{"id":4525,"date":"2014-07-07T18:46:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T01:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandiegoboattours.com\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2014-07-07T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T02:35:30","slug":"san-diego-conventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegoboattours.com\/san-diego-conventions\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Convention Center Expanding Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us already know that the growing popularity across the globe has caused the San Diego Convention Center to bust its seams!<\/span> For those of us that live in America\u2019s Finest City, being hospitable and sharing our hometown as a vacation destination with more than 33 million visitors annually, and turning people away for such a notorious event is just not possible, and with the support of the California Coastal Commission, the mega expansion project<\/span> for the San Diego Convention Center is on track to break ground at the beginning of 2015-months away!<\/p>\n

Sparing no expense, the last estimate of cost for the project is around $520 million<\/a>, which includes not only the convention center itself but also the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. With San Diego being a top tourist destination, the local economy relies upon and caters to this visiting community. Tourism employs more than 165,000 San Diegans and deposits $8.4 billion every year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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San Diego Comic-Con is estimated at 130,000<\/h2>\n

Attendance for the popular San Diego Comic-Con is estimated at 130,000, and tickets sell out early and are highly coveted by steadfast devotees and fans of the famed event. This year is the 45th<\/sup> anniversary of San Diego Comic-Con and the already sold out event <\/span>begins July 24th<\/sup> and runs until July 27th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

With the San Diego Convention Center \u201cmaxed out\u201d for this event, real attendance has grown beyond 130,000 which includes people attending \u201csatellite locations<\/a>\u201d and local hotels and parks. Besides the convention itself held at the gi-normous Exhibit Hall (right now is over 460,000 sq. ft.) there is a film festival, film screenings, art shows and award ceremonies.<\/p>\n

The most impressive visual features<\/span> of the expanded San Diego Convention Center is the expansive and first of its kind (on the waterfront) 5 acre rooftop park!<\/p>\n