Hilton San Diego Convention Center San Diego, California Guest rooms: 1190 Meeting space: 100,000 s.f. (9,750 sm) A superb waterfront location on San Diego Bay, adjacent to the Gas Lamp District, Convention Center, and PETCO Park (home of the San Diego Padres), positions this 1190 room convention hotel as a center of activity for the South Embarcadero area. The resort opened in December of 2008 as the largest privately financed and owned convention hotel currently operating in the United States, and was selected as one of Real Estate Forum’s “Deals of the Year” for 2006.