Gaylord Resort and Convention Center - Chula Vista,
California
Q. What is
the Gaylord resort at Chula Vista?
A.
The proposed Gaylord resort on the Chula Vista Bayfront
would be a $1 billion waterfront hotel and convention
destination that would serve local residents, boost the
local economy, and jump start the long-awaited
redevelopment of the Chula Vista waterfront in San Diego
County.
The
project is anticipated to have 2,000 guest rooms and
suites at full build-out. In addition to hotel rooms and
meeting space, the proposed Gaylord resort in Chula
Vista would feature multiple restaurants, an
entertainment nightclub, a full-service spa and fitness
facility, numerous retail shops and resort swimming
pools.
The
state-of-the-art convention center will include
approximately 400,000 square feet of meeting and
convention space in the form of large ballrooms,
flexible breakout space and exhibition space. No single
meeting space will have more than 200,000 square feet to
avoid competition with the San Diego Convention Center.
Q. How
would the project benefit the local economy?
A. The
Gaylord Chula Vista Resort represents a nearly $1
billion private investment in the local and regional
economy. The project will benefit the local economy by
providing much needed jobs and tens of millions of
dollars in annual tax revenues, which will in turn help
to fund essential city services including police and
fire protection, parks, libraries and street
improvements. This impact is significant, especially in
light of the current economy.
Q. What
type of job opportunities would be created by the project?
A. The
project will create nearly 10,000 jobs during
construction and approximately 3,000 permanent jobs
(2,000 direct and 1,000 indirect) once the hotel is
fully operational. Gaylord is an employer of choice in
each of the markets in which it operates and has been
named one of the “Top 25 Companies for Working Families”
in Orlando, Florida, and one of the “Best Places to
Work,” in both Dallas, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee.
Q. Would
Gaylord use local labor to build the resort?
A. Gaylord
is committed to hiring local workers and has a proven
track record of doing so. On our new Gaylord National
project near Washington, DC, approximately 90% of the
workers/contractors were hired from the local region.
Q. How would the Gaylord Resort at Chula Vista affect the
environment?
A. Gaylord
is committed not only to being a good corporate citizen,
but to being an environmentally conscious neighbor.
Through smart design, we intend to incorporate many of
the latest in green technologies and to achieve LEED
certification, the “Good Housekeeping” seal of approval
by the US Green Building Council. We are also listening
to local environmental groups like the Audubon Society
and designing the project to be sensitive to migratory
birds and the surrounding natural environment. Over
time, the project will contribute tax revenues needed to
create, restore and protect nature and wildlife
preserves around the once industrial Chula Vista
bayfront.
Q. How
did the project come about?
A. The City of Chula Vista worked to attract Gaylord
Entertainment to build a resort hotel and convention
center on its waterfront after learning of Gaylord’s
interest in adding a West Coast presence to its national
family of properties. After significant community
involvement, the vision for the project was incorporated
into the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan and endorsed
by both the San Diego Unified Port District and the City
of Chula Vista in 2005.
Q. What is
the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan?
A. The
proposed Gaylord resort in Chula Vista would serve as
the centerpiece of the 560-acre Chula Vista Bayfront
Master Plan, a joint planning effort of the San Diego
Unified Port District and the City of Chula Vista. The
Master Plan calls for the transformation of the city’s
former industrial waterfront to a world-class
destination where people can live, work, play and visit
-- a vision that has been dreamed of by local residents
for more than 20 years. The proposed Gaylord resort in
Chula Vista would help to make the revitalization of the
bayfront a reality by providing the tax revenues needed
to create public parks, nature and wildlife preserves,
hiking and bike trails, and other recreational
facilities.
Q. Where
will the Gaylord resort be located?
A. The
proposed Gaylord resort would be located on the bayfront
in Chula Vista, California, San Diego County’s second
largest city. The resort would be located west of
Interstate 5 between E and H Streets, approximately 12
miles or 15 minutes south of the San Diego International
Airport.
Q. How
would the Chula Vista resort compare to other Gaylord
hotels?
A.
Gaylord’s flagship is the Opryland Hotel in Nashville,
Tennessee. Other properties include Gaylord Palms, near
Orlando, Florida; Gaylord Texan, near Dallas, Texas; and
the new Gaylord National, outside Washington, DC.
The Chula
Vista resort would be most similar to Gaylord National,
the company’s newest property and the cornerstone of the
300-acre National Harbor waterfront resort on the
Potomac River in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Each
Gaylord resort is designed to be unique to its setting.
The Chula Vista resort is expected to be the most
environmentally sensitive facility in the Gaylord family
of properties.
Q. When would the project be completed?
A. The
vision for the project was incorporated into the Chula
Vista Bayfront Master Plan and endorsed by both the San
Diego Unified Port District and the City of Chula Vista
in 2005. Since that time, the Port has been working to
prepare the required environmental studies to gain
approval for the Master Plan by various state agencies.
Those approvals are expected by the end of 2009. Gaylord
hopes to break ground in late-2010 for a grand opening
in 2013.
Q. What is
Gaylord Entertainment?
A. Gaylord
Entertainment is America’s fastest-growing hospitality
and entertainment company, based in Nashville,
Tennessee. With more than 9,000 employees and early $750
million in revenues last year, Gaylord leads the
hospitality industry in innovation and value by
providing quality customer service, outstanding hotel
and convention amenities, and unforgettable
entertainment experiences for its customers. Gaylord
Entertainment is publicly-owned (NYSE: GET).
In
addition to Gaylord’s network of upscale,
meetings-focused resorts and hotels, the company also
owns the Grand Ole Opry, the weekly showcase of country
music's finest performers for 80 consecutive years. The
Company's entertainment brands and properties also
include the Radisson Hotel Opryland, Ryman Auditorium,
General Jackson Showboat, Gaylord Springs Golf Links,
Wildhorse Saloon, and WSM-AM radio station in Nashville,
Tennessee.
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