!” she exclaimed. “He likes to bother women. People hear him walking in the room. Sometimes he locks the doors and makes noise. I don’t like the third floor at all.” Click. My trusty camera attempted to capture the elusive, the memory of events that happened…
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Ballroom & Event Center
As the premier meeting and conference center in Northeastern New Mexico, and the hotel of choice for serious business travelers to Las Vegas and the surrounding area, the historic Plaza Hotel is committed to making your meeting and business functions run smoothly, profitably, and on time.
Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom
The Plaza Hotel has more than 11,500 square feet of flexible meeting and exhibition space. Our largest space, the Ilfeld Ballroom, has a capacity of 300 persons, and the hotel also has several smaller break-out rooms and salons for smaller meetings and seminars.
For a description of our facilities, please click here to visit our list of meeting facilities, and click here to view dimensions and capacities of our meeting rooms and salons.
All of our meeting facilities are complete with modern audio-visual equipment, a range of refreshment and catering options, and an attentive staff to address the little things to go into making a successful, profitable meeting. We have the same goal, and that is to create worry-free, successful event for your business and clients.
The Historic Plaza Hotel offers negotiated corporate and government rates for individual business travelers, and the conveniences that any business traveler would expect in a first-class establishment including wireless internet throughout the hotel, modern audio/visual equipment, and fax and document/parcel receipt and delivery services. Please click here to contact our sales team for additional information.
Weddings, Reunions, and Family Gatherings
The Historic Plaza Hotel provides the perfect setting for an unforgettable western wedding, laced with history and an unmatched feeling of the Old West.
We’ve hosted casual, formal, and romantic weddings, and we can accommodate any size wedding from an intimate gathering to a great family celebration. Because our hotel contains multiple event venues and spaces, we can accommodate your event if your wedding guests need to be organized into different groups. And if your wedding events require special equipment, you can be sure that we’ll have it on hand.
When using our Ilfeld Ballroom for your wedding events, our Reception Room is included, as well. The Reception Room includes grand staircase that provides a superb photo setting for you and your wedding party, and the staircase conveniently leads upstairs to the bridal suite. The Reception Room also lends itself nicely to hosting the banquet bar, guest book table, cake table, and receiving line.
Wedding and Family Event Planning
Weddings are big events, and important ones, especially to the bride. Engaged couples want everything to go right, but wedding planning takes time, and it helps to have experience at hand where your wedding is being held. The historic Plaza Hotel team is experienced and ready to roll up its sleeves to work and help plan and coordinate your wedding or family gathering.
The services we can provide include finding the right photographer, finding the right venue for the right photos, decorating the room in your colors and style, and ordering flowers and offering wedding cake suggestions. We can also order the DJ or entertainment for your wedding, find the right classic car or limo for your transportation, and we will work with local Las Vegas businesses to ensure that you obtain the best possible rates from different vendors.
We understand that we share responsibility for ensuring that the theme of the wedding is reflected in all aspects of the wedding. Right from the design on the napkins, to the place settings, the flowers, and to the wedding dress; everything should be in sync with each other. We will help to make all of this happen, and to create an absolutely memorable event.







