Hilton San Diego Bayfront
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Hilton San Diego Bayfront is the 15th tallest building in San Diego, California
California
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 and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline
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. 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
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 of Downtown San Diego
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, 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
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, along the San Diego Bay
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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 Park
PETCO 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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