🎡 Activities Inside Balloon Fiesta Park – 2025 Balloon Fiesta
🏆 Balloon Competitions
All official competitions are fly-in tasks, where pilots launch at least one mile from the field and try to hit designated ground targets with weighted markers.
Competition formats include:
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Judge Declared Goal (JDG): Pilots aim to drop their marker closest to the center “X.”
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Hesitation Waltz: Multiple X’s on the field; pilots choose one target and aim for the center.
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Double Drop (Minimum or Maximum): Two large triangles with an X between them — pilots drop markers in each triangle; the smallest or largest distance wins.
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Sid Cutter Memorial Task: Pilots attempt to drop their marker into a small boat placed on the field.
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Ring Toss: On Thursday and Friday, pilots attempt to loop a 25-foot pole with a 14-inch plastic ring; cash prizes are shared if more than one pilot scores on the same pole.
🎈 Fiesta Sky Boxes
Private VIP containers that seat up to 20 guests with an elevated view of the launch field.
Includes admission, rooftop seating, grazing boxes, host bar, and reserved parking.
🪶 The Gondola Club
Exclusive hospitality area at the southwest corner of the field featuring reserved seating, buffet meals, beverages, and private restrooms.
Tickets must be purchased in advance.
🚘 The Chasers’ Club
Located at the north end of the launch field. Members enjoy access to the Chase Lounge, hot food, beverages (including beer and wine), and a front-row viewing area.
Advance tickets required.
🛺 Concierge Program
Provides guests with guided tours via golf cart — ideal for first-timers, photographers, and guests with mobility challenges.
Stops include concessions, Chainsaw Carvers, the Artisans Tent, and the Balloon Discovery Center.
🍴 Main Street
A one-third-mile corridor of food vendors, merchandise booths, and exhibits stretching the length of the field.
Features everything from New Mexican cuisine to classic festival favorites.
The heartbeat of Balloon Fiesta Park.
⛺ Glamping Village
A premium camping experience just outside the event boundaries, within walking distance of the Launch Field.
Guests stay in safari-style tents with access to private restrooms, showers, grills, games, and a hospitality lounge.
Packages include overnight accommodations and on-site parking.
⛺ Camp 505
A new 2025 addition providing a more affordable on-site camping option.
Includes branded camping gear (guests keep it), fire pit, games, filtered water, and charging station — all within walking distance of the Launch Field.
🧤 Merchandise Tents
Two large official Balloon Fiesta merchandise tents — one on each end of Main Street.
Offer official pins, patches, jackets, hoodies, tee shirts, magnets, keychains, posters, and the official program and calendar.
Online shopping available year-round at BalloonFiestaStuff.com.
🧩 Balloon Discovery Center
Hands-on STEM exhibit area demonstrating the principles of lighter-than-air flight.
Includes interactive displays, arts and crafts, and simulations.
Open every morning (5:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.) and evening (3:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.), located next to the Artisans Tent at the north end of the field.
✅ Ticketing & Availability:
All attraction tickets (Glamping, Sky Boxes, Gondola Club, Chasers’ Club, Concierge) can be purchased at balloonfiesta.com/Purchase-Tickets