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Location

Las Vegas Plaza

Plaza Park, Las Vegas, NM 87701

5 productions

Access notes

A public town square, continuously used for filming since the silent era. The Plaza Hotel on the north side appears in several productions.

Parking

Free street parking around the plaza.

Filmed Here

What Was Filmed Here

Longmire· 2012· Season 1, Episode 1

The sheriff's office

The plaza square in Las Vegas, New Mexico, with historic storefronts.Location
The plaza, little changed on screen.Johnaragon1323 · CC BY-SA 3.0

What happened here

The Absaroka County Sheriff's Department sign sat on the plaza's southwest corner through six seasons. The building is otherwise a normal plaza storefront.

Trivia

The sign was dressed for filming and removed between blocks.

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The plaza square in Las Vegas, New Mexico, with historic storefronts.Now
The plaza, little changed on screen.Johnaragon1323 · CC BY-SA 3.0

What happened here

The plaza and its surrounding storefronts stood in for the west Texas towns Moss passes through. The Plaza Hotel on the north side appears in several shots.

Trivia

Las Vegas has hosted productions since the silent era — the plaza's period storefronts are why productions keep returning.

Red Dawn· 1984

Downtown repainted as Calumet, Colorado — primary filming location

The plaza square in Las Vegas, New Mexico, with historic storefronts.Location
The plaza, little changed on screen.Johnaragon1323 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Easy Rider· 1969

Impromptu parade / arrest for parading without a permit

The plaza square in Las Vegas, New Mexico, with historic storefronts.Location
The plaza, little changed on screen.Johnaragon1323 · CC BY-SA 3.0

What happened here

Wyatt and Billy fall in behind a local parade around the Las Vegas Plaza area and are arrested for 'parading without a permit,' landing them in the jail where they meet George Hanson.

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