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Westgate Hotel (San Diego)
Westgate Hotel, formerly known as Westgate Plaza Hotel and Little America Westgate Plaza Hotel, is a luxury hotel in San Diego, California.
| The Westgate Hotel |
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| The building in 2009 |
| Interactive map of the The Westgate Hotel area |
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| Little America Westgate Plaza Hotel |
| Westgate Plaza Hotel |
| Completed |
| 1055 Second Ave, San Diego, California, 92101, United States |
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| August 30, 1970 |
| 235 |
Westgate Hotel, formerly known as Westgate Plaza Hotel and Little America Westgate Plaza Hotel, is a luxury hotel in San Diego, California.
The hotel was built by C. Arnholt Smith after inspiration from a 1950s lunch with President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the nearby U.S. Grant Hotel. Construction began on January 18, 1968, and Arnholt's company Westgate-California Corporation built it for $22 million. The 20 story building opened with 235 rooms on August 30, 1970 and Esquire said it was one of the three greatest hotels in the world.
The hotel was a filming location for the 1979 film Scavenger Hunt and the 2025 film One Battle After Another.
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