We built it, and they came: a response to the Pioneer Institute's February 1997 "White Paper" on the proposed new convention center in Boston

84 Pages·1997·3.5 MB·English

by  Massachusetts Convention Center Authority

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APPENDIX
MASSACHUSETTS CONVENTION CENTER
AUTHORITY
900 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
954-2100
(617)
March 1997

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1980 Hynes Auditorium Events & Attendance i
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Trade Shows Attendance
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1. First New England Advertising Show 10000 !
2. Boston Gift Show (March) 8000'
3. Boston National College Fair 13000!
4. Travel Industry Trade Show 3000
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New England Buyers Marketplace 5000:
5.
6. Electro '80 30000
7. National Computer Manufacturers Trade Show 1000!
Trade Show Consultants 1500:
8.
Boston Business Equipment Expo 5000
9.
10. Fish Expo '80 10000'
Management Show 6000
11. Industrial Scientific
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12. New England Typographic Exposition 400!
13. Automated Test Equipment 4000
14. Semicon East 700
15. Boston Gift Show (Septmeber) 8000 !
16. Job Shop Capabilities & Custom Computer Show 1000:
Quantuum Electronics/IEEE 1600
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Total 108200
Association Conventions
Yankee Dental Congress 7000:
1.
2. Northeastern Retail Lumber Assn 8000
3. National Assn of Mutual Savings Banks 1000
American Camping Assn 2500
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5. New England Hospital Assembly 1 8000 ]
6. American Educational Research Assn 6000
National Fire Protection Assn 6000
8. Eastern American Health Facilities 1000
9. National Assn of Watch & Clock Collectors 1500
10. Helen Keller Congress on Services for Blind Persons 2500
1 1 . American Assn of Clinical Chemists 4000;
12. American Legion 62nd National Convention 20000
13. Institute of Financial Planners and the Institute for Certified Fins ncial Planners 2500!
14. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 2500!
15. American Assn of Textile Colorists & Chemists 3500:
16. American College of Chest Physicians 3500 !
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Total 89500
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Gate Shows
Boston Boat Show 30000
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2. New England Auto Show 300000
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New England Home Show 60000
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Sports Show '80 (January) 20000
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5. Autorama 100000
Outdoor Show 30000
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7. Here's Boston 10000
8. Boston Globe Book Festival 40000
9. New England Ski Show 40000

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10. Sports Show '80 (August) 20000
Northeast Personal & Business Computer Show 100000
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12. Londonderry Faire 60000
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13. Eastern Dog Show 6000:
Total 816000
Total Attendance Tradeshows/Conventions/Corporate Shows/Gate Shows 1013700
Total Events Tradeshows/Conventions/Corporate Shows/Gate Shows 46
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[Meetings
1 First Church of Christ, Scientist Annual Meeting 10000
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Total 10000
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'Community & Social Events '
Simmons College Graduation
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E rson College Graduation
3. Boston Public Schools Graduation
4. Medical School Exams
Board of Bar Examiners
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6. Metropolitan Opera
;7. Jimmy Swaggart Evangelistical
8. Suffolk Graduation
9. Wentworth Institute Graduation
10. Runners Exposition 10000
11. Boston Marathon Sports Medicine Runners Seminar
Total 10000
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Total of ALL Events 58
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'Sources 1980 Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Masterlist
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority

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1981 Hypes Auditorium Events & Attendance
Trade Shows Attendance
New England Ad Week 3000
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|2. Boston Gift Show (March) 8000
i3. Semicon East 6000
h4r. Society of Plastics Engineers 4000
Buyers Marketplace 5000
5.
Automated Test Equipment 2000
6.
7. College Fair 13000
Restaurant Show 16000
;8.
9. New England Printing Show 2000
10. Boston Gift Show (Septmeber) 8000
11. The Glass Show 3000
70000
Total
Association Conventions
Yankee Dental Congress 6000
i2. Northeastern Retail Lumber Assn 12000
.3. National Assn of Independent Schools 5000|
4. American Assn of Neurological Surgeons 2500
5. New England Hospital Assembly 15000
6. American Alliance for Health, Phy Ed, Recreation & Dance 8000
American Planning Assn 3000
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8. American Urological Assn 3500
:9. American Society for Training & Development 8000
10. National Assn of Bi-Lingual Educators 2500
11. American Rheumatism Assn 2200
12. New England Fuel Institute 8000;
13. Municipal Finance Officers Assn 5000
14. American Assn of University Women 4000
15. American Electroplaters Society 2300
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1 6. Communication Workers of America 5000
17. National Funeral Directors Assn 4000
American Contract Bridge League 8000
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19. American Assn of Physicists in Medicine 1000
20. National Council of Teachers of English 6000!
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21 National Assn of Corporate Real Estate Executives 1500i
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22. Armenian Youth Federation 1000
23. National Newspaper Assn 1500!
24. American Production & Inventory Control Society 6000;
25. Produce Marketing Assn 500
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Total 122500
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Gate Shows
Boston Boat Show 30000
1.
New England Auto Show 300000
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New England Home Show 60000
3.
4. The Leisure Time Show 10000
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Autorama 100000
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Outdoor Show 30000
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7. Northeast Computer & Office Equipment Expo 100000
8. Londonderry Faire 60000
9. Eastern Dog Show 6000
IQ.SkiShow 10000
706000
Total
Total Attendance Tradeshows/Conventions/Corporate Shows/Gate Shows 898500
Total Events Tradeshows/Conventions/Corporate Shows/Gate Shows 48
Meetings, Community & Social Events
Simmons College Graduation
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Emerson College Graduation
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Boston Public Schools Graduation
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Type School
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5. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bar Examination
Peach Food Stores
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7. Sunmark Industries 500
8. Suffolk Graduation
Sheraton World Conference 1500
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10. Runners Exposition 10000
111. Boston Marathon Sports Running Seminar
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;12. First Church of Christ, Scientist Annual Meeting 10000
13. Gemini Concert, Inc.
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14. Bunker Hill Community College Graduation
15. New England School of Law Graduation i
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16. National School Transportation Assn 500
17. Institute of Transportation Engineers 900
Total 23400
Total of ALL Events 63
rSources 1981 Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Masterlist
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority