Region, GTA VI
Port Gellhorn
A faded beach resort of cheap motels and closed-down attractions.
Once a vacation destination, Port Gellhorn now lives off what’s left: cheap motels, empty malls and closed-down attractions. A place to lie low and take the jobs nobody else wants.
Overview
Port Gellhorn had its glory days as a beach resort; only the signs are left. Rockstar describes a city that has lost its prosperity, with its cheap motels, abandoned malls and closed-down attractions, where you can lie low and take the jobs nobody else wants. In the official screenshots, the neon of the Starlet Motel and late-night bars towers over a backdrop of roadside shops and vacant lots. It’s a forgotten coast, the exact opposite of Vice City’s glitz. Trailer 1 puts Jason and Lucia’s motel room there.
In the artwork and in the story
Port Gellhorn is the city that lost its prosperity: Rockstar describes cheap motels, abandoned malls and closed-down attractions, the place to drop off the radar and take the jobs nobody wants. Trailer 1 puts Jason and Lucia’s motel room there, and the screenshots show the Starlet Motel sign, the Delights club and a late-night bar.
On the ground
In the game, the city should work as a hideout and a playground for small-time hustles. On the Leonidakit map, the Starlet Motel is placed based on its sign, and the region gathers the roadside shops and vacant lots seen in the screenshots. The rest will become clearer at launch.
Key points
- Once a vacation destination, the city now lives off what’s left.
- Empty malls and dark signs make up its nighttime backdrop in the screenshots.
- Trailer 1 puts Jason and Lucia’s motel room there; the Extended Look comes back to it.
The file
What each official release has shown of the region, date by date, with series benchmarks and what’s still to be confirmed.
ID card
- Type
- Faded beach resort
- Official slogan
- “Live hard”
- Places named by Rockstar
- Starlet Motel, Delights
- Real-world match (players)
- Panama City, on the northwest coast (uncertain)
- Related characters
- Jason and Lucia, at the Starlet Motel
- Official images
- 6 on this page
Reveal timeline
Trailer 1
Seen in media
Jason and Lucia share a motel room; the Starlet Motel sign, readable in the region’s screenshots, places the scene.
“Only in Leonida” pages
Official
Slogan “Live hard”: cheap motels, empty malls, closed attractions, the place to lie low.
An Extended Look
Seen in media
The video goes back to the Starlet Motel, around 25:58.
29 new screenshots
Official
One more screenshot shows the town at sunset, between gas stations and shopping streets.
The radio stations
Official
According to Rockstar’s text quoted by Game Informer, Back Country Radio broadcasts “for Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, and beyond”.
Series benchmarks
What earlier games did along the same lines: benchmarks to get an idea, not information about GTA VI.
2013
GTA V
Sandy Shores, a declining town on the Alamo Sea, is Trevor’s base: trailers, bars and shady deals.
What’s still to be confirmed
- Will the Starlet Motel be a safehouse, or just a backdrop?
- What jobs “nobody else wants” does the town have in store?
- Will you be able to explore the closed attractions?
Nobody has the answer yet: these points will be filled in with the game, on November 19, 2026.
Sources for this file
Official
Official Grand Theft Auto VI site (“Only in Leonida” pages, editions, pre-orders)
Official
Rockstar Games: official GTA VI videos (Trailer 1, Trailer 2, An Extended Look)
Official
Seen in media
Game Informer: six GTA VI radio stations to preview (Rockstar’s text)
Community identification
Community identification
On the Leonida map
The region on our Leonida map, with the neighborhoods and places Rockstar has named or shown. These are markers from our map, not official boundaries.
On the map
In pictures
Keep exploring
What’s next?
The rest gets written on November 19, 2026.
Each page will be filled in once the game is out: what you find there, what you do there, what it earns you. Nothing made up until then.