Convention delegates will soon be able to live like a rock star. Construction is beginning on the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego that will be located in the historic Gaslamp Quarter. Destined to be a landmark of downtown San Diego’s urban revival, the property is strategically located at the entrance of the Gaslamp Quarter directly across the street from the Convention Center and adjacent to PETCO Park.

Set to open in the spring of 2007, the hotel will offer all the usual Hard Rock lifestyle elements including cutting-edge design, high-radar restaurant and hot spot bars, unique and dramatic meeting space, and of course, its trademark music energy. The Hard Rock Hotel will offer 40,000 sq. ft. of meeting space and also be complemented by destination restaurants and retail establishments.

With this latest addition, San Diego continues to be more accommodating than ever. When the Hard Rock Hotel opens, it will boost the Center’s total hotel rooms within a mile of the building to 9,000 rooms. More than 4,600 of these rooms are just right across the street from the Center.