U.S. Grant hotel - wikipedia U.S. Grant hotel U.S. Grant Hotel U.S. National Register of Historic Places Facade of the U.S. Grant Hotel Show map of San Diego Show map of San Diego County, California Show map of California Show map of the US Show all Location 326 Broadway, San Diego, California Coordinates 32 ° 42 ′ 56.9334 '' N 117 ° 9 ′ 41.5074 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 32.715814833 ° N 117.161529833 ° W ﻿ / 32.715814833 ; - 117.161529833 Coordinates : 32 ° 42 ′ 56.9334 '' N 117 ° 9 ′ 41.5074 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 32.715814833 ° N 117.161529833 ° W ﻿ / 32.715814833 ; - 117.161529833 Area less than one acre Built 1910 Architect Harrison Albright Architectural style Classical Revival, Beaux Arts NRHP reference # 79000523 Added to NRHP August 27, 1979 The U.S. Grant Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown San Diego, California. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is 11 stories high and has 270 guest rooms in addition to meeting rooms and a ballroom. Contents 1 History 2 Events 3 Guests 4 References 5 External links History The hotel was built by Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., son of president Ulysses S. Grant, who named the hotel after his father. Grant bought the Horton House Hotel and demolished it to construct the current hotel. Architect Harrison Albright designed the hotel. San Diego voters helped finance $700,000 for the $1.5 million needed to construct the hotel after Grant lacked the funds to do so. The hotel opened on October 15, 1910 and included two swimming pools as well as a ballroom on the top floor. Lobby of the hotel in 2014 The hotel 's signature restaurant is the Grant Grill, which opened in 1952. It became a power - lunch spot for downtown businessmen and politicians, so much so that `` ladies '' were not permitted in the restaurant before 3 PM. In 1969 a group of prominent local women staged a sit - in which resulted in the restaurant abandoning its men - only policy. The hotel was refurbished in the 1980s, but fell upon hard times in the subsequent decade due to a financial slump. The hotel changed hands several times during the 1990s. In 2003, the hotel was purchased by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, who closed the doors for 21 months to renovate the building. It reopened in October 2006. The hotel is operated by Starwood Hotels and Resorts as a part of their Luxury Collection. Events The Grant Hotel was, for nearly 35 years, until 1974, the site of the annual reunion dinner of the `` Great White Fleet Association, '' a group of sailors who sailed on the cruise of 16 white battleships from 1907 - 09. These dinners attracted a wide range of military officials and guests from all over the world. The inaugural San Diego Comic - Con International, which was then called `` San Diego 's Golden State Comic - Con '', was held at the U.S. Grant Hotel in 1970. Guests Famous guests have included Albert Einstein, Charles Lindbergh, Woodrow Wilson and 12 additional United States Presidents. The hotel includes three presidential suites that have been tailored to Secret Service requirements for accommodating presidential visits. References Jump up ^ National Park Service ( 2010 - 07 - 09 ). `` National Register Information System ''. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Jump up ^ Banning, Evelyn I. `` U.S. Grant, Jr. : A Builder of San Diego ''. San Diego Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014. Jump up ^ Engstrand, Iris Wilson ( 2005 ). San Diego : California 's Cornerstone. Adventures in the Natural History and Cultural Heritage of the Californias Series. Sunbelt Publications, Inc. p. 263. ISBN 9780932653727. Retrieved 23 March 2013. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Grant Hotel ''. sandiego.edu. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 07. Jump up ^ Montes, Gregory ( Winter 1982 ). `` Balboa Park, 1909 - 1911 The Rise and Fall of the Olmsted Plan ''. The Journal of San Diego History. 28 ( 1 ). Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Jump up ^ Pourade, Richard F. ( 1965 ). Gold in the Sun ( 1st ed. ). San Diego : The Union - Tribune Publishing Company. pp. 114 -- 115. ISBN 0 - 913938 - 04 - 1. Jump up ^ San Diego Union Tribune, September 3, 2006 Jump up ^ Warner, Gary A. `` San Diego 's grande dames ''. The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 07. ^ Jump up to : Beeson, Julia ( November 1, 2006 ). `` Grant Expectations ''. San Diego Magazine. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014. Jump up ^ Weinberg, Daniella. `` The Us Grant, San Diego 's Landmark Hotel To Reopen In November 2006 '' ( Press release ). Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Huge Navy Cruise Urged ''. Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 17 December 1969. Retrieved 23 March 2013. Alden, John Doughty ( 1972 ). The American steel navy : a photographic history of the U.S. Navy from the introduction of the steel hull in 1883 to the cruise of the Great White Fleet, 1907 - 1909. Naval Institute Press. p. 349. ISBN 9780870216817. Jump up ^ Rowe, Peter ( January 5, 2012 ). `` Richard Alf, 59, one of Comic - Con 's founders ''. U-T San Diego. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014. ^ Jump up to : Schulte - Peevers, Andrea ( 2003 ). California ( 3 ed. ). Lonely Planet Publications. p. 545. ISBN 978 - 1 - 86450 - 331 - 9. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to U.S. Grant Hotel. San Diego portal Official U.S. Grant Hotel website Ulysses S. Grant 18th President of the United States ( 1869 -- 1877 ) Commanding General of the United States Army 1865 - 1869 Life and politics Early life and career Birth Place Boyhood home Grant Schoolhouse Point Pleasant, Ohio White Haven home farm Galena home Military Career Military Service Commanding General of the United States Army American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Appomattox Court House Campaigns Vicksburg Campaign Chattanooga Campaign Overland Campaign Petersburg Campaign Appomattox Campaign General of the Army Reconstruction Era Presidency First inauguration Second inauguration Scandals Reforms Peace Policy Department of Justice Fifteenth Amendment Treaty of Washington Korean Expedition Comstock Laws Panic of 1873 1875 Civil Rights Act Modoc War Great Sioux War Pardons Cabinet Judicial appointments State of the Union addresses 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 Elections Republican National Convention, 1868 1872 United States presidential election, 1868 1872 Post-presidency Later life Bid for a Third Term World tour of Ulysses S. Grant Legacy Bibliography Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Grant 's Tomb Grant Park Grant Memorial Presidential library Grantism General Grant ship General Grant tree grove Grant Cottage State Historic Site Lee and Grant at Appomattox The Peacemakers Cultural depictions U.S. Postage stamps Currency $50 Bill Grant High School U.S. Grant Hotel Family Julia Grant ( wife ) Jesse Root Grant ( father ) Frederick Dent Grant ( son ) Ulysses S. Grant Jr. ( son ) Jesse R. Grant ( son ) Nellie Grant ( daughter ) Ulysses S. Grant III ( grandson ) Chapman Grant ( grandson ) Ulysses S. Grant IV ( grandson ) Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky - Grant ( granddaughter ) Cincinnati ( horse ) ← Andrew Johnson Rutherford B. 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Question: who owns the us grant hotel in san diego
Answer: the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation