Late Saturday night posted on the Jackson’s MMA Facebook page was “Excited to announce Jackson’s MMA Series is hitting the @cabq Rail Yards May 10th! Details coming soon!”
In 4 years the Jackson’s MMA Series has put on 11 action packed fights, with the first 8 all taking place at the Isleta (Hard Rock Casino), the last three event have taken place at Tingley Coliseum. It appears the next one will be at The Yards; a venue that has been use as a set for TV and Movies.
Once an integral symbol of the industrial age in Albuquerque, the former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railyards complex still stands proudly, even if in a bit of disrepair, on the southeastern edge of the city.
One of the buildings – the Blacksmith Shop – has been cleaned up and outfitted for use as a casual rental space. It’s a nostalgic brick and steel structure with floor-to-ceiling panes of green and yellow glass, and more open-air than indoor, but for the right kind of event, it’s a cool, unique venue. This unique venue has a capacity for 1,000 people and is approximately 25,000 square feet. – from www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/the-yards
