Covid-19 Update

We are still open 24/7

Located in Albuquerque, Route 66 Casino Hotel's homemade pizza is finger-licking good. Route 66 Casino Hotel offers a free wifi hot spot? Perfect for surfing the web or getting a little work done.If parking is a concern, you'll be happy to hear that there are many convenient options in the area. If your preferred mode of transit is of the two wheel variety, you're in luck? There's tons of. Locally owned, we are open 24/7 and all holidays. Route 66 Veterinary ECCC is the only veterinary hospital solely focused on emergency and critical care in the Albuquerque area. Visit us in Nob Hill, off Historic Route 66, at 136 Washington Street SE. Call us if your pet is experiencing a pet health emergency at (505) 266-7866. Located at the Route 66 Casino Hotel. I-40 at Exit 140. Featuring DQ Grill & Chill and the Smoke Shop.

To ensure our health and yours, we are doing curbside patient visits.

Please call (505) 266-7866 when you arrive an Emergency Veterinarian will see your pet while you wait in your car.

• Route 66 Casino Hotel is the latest New Mexico casino to announce plans to reopen. The casino and hotel, along with the Route 66 RV Resort. Will open to the public Saturday, after weeks of being.
• Route 66 Casino - Mother Road Slots. The new Route 66 Casino, 10 minutes west of Albuquerque at Interstate 40 Exit 140, is set to open at 8 pm., Thursday, Sept. Route 66 highway is well represented inside the new casino. The 80-foot marquee replicates old fuel pumps that travelers might have seen along the route during the 1940s and 1950s.

LOCALLY OWNED

• Open 24/7 and all holidays
• Reliable overnight care
• Expert & dedicated staff
• Located in SE Albuquerque

OUR STAFF

Our staff has extensive experience in veterinary emergency medicine. You can rest easy knowing that your pets are always being monitored by a veterinarian and several experienced technicians.

Jeremy Welcome, DVM

Owner, Medical Director

Rowan Welcome, CVT

Owner, Manager

About Us

About us: Our dedicated team of skilled veterinarians and technicians delivers the highest quality emergency care for your pets. We provide emergency medicine services in our state-of-the-art facility. Additionally, we run diagnostics and testing in-house, thereby saving time and contributing to better health outcomes for your pet.

Locally owned, we are open 24/7 and all holidays. Route 66 Veterinary ECCC is the only veterinary hospital solely focused on emergency and critical care in the Albuquerque area. Visit us in Nob Hill, off Historic Route 66, at 136 Washington Street SE.

Call us if your pet is experiencing a pet health emergency at (505) 266-7866.

We proudly offer:

• Skilled veterinarians and staff »
• Information for referring veterinarians »

Above all, our mission is to create positive change in people’s lives through compassionate care for their pets.

Route 66 Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Center was established in 2015 and is a proud member of the American Animal Hospital Association. In addition, we are:

• a TopVet rated care center
• Animal Humane NM “Safety Net” contracted hospital
• Albuquerque Animal Welfare Division’s and Bernalillo County Animal Welfare Division’s ER veterinarian

Payment options

We understand that having a pet with a health emergency is a stressful time. Because it is important that your pet get the care they need, we accept:

• CareCredit
  CareCredit can help you pay for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses for your pets.
• ScratchPay
  We accept ScratchPay to deliver affordable pet care to tens of thousands of pet parents. With instant approvals and plans as low as 0% APR, difficult financial decisions don’t have to be difficult.

For more information about us, please read our FAQs and contact us at (505) 266-7866 or email info@rt66vet.com for more information.

Route 66 Casino Hotel is temporarily closed due to COVID-19 cases. (Courtesy of Route 66 Casino Hotel)

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Route 66 Casino Hotel on Laguna Pueblo has temporarily closed for two weeks due to positive COVID-19 test results among employees.

The closure went into effect at 5 p.m. Sunday. Laguna Development Corporation made the decision to cease operations at the casino and hotel after 13 Route 66 employees tested positive for coronavirus. All LDC employees have been undergoing mandatory testing since Route 66 Casino Hotel reopened on June 24, according to a LDC news release.

Between late June and Oct. 22 eight positive employee cases were detected at the company. All of the cases were traced to exposure outside of the casino and hotel. The most recent cases also were due to exposure out of the property.

“LDC has done an extraordinary job of adhering to the health and safety protocols over the last four months of reduced operations,” Pueblo of Laguna Governor Wilfred Herrera said in the news release. “That is why our positive cases have remained low. However, infections in the region are flaring and our top priority remains protecting the health of our community and doing our part to minimize the spread of the virus.”

Route 66 Casino Hotel employees will be paid and their benefits will remain intact during the closure. All employees will be retested for the virus over the next several days and have been asked to self-quarantine as they await results, according to the news release.

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“The increases in virus infections throughout New Mexico and the increase we saw as a result of mandatory employee testing this past week, encouraged us to exercise an abundance of caution to close down operations,” LDC president and CEO Maxine Velasquez said in the news release. “We will thoroughly sanitize and clean the entire Route 66 facility during the closure. We will also remind every employee, their family and friends to demonstrate COVID Safe Practices at home and at work. None of us can let our guard down.”

Route 66 Casino News

The Route 66 Travel Centers on Interstate 40 at exits 108 and 140 will remain open. The Route 66 RV Resort, the Marketplace at Dancing Eagle as well as convenience stores, gas stations and Laguna Burger restaurants also will stay open with all health and safety protocols and reduced levels of operation in place, according to the news release.