Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott was a proposed Nickelodeon-themed multi-resort to be developed by Viacom (owner of Nickelodeon), Miller Global Properties, LLC (resorts developer and owner - the company also owned Nickelodeon Suites Resort), and Marriott International (resort operator).
Planned opening
The first hotel, announced in June 2007, was slated to open in 2010 at San Diego's Liberty Station. Six hundred fifty rooms were planned, a 100000 sqft water park, and some attractions. This was to be the first of 20 resorts to be under construction by 2020. The architecture firm Gensler was commissioned for the project. The VPs over at Marriott saw the project as a great opportunity to develop waterpark hotels.[1] Gensler had developed a 'Kid Modern' concept for the new hotel.[2]
The project was the first family friendly resort planned in San Diego in the past fifty years. The investment envelope for the construction was $300 million and was to be built where a long-term parking lot for Lindbergh Field passengers stood.