convention center

In the wake of our recent brief, Analyzing the Convention Center Authority’s Inflated Claims, comes word that the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) contributed $23.5 million to a trust fund created by the Patrick administration to fund trade missions before then-Gov. Patrick...

Pioneer Institute’s Research Director, Greg Sullivan, sent a letter today to Governor Patrick asking him to veto the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center expansion bill. He outlined six reasons why Governor Patrick should do so: The BCEC expansion will saddle the next...

This article was published in the Boston Herald on June 9, 2014. Author: Charles Chieppo Rarely is state government’s dysfunction on display more than in the waning days of a legislative session. This time around, exhibit A is the rush to approve...

Convention Center Expansion Would Cost About $5 Billion in Foregone State Revenue Claim that BCEC can be expanded without new taxes or fees only tells part of the story BOSTON – A proposed $1 billion expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition...

Author : Heywood T. Sanders, Trinity University The analyses and forecasting presented in convention center feasibility studies rest in part on assumptions about future demand and supply of convention space at both the national and local levels, developed from data supplied by...