Expansions & Renovations

Radisson Albuquerque to Open New Mexico’s Only Indoor Water Park

February 19, 2010 - The Radisson Hotel Albuquerque announced today that its 30,000 square-foot indoor Water Park will open on March 12, 2010. The Water Park’s five fun pool features include:

  • a 63,895-gallon lazy river and double slide plunge pool; -298’ raft slide and 237’ tube slide;
  • 32,235-gallon kids’ activity pool;
  • 12,577-gallon wading pool with play structure for younger children; -8,690-gallon indoor/outdoor adult whirlpool spa;
  • 57,230 gallon dual FlowRider™ Wave Rider.
  • 26 water play features including a 55-gallon Super Splash Bucket, three Basketball Hoops, Waterfalls, Spray features, and Inner Tubes.

All combined the Water Park offers almost 175,000 gallons of Splashtastic? fun for families throughout the Southwest.

The Hotel and Water Park facility also features Arcadia?, a family entertainment center- with a 50- game video arcade for kids of all ages. Additionally for “dry” entertainment, the complex includes: Art! Attack™, paint your own pottery and create your own Cuddly Critter™ studio, Tully’s Deli, Delgado Tin Works and Old Town Gifts and Sundries retail outlet.

Beginning today, reservations for day and overnight packages are available for the opening date of March 12th, 2010 and beyond, just in time for spring break. The facility will be open weekends, holidays and school calendar breaks. Overnight packages include hotel accommodations, arcade tokens and four Water Park passes good for the day of arrival and day of departure. Reservations for overnight hotel packages can be made online at www.radisson.com/albuquerquenm and www.waterparknewmexico.com or by calling Radisson Reservations toll free number at 800-395-7046. You may also call the Radisson Hotel & Water Park directly at 505-888-3311.

“It is wonderful that we can bring this Splashtasticsm Water Park to Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico who has waited so long for this type of featured attraction for fun family entertainment rain or shine” said Jim Metzger, General Manager of the Radisson Hotel and Water Park. “We are also pleased to note that, during these trying economic times, we’ve brought 60 new jobs to the Albuquerque community with more anticipated.”

“This is a great attraction for the property to bring in not only local customers, but leisure guests and weekend groups from all over the Southwest,” adds Director of Sales and Marketing, Arthur ‘Coop’ Cooper, “As a matter of fact,” he notes, “we have already seen positive economic impact on our local economy with the contracting of several groups representing more than 2,000 hotel room nights in 2010.”

The Radisson Albuquerque Hotel & Water Park is independently owned and operated by River Hospitality Management, www.riverhospitality.com as a franchisee of Radisson? Hotels & Resorts. The hotel features 280 newly remodeled guest rooms, with spectacular mountain vistas; 26,000 sq. feet of flexible meeting, conference and banquet event space; a heated indoor pool; complimentary Wi-Fi and airport shuttle. It is conveniently located in the midtown business district, near the I-40 and I-25 interchange, just minutes from Albuquerque’s Sunport International Airport, Old Town, downtown and the Uptown shopping belt. The hotel now features a 30,000 square-foot indoor Water Park creating the only Water Park and family entertainment complex in New Mexico.

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