The New Mexico Card Show — May (505 Edition) takes over the Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24, 2026 for the spring kickoff of New Mexico's longest-running dedicated trading-card and memorabilia event. Hosted by Ryan Maxwell at 2910 Yale Boulevard SE, this two-day Memorial Day Weekend show packs more than 50 vendor tables of sports cards, TCG, Pokémon, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, autographed memorabilia, and pop-culture collectibles into the airport hotel's main ballroom — and consistently pulls collectors driving in from Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Los Lunas, Belen, Bernalillo, Placitas, Corrales, Edgewood, Socorro, Grants, Gallup, and across the state line from El Paso, Las Cruces, Farmington, and Durango. Late-May timing puts the show in the heart of MLB hobby release season — 2026 Topps Series 2 Baseball, Topps Heritage, and Bowman Draft are stacking up — alongside the NBA Conference Finals, the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and a fully-loaded Albuquerque Isotopes Triple-A season at Isotopes Park.
The vendor floor packs every corner of the trading card hobby. Sports tables stock deep MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, MMA, soccer, and college football inventory across every era — vintage Topps, Bowman, Fleer, Goudey, and pre-war tobacco runs from the early 1900s through the 1980s, junk-wax 1990s monster boxes, and modern Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome, and premium Topps Dynasty, National Treasures, Flawless, and Immaculate. New Mexico Lobos basketball and football, Albuquerque Isotopes, New Mexico United USL soccer, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Las Vegas Raiders, and Vegas Golden Knights inventory moves consistently. TCG tables stock Pokémon singles and sealed from vintage WOTC Base through modern Scarlet & Violet and Japanese exclusives, Magic: The Gathering Commander and Standard staples, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece TCG, Disney Lorcana, Dragon Ball Z Fusion World, Digimon, Star Wars Unlimited, and Flesh and Blood. Locked cases display PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC graded slabs alongside autographed memorabilia, vintage comics, Funko Pops, and hobby supplies.
Doors open Saturday, May 23 from 10:00 AM MDT to 5:00 PM MDT for the main show floor. Sunday, May 24 wraps the weekend from 10:00 AM MDT to 5:00 PM MDT with the deepest dealer-cut deals of the show. General admission is $5 at the door for both days, kids 12 and under admitted completely free with a paying adult. Door-prize raffles run hourly with prizes donated by participating vendors — graded rookie cards, sealed boxes, and Pokémon Elite Trainer Boxes are common giveaways.
The Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel is at 2910 Yale Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, directly across from the Albuquerque International Sunport with quick access from Interstate 25, Interstate 40, and Yale Boulevard. The hotel ballroom is climate-controlled, ADA-accessible, and laid out with wide aisles. Free parking is plentiful in the on-site Sheraton lot, and the surrounding Yale corridor and University of New Mexico South Campus area has plenty of grab-and-go food options including diners, breweries, and coffee shops within five minutes.
This show fits every collector type — first-timers, families, casual fans, modern flippers, breakers, prospect hunters, vintage buyers, and competitive tournament players. For the best experience, arrive at 10:00 AM Saturday sharp for first dibs on freshly-stocked dealer tables, bring cash plus Venmo, Zelle, and PayPal backups, and carry a sorted want list. Pack penny sleeves, top loaders, and a hard-sided slab case. Save the last forty-five minutes Sunday for negotiation — dealers cut prices before tearing down at 5:00 PM. Contact Maxwell@NewMexicoCardShow.com or follow @newmexicocardshow on Instagram and Facebook for vendor previews and special-guest announcements.