CLAYTON, N.M. (KRQE) – When life gives you tumbleweeds…make Christmas trees? That’s what the owners of the Eklund Hotel in Clayton decided to do. Earlier this month, a wind s… ...

Cue The Drifters’ classic hit song, “Up on The Roof.” Clayton’s new restaurant and bar— High Bar Clayton —debuts this evening atop the 11-story, 207-room AC Hotel by Marriott St. Louis Clayton (227 S.

CLAYTON — A new 207-room hotel has opened on the site of the former Clayton police headquarters. The $50 million AC Hotel, at 227 South Central Avenue, features a rooftop bar and event space.