SportsRacing & gaming
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
Sunland Park, New Mexico
Quarter horse and thoroughbred racing just over the state line, with the Sunland Derby as the marquee date.
Why go
- Racing season gives the winter calendar something to point at.
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Southwest University Park
Home of the El Paso Chihuahuas, Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and the downtown project that changed the neighborhood around it.
UTEP & the Sun Bowl
A campus built in Bhutanese-inspired architecture — genuinely, sloping walls and all — wrapped around a stadium carved into the mountain.