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Pandas: our world-famous celebrities. The San Diego Zoo has had a love affair with giant pandas ever since two of the black-and-white bears came to visit in 1987. After years of red tape and tons of application paperwork, the Zoo and China agreed on a 12-year research loan of two giant pandas, Bai Yun and Shi Shi.

 

Conference Hotel

Meeting Room Layout

Transportation

Local Attractions

Local Attractions

San Diego Convention and Visitor’s Bureau:  
http://www.sandiego.org/nav/Visitors

San Diego Historical Society (online resource for San Diego history)
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/index.html

Modern San Diego (online resource for the history of modernism in San
Diego)
http://www.modernsandiego.com/

Horton Plaza (shopping center with unique architecture, 5 blocks from
conference hotel)
http://westfield.com/hortonplaza/

Maritime Museum (7 historic ships, 7 blocks)
http://www.sdmaritime.com/index.asp

USS Midway Museum (aircraft carrier, 9 blocks)
http://www.midway.org/site/pp.asp?c=eeIGLLOrGpF=3038957

Little Italy (historic neighborhood with shopping, restaurants, 9
blocks)
http://www.littleitalysd.com/splash/index.asp

Gaslamp Quarter (shopping, restaurants, 11 blocks)
http://www.gaslamp.org/

Seaport Village (shopping, restaurants, 1 mile)
http://www.seaportvillage.com/

Balboa Park (Zoo, Museums, Old Globe Theater, 3 miles via SDMTS Bus)
http://www.balboapark.org/

Old Town State Park (4 miles - SDMTS Trolley)
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=663

San Diego Mission (pictured on our logo, 10 miles - accessible via SDMTS
Trolley)
http://www.missionsandiego.com/

San Diego Beaches (8 to 17 miles - Mission Beach via SDMTS Bus 8/9,
others by car)
http://www.sandiego.gov/lifeguards/beaches/


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