Alamogordo is also the home of the Flickinger Center for the Performing Arts, Alamogordo Music Theater , Alamogordo Community Theater and the Otero Community Concerts series. La Luz , four miles northeast of Alamogordo, is the oldest settlement in the Tularosa Basin. Founded in 1705 by the Spanish, it is now a quiet plaza surrounded by a few old adobe buildings, homes and artist studios, including a cooperative art gallery. Super Wal-Mart and Hastings also have stores in Alamogordo. The major grocery stores are Albertsons , and Van Winkles IGA .
Additional shopping is available throughout the city.
The downtown area near 10th St. and New York Ave. is the community's financial and business district as well as the location for local government offices. Many shops are located on the Downtown Mall area. The Space Center and International Space Hall of Fame . This facility operates as a part of the New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs and was opened in 1976. This attraction is the third most visited museum in New Mexico.