If San Diego wants to be a destination, they have to have more than one place to have meetings. Spreading the wealth to other cities is something the port feels strongly about.

To build the park you have to have revenue coming in from someplace else. They cost a lot to build and a heck of lot to maintain.

We partner to make development more successful. Our job is to promote economic development.

The longshoremen will tell you this is a very dangerous job.

There's been a lot of ups and downs and a lot of meetings. When you consider this has been an all-volunteer effort, it's a good feeling to know we've met this milestone. Owning the building is a big feather in our cap. But it's still an uphill battle.

After it closed in 1940, the Boy Scouts and the 4H used it for meetings, and then all of the sudden, there was no 4H.