Legacy International Center
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Legacy International Center is a biblical-themed hotel and religious center in San Diego's Mission Valley, California, US. It was built by American televangelist Morris Cerullo.
The 18-acre complex was built for $190 million and opened in February 2020. The center contains a 110-foot-long replica of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, and a 250-seat restaurant. It also contains a 4-D domed theater (motion seats, wind blasts, mist, smells) that initially showed two films, “Wings Over Israel” and “Walk Through the Bible”. It also contains Cerullo's religious relics, depictions of catacombs with replicas of biblical scenes, and a child/teen area.[1][2]
The hotel contains 126 rooms, a 150-seat restaurant, and a conference facility.[1]
The center also includes the offices for Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, a ballroom, and a 500-seat theater.[1]
Morris Cerullo World Evangelism purchased the foreclosed Mission Valley Resort in 2011, and the center was approved for construction in 2017.[3][4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c LORI WEISBERG (9 December 2019). "Televangelist opens his Bible-themed attraction — from wailing wall and catacombs to luxury lodging". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Matthew Lickona (1 July 2020). "Legacy International Center: the inverted cathedral". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Frank Gormlie (16 November 2017). "Televangelist Extremist Morris Cerullo Got His Disneyland Park in Mission Valley". San Diego Free Press. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
875 South Hotel Circle Drive
- ^ "City Council OKs Hotel Circle religious resort". ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Lori Weisberg (18 September 2017). "San Diego televangelist fails to win approval for religious retreat in Mission Valley". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Lori Weisberg (8 May 2017). "Televangelist's planned resort gets a major redesign but wailing wall still there". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 4 February 2024.