Rio Rancho Events Center
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Oct 17, 2026
ChrisHOST
February 6th, they're gonna be in, uh, West Valley City, Utah, at the Maverik Center.
ChrisHOST
And then March 6th is their last stop in Ri- at the Rio Rancho Event Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
ChrisHOST
And that's where the, uh, new ECHL team plays in New Mexico, the, uh, Goatheads.
ChrisHOST
New Mexico Goatheads.
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
[rock music] What a weekend in front of you, huh? Goat heads tonight open up their history out at the Rio Rancho Events Center, dropping the puck for the first time.
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
They play the Idaho Steelheads.
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
New Mexico United's on the road, second to the last game of their regular season as they try to get the number one seed overall in the Western Conference.
Gino GutierrezHOST
And history is about to be made in New Mexico as professional hockey returns to the state for the first time in 17 years.
Gino GutierrezHOST
The New Mexico Goat Heads are set to open their inaugural season tomorrow, hosting the Idaho Steelheads at the Rio Rancho Event Center.
Gino GutierrezHOST
The ECHL expansion team has 72 regular season games ahead, with first-year head coach Zach Stortini leading a roster featuring a mix of young players and veterans with AHL experience.
Gino GutierrezHOST
The Goat Heads are also affiliated with the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and the AHL's Colorado Eagles and have acquired six players from the Eagles last month.
Bob ClarkHOST
Game on! Bob Clark along with Dale Cornelius, our producer here on 96.3 Newsradio KKOV.
Bob ClarkHOST
Starting this weekend out at the Rio Rancho Event Center, professional hockey returns to the Albuquerque metro area for the first time since the Scorpions folded up back in 2009.
Bob ClarkHOST
It really is hard to believe it's been 17 years.
Bob ClarkHOST
It is, Bob.
Bob ClarkHOST
But we've got the New Mexico Goatheads now, part of the ECHL.
Bob ClarkHOST
And they have an affiliation with Stanley Cup champs Colorado Avalanche.
Bob ClarkHOST
And they will begin play this weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, out at the Rio Rancho Event Center versus the Idaho Steelheads.
Bob ClarkHOST
So the Goatheads versus the Steelheads.
TJ TroutHOST
Uh, where, where were you with him?
Michael CarlislePANELIST
Uh, the, uh, pumpkin patch out at the, uh, Rio Rancho Event Center.
Michael CarlislePANELIST
I forget the, the name of it.
Michael CarlislePANELIST
Yeah.
Bob ClarkHOST
Oh, yeah.
Bob ClarkHOST
He apparently rolled out the red carpet for him because he had a campaign rally in 2019 out at the Rio Rancho Event Center.
Bob ClarkHOST
And then one other thing.
Bob ClarkHOST
That they've done is they've said that Greg Hall has taken four hundred thousand dollars in donations from people and companies, I guess, who have previously donated to President Trump.
Bob ClarkHOST
Right.
Bob ClarkHOST
But anyway, that you rolled out the red carpet and stuck taxpayers with the bill for the Trump political rally in Rio Rancho in 2019.
Gregg HullGUEST
No, President Trump, his campaign rented the Rio Rancho Event Center, paid $150,000 for it.
Gregg HullGUEST
Why did we why did we expend we added up the expense of what it costs to have him there? Why did why was two hundred fifty thousand dollars an expense that we added up? Because we had to protect the city from radical leftists that were threatening to blow up our city.
Gino GutierrezHOST
Hall defended the spending, saying he had an obligation to protect residents after social media threats of violence and destruction.
Gino GutierrezHOST
He also said the Trump campaign paid the normal fee to use the Santa Ana Star Center.
Gino GutierrezHOST
The ad, paid for by the PAC Affordable New Mexico, also references comments Hall made during a Republican primary debate about rolling out the red carpet for Trump.
Gino GutierrezHOST
Hall said the ad is an attempt to distract voters from issues including education, healthcare, and water.