With a stay at Sandia Resort And Casino in Albuquerque (Northeast Heights), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Balloon Fiesta Park and Sandia Casino. This 4-star resort is 5.5 mi (8.9 km) from Sandia Peak Ski and Tramway and 10.6 mi (17.1 km) from Albuquerque Convention Center. Sandia Pueblo is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people inhabiting a 101.114-square-kilometre reservation of the same name in the eastern Rio Grande Rift of central New Mexico. Sandia Pueblo is situated 3½ miles north of Sandia Resort & Casino.