River of Lights celebrates its 25th anniversary

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –The River of Lights is in its 25th year at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden. Last year, the River of Lights set a record with 130,000 guests, up from 100,000 from its humble beginning in 1997.
Albuquerque Mayor Jim Baca had the honor in 1997 to kick off the first-ever River of Lights Holiday Light Festival. Back then, they had to rent sculptures from a company in New York. "And I think they paid about $80,000 to do that. And we got about 30 displays, nowhere ne