Gaylord Resort and Convention Center - Chula Vista, California

We are currently working with the City of Chula Vista and the San Diego Unified Port District to bring a world-class hotel and convention center to the Chula Vista bayfront as part of the community's Chula Vista bayfront master plan. 

At full build out, Gaylord Chula Vista will be a 2,000-room hotel and convention center with state-of-the-art meeting space including large ballrooms, flexible breakout space and exhibition hall space. The contiguous exhibit hall and flex space will be capped at 200,000 square feet to avoid overlap with the San Diego Convention Center, while attracting new small and medium size conventions to our region.

This property will provide extensive amenities, including multiple restaurants, an entertainment night club, a full service spa and fitness facility, numerous retail shops, and resort swimming pools.  

Gaylord Chula Vista will be set on the Chula Vista bayfront, surrounded by marinas, restaurants, shops, wildlife refuges, outdoor recreation opportunities, and a signature public park.

We expect the economic output impact of this project during the construction and development phase to be approximately $1.3 billion, with nearly 10,000 jobs and payroll impacts of $456 million (direct and indirect effects).*

The economic impacts for each year after the hotel and convention center are open are estimated to be approximately $383 million beginning in 2013. Ultimately, Gaylord Chula Vista will provide nearly 3,000 permanent jobs both inside and outside the hotel, with payroll impacts of $125 million annually.

The project will also generate more than $14 million in new local tax revenues annually that will benefit Chula Vista and the San Diego region, including property taxes, tourist occupancy taxes, sales taxes and utility and business taxes.

The plan for the first phase of the Chula Vista bayfront development, which includes the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center, calls for approximately a $200 million investment in infrastructure, including utilities, roads, the Signature Park expansion and pedestrian streetscapes.

Bonds issued by the City of Chula Vista to support the development of the hotel and convention center and build needed roads and infrastructure will be repaid with future tax dollars generated exclusively from the Bayfront project. In future years, the City’s investment in Gaylord Chula Vista will be returned many times over, to the benefit of all Chula Vista residents.

*HR&A Advisors Inc. - Economic Impact Report

Contacts:

Gaylord Entertainment
Alexia Poe
Director, Public Affairs
615-316-6717

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