West Central Route 66 Visitor Center at Nine Mile Hill

"Great new public space for car shows, concerts and even indoor events. There’s a modest amphitheater with built in seating, a patio above that, a nice parking lot for car shows, a small museum, a banquet area, and soon a taproom. The pictures show how some of these spaces can be used."

"Very cool visitor center with plans for a tap room and food trucks. Worth a visit even prior to these getting in place!"

"Not yet open when we visited in October 2022, but worth a stop to see the view of Albuquerque down Nine Mile Hill. The building looks beautiful and will clearly be an important resource for travelers and others."

"Absolutely beautiful facility! Great views. Great atmosphere. Great entertainment."

"[2023:] This beautifully-designed facility seems to be in something of a long-term death match to actually completely open. After a ribbon-cutting in September 2022 and "soft" opening 9 months later (but in time for summer) on 06/21/23, the spankin' new $10.3 million Center, meant to host community events, art shows, and classic-car, music-history and historic-neon collections, is still largely empty and without scheduled public events. Open hours are only 3 days a week, 6 hours each day. Good news is, a nice lady will take you on a fantastic, free one-on-one personal tour during these slow days with nobody around and nothing else going on.... Beside exceptional architecture and interior lighting design there are a few items on display worth seeing, including two astonishing rust-splendid concept cars, and two classic/custom cars including one by the late Orlie Coca, an OG of lowrider culture also known as the "Godfather of Hydraulics" (I'm including a detail pic from this 1949 Chevy Delivery Sedan). The site also has banquet facilities, a (future) Taproom, a modest outdoor amphitheater, and even a terraced parking lot designed to accomodate road-culture inspired drive-in movies. There also seems to be a golden eagle that likes to hang around."