Hobbs New Mexico Tourism

Hobbs, it all happens here... What an exciting time for southeast New Mexico’s largest city, with the development and opening of the Zia Park Race Track and the Black Gold Casino, the landscape in this community has changed forever.

From a history of black gold and natural gas, a transition to tourism has forever changed this community’s place in history. The discovery of oil in the 1920’s and the boom town development of Hobbs via the three townships that made-up the Hobbs area, to a modern city of 35,000 people with a retail trade zone of over 150,000 people, Hobbs has become New Mexico’s newest tourist attraction and destination.

The Hobbs community has the second largest convention and meeting facility in New Mexico, the Lea County Event Center, which can host indoor rodeos, concerts, tractor pulls and indoor soccer events all on the main floor of the center.

If a little history and culture is what you’re looking for the Western Heritage Museum is home to many displays that portray the history of Lea County as seen from the perspective of Indians, buffalo hunters, soldiers, and settlers. Exhibits that spotlight outstanding county ranchers and rodeo performers in our area are part of the Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame which is located on the New Mexico Junior College campus.

If you have not been to Hobbs or Lea County in the past year, you need to visit the “NEW” in New Mexico.

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