Editing Sunland Park, New Mexico (section)

==Economy and points of interest==
[[File:Wester Playland.jpeg|thumbnail|right|[[Western Playland]] Amusement Park]]
The [[Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino]] is located in the city;<ref name=Goodman>{{cite news |author=J. David Goodman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/us/marijuana-new-mexico-sunland-park.html |title=Marijuana Buyers From Texas Fuel a 'Little Amsterdam' in New Mexico |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 7, 2024 |accessdate=January 7, 2024}}</ref> in the 2010s, it was the main economic driver of the city, which suffers from a high poverty rate.<ref name=Conreras/> After [[Marijuana in New Mexico|New Mexico began legal sales of marijuana for recreational use in 2022]], a booming marijuana economy sprung up in Sunland Park, sustained primarily by Texans who travel to New Mexico to purchase marijuana, as recreational marijuana sales are prohibited in Texas.<ref name=Goodman/> As of January 2024, sixteen [[marijuana dispensaries]] operated in Sunland Park, the second-most in the state (after Albuquerque, which has a much larger population).<ref name=Goodman/>

Although the town sits on the U.S.-Mexico border, there is no [[List of Mexico–United States border crossings|port of entry]] in the town.<ref name=Conreras/>

[[Western Playland]], an amusement park, moved to Sunland Park in 2006, after it left its original location in [[El Paso County, Texas]]'s Ascarate Park, where it had opened in 1960.<ref name=Kolenc>{{cite news |first=Vic |last=Kolenc |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/money/business/2022/11/03/western-playland-sold-traders-village-marketplaces-sunland-park/69614245007/ |title=Western Playland under new ownership, after 60 years |work=El Paso Times |date=November 1, 2022}}</ref> The park shut down in November 2021, but reopened in 2023 under new ownership.<ref name=Kolenc/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ktsm.com/local/western-playland-preparing-for-opening-day-under-new-ownership/ |title=Western Playland ready for new season under new owners |publisher=WTSM |date=February 24, 2023}}</ref>