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Location

Hotel El Rancho, Gallup

1000 E Aztec Ave, Gallup, NM 87301

2 productions

Access notes

Built in 1937 to house film crews working the Gallup area, and still an operating Route 66 hotel. Rooms are named for the stars who stayed in them; the lobby is open to visitors.

Parking

Free hotel lot.

Filmed Here

What Was Filmed Here

Superman· 1978

The crew hotel

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The El Rancho Hotel facade on Route 66 in Gallup.Now
The hotel built for film crews in 1937.TheCatalyst31 · CC BY-SA 3.0

What happened here

El Rancho housed the production during the Gallup shoot, as it had for dozens of westerns before it. The lobby and staircase are unchanged.

Trivia

Rooms are named for the stars who stayed in them.

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