East Village is San Diego's largest and most rapidly developing neighborhood encompassing 130 blocks. East Village burst into life in the past two years. It is the largest district downtown, located east of the Gaslamp Quarter and southeast of the Core district and Cortez Hill.
The revitalization of this once blighted warehouse district was fueled primarily by the building of PETCO Park, the San Diego Padres’ new state-of-the-art baseball stadium which opened in April 2004. Today, visitors can enjoy luxury hotels and restaurants, rooftop bars, cafes, boutique shops, galleries, and live music venues scattered throughout the neighborhood. This center of modern urban development is also San Diego's arts district, spotted with artists' homes, studios, galleries and shops.
