Deeply Flawed Televangelist Built a ‘Religious Disneyland’ in Mission Valley — Now It’s Up for Sale After Just 4 Years
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Morris Cerullo was indeed a deeply-flawed televangelist, but in 2017, the San Diego City Council approved his Legacy International Center’s main campus for Mission Valley. It had a $160 million price tag. Construction began in 2018, and was completed in 2020, but Morris Cerullo died that same year.
Now, the massive, sprawling Hotel Circle property that was once envisioned by Morris Cerullo as a luxurious center for his global ministry and teachings has gone up for sale — after just four years.
Morris Cerullo purchased the property, which was previously the Mission Valley Resort, in 2011. He originally did so with the idea of turning it into a “religious Disneyland,” combining entertainment with hospitality, imbued with a strong flavor of his particular brand of Christianity.
Originally, it included an international market, a five-story resort, restaurants, office spaces, a performing arts venue, a replica of Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall and mysterious “catacombs.”
The Rag covered Cerullo and his controversial plans for several years. This is how we reported on the Council approval back in 2017:
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