Hilton San Diego Bayfront
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Hilton San Diego Bayfront is the 15th tallest building in San Diego, California
and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline
. It has a height of 385 ft (117 m) and contains 1,190 rooms. Located in the East Village district
of Downtown San Diego
, Hilton San Diego Bayfront is a 32-story building that utilizes the modern architectural style and was designed by the architect firm John Portman & Associates. The skyscraper is located directly adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center
, along the San Diego Bay
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The hotel is owned by One Park Boulevard, LLC and corporate-operated by Hilton Worldwide.
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California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline
Skyline
A skyline is the overall or partial view of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as...
. It has a height of 385 ft (117 m) and contains 1,190 rooms. Located in the East Village district
East Village, San Diego, California
East Village is a neighborhood in San Diego, California. It is the largest district in the downtown of San Diego, and is located east of the Gaslamp Quarter and southeast of the Core district and Cortez Hill. East village has gone through extensive and rapid redevelopment, especially near Petco...
of Downtown San Diego
Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California
Downtown San Diego, also referred to as Centre City, is the city center of San Diego, California, the eighth largest city in America. In 2010, the Centre City area itself had a population of more than 28,000...
, Hilton San Diego Bayfront is a 32-story building that utilizes the modern architectural style and was designed by the architect firm John Portman & Associates. The skyscraper is located directly adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center
San Diego Convention Center
The San Diego Convention Center is the primary convention center in San Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive...
, along the San Diego Bay
San Diego Bay
San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port adjacent to San Diego, California. It is 12 mi/19 km long, 1 mi/1.6 km–3 mi/4.8 km wide...
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The hotel is owned by One Park Boulevard, LLC and corporate-operated by Hilton Worldwide.
History
On May 19, 2008 a natural gas leak caused an explosion that injured 14 construction workers and damaged four floors on the unfinished hotel.Design
The 30-story tower hotel features 1,190 guest rooms and more than 165000 square feet (15,329 m²) of meeting space, making it the hotel with the highest ratio of meeting space to hotel rooms in the downtown area. A skybridge connects the parking garage to a crosswalk that goes to Petco ParkPETCO Park
Petco Park is an open-air ballpark in downtown San Diego, California, USA. It opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium as the home park of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. Before then, the Padres shared Qualcomm Stadium with the NFL's San Diego Chargers...
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