Hotel near old sand?

6474 El Cajon Blvd is Best Western & 6440 El Cajon Blvd is Howard Johnson. If those 2 don't work out, look along Hotel Circle.

Never went there.

Best Western Plus, National City(SanDiego) very nice

I stayed at the Days Inn at the Hotel Circle (543 Hotel Cir S, San Diego, CA 92108). It was very close to the freeways, central to all of San Diego and fairly cheap without being sketchy. We spent most of our time downtown, at the beaches, or visiting friends so it was good to have as a base camp. Maybe a 15 minute drive to the arena?