Castaneda Hotel

07/01/2024

06/29/2024

06/28/2024

Yesterday the Castaneda had a visit from 70 members of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society. These railroad history buffs are having a convention in Albuquerque and they wanted to learn a little about Las Vegas’ railroad history. When they learned that LV was having a problem with its water system, they not only brought their own drinking water and lunches, they even brought in ports potties to meet the City’s water conservation mandate. After a tour of the Castaneda and the Rawlings building, many in the group caught the train for the trip back to Albuquerque. History enthusiasts are a big part of our customer base, and Las Vegas offers historic lodgings, walking and trolly tours for such groups. Our thanks to SFRH&MS for spending time in Las Vegas, and for doing their part to conserve water while the City repairs its facilities.

06/25/2024

As many of our friends know, Las Vegas, New Mexico has been dealing with a shortage of water after the recent floods incapacitated the City’s water treatment facility due to increased amounts of silt in the water. In keeping with the City’s guidelines we stopped our laundry facilities, and as you can imagine the dirty sheets and towels stacked up quickly. Thankfully we were able to find an out of town company to clean our laundry in Santa Fe. Our thanks to everyone who is pulling together to conserve water to get through this short term crisis. We will keep you updated as the situation evolves.

06/22/2024

FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY: Heavy rains in Las Vegas New Mexico have caused flash flooding and evacuations. Water to Castañeda has been turned off. We do not recommend visiting at this time. The City of Las Vegas recommends all businesses that use excessive water to shut down immediately until further notice. We will update as we get more information. If you have any questions, please call (505) 425-3591. Please stay safe in your travels.

06/20/2024

Hello and happy first day of Summer! To read about all the happenings at Affeldt & Team properties, including the Casteñeda, click the link! https://mailchi.mp/laposada.org/spring-newsletter-10341507

05/07/2024

The hallways. Texture. Color. Mood. Every turn spills history into the light and inspires creative thought.

03/19/2024

Happy Spring! It's time once again for the Affeldt & Team Quarterly Newsletter! Take a look at all the latest happenings across the New Mexico and Arizona properties! https://mailchi.mp/laposada.org/spring-newsletter

03/14/2024

The glow of the lights from Trackside Dining and Spirits at the Castneda Hotel

03/14/2024

A view toward the Las Vegas train station from the Castaneda arcade on a windy winter day. It was bright and sunny today, but tomorrow may be very different as a winter storm and lower temperature will be settling into northern New Mexico for the next few days.

01/11/2024

Snow falling this afternoon at Castaneda Hotel.

01/02/2024

So what comes after New Year’s? Starting January 2nd we begin the “Big Takedown “ At Snowdrift this means wrapping up the largest tree in tarps, and then hauling it down into the basement to the “Christmas room”. If you are decorating 3 hotels (La Posada, Castaneda,and Plaza) , an art space (Snowdridt) and a museum (Affeldt Mion Museum), you are looking at doing this roughly 40 times just for the trees alone, never mind the wreaths and other decorations. While Dan is Father Christmas while decorating, he become Mr Scrooge during the takedown, as he insists on having everything very organized in preparation for Christmas 2024.

12/29/2023

12/21/2023

12/21/2023

The Winter Newsletter is live! Read about all the latest happenings from Affeldt & Team! https://mailchi.mp/laposada.org/fall-update-from-affeldt-team-9398469?e=271eaef5d1

12/14/2023

Yesterday snow started falling in the morning and continued to dress the Castaneda in white through the night and into the next day. All together 6-8 inches of snow fell during the storm.

12/14/2023

Yesterday the crews from the Plaza and Castaneda Hotels celebrated the holidays with a Christmas enchilada lunch at Trackside Restaurant at the Castaneda Hotel. Our thanks to all of our employees for the work they do to make the Plaza and Castaneda a success!

12/14/2023

Fresh snow falling at the Castaneda. It snowed through the night and into the morning. We have received roughly 4-6 inches so far.

11/19/2023

Trackside Dining and Spirits is celebrating Thanksgiving dinner:

Join us for our Thanksgiving buffet! 12-5 $50 per person. Call us at (505)434-1005 for reservations. Please leave your name and phone number, size of your party, and time you wanted to come in, and we will call you back if we miss you.

10/04/2023

Such a cool image!

Wouldn't you love to be standing outside the Castaneda Hotel waiting to be seated in an Indian Detours car to head out to the ruins of the Pecos Mission? Wonder what was packed for lunch this day?

09/23/2023

The Fall Newsletter is Live! Click the link for the latest from Affeldt & Team, including an update on the courtyard garden plan! https://mailchi.mp/laposada.org/fall-update-from-affeldt-team?e=271eaef5d1

07/16/2023

The first quarterly newsletter from Allan Affeldt and the team of magic makers who keep La Posada, Turquoise Room, Affeldt Mion Museum, Hotel Castañeda, Plaza Hotel, and Legal Tender going strong went out this morning! (One correction! Lamy is not 15 miles from LV, but from Santa Fe!) If you didn’t get the email, click the link below to read.

One thing we repeatedly hear from guests across our properties is how much they appreciate our passion for historic preservation and the celebration of our traveling past. If you too are interested in the latest news—not just from your favorite location but on all of our entities—this is the new...