Staging for this year's event will be at the Rail Runner station at Los Ranchos/ Journal center located at 101 El Pueblo Rd. NE, at 8:00 AM, MDT, October 5, 2025.  

The paved lot is not available for staging.  The lot must remain vacated for Rail Runner patrons and must remain free of Fiesta of Wheels traffic.  Parking along El Pueblo and the crusher-fill lot on the south side of the street.  

Please:

• Do not block traffic;

• Obey all traffic laws;

• Give right of way to busses, trains, and local traffic.

A portable restroom will be available at the staging location.  Balloon Fiesta officials will alert us when the field is open and ready for us.  Although we anticipate this to be around 9:00 AM, the time we caravan to Balloon Fiesta is based on multiple factors and is ultimately out of our control.

Entrance to Balloon Fiesta Park via general admission is included for those individuals inside your participating vehicle.  However, once inside, there are no in-and-out privileges. Please note, all vehicles entering Balloon Fiesta Park with the Fiesta of Wheels caravan for entry are subject to search by officers and Canine units.  We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding. Note, the FoW caravan will be entering through the Crew entry on the North end of Balloon Fiesta Park (Roy RD).  Although the roadways are fairly maintained, there are places that are underkept and/ or not paved.  There are also large inclines and declines the caravan will encounter and alternative entrance routes were not made available to the FoW entrance caravan.