State May Be Considering Sale of Hynes Convention Center

BOSTON-Now that the proposed convention center that is to be built here in South Boston is moving further from being a pipe dream and edging closer to reality, the questions being raised are: What is the fate of the Hynes Convention Center here? Does this town need two convention centers?

“It is something we should think about,” a source in the governor’s office tells GlobeSt.com. “We are not, however, raising it as if we need to think about it now.”

The source emphasizes that the issue is not something the governor’s secretary of administration and finance, Stephen Crosby, is seriously considering now–despite local reports that depict the secretary considering the possibilities for the future of the Hynes. “If the study shows that there is not a need [for the center], then the secretary would put the issue on the table,” adds the source.