Join Wingstop, Tractor Supply, Body Evolution, Carlsbad Home Center, & The Mattress Gallery at Gateway Plaza! Boasting visibility to over 40,000 vehicles each day, Gateway Plaza sits a quarter-mile from the prominent intersection of Highway 285 and Highway 62. Nestled on the banks of the Pecos River in the Chihuahuan Desert, Carlsbad is known as “The Pearl on the Pecos.” Gateway Plaza is ideally located between Downtown Carlsbad and the internationally acclaimed Carlsbad Caverns, the city’s biggest draw for tourists. With over ten hotels, multiple residential neighborhoods, and new multi-family developments within a mile, Gateway Plaza is primed to serve the surrounding community and regular visitors.