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$800M Convention Center Comes Under Attack

BOSTON-After local published reports indicate that only 18 shows are booked for the $800-million South Boston convention center, the feasibility of the project is questioned.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on April 18, 2002

BOSTON-The feasibility of the $800-million convention center being developed in south Boston on the waterfront is being questioned following published reports stating that the facility has only 18 shows booked for the 10-year period beginning in 2004, when the center is slated to be completed.

Charles Chieppo, spokesperson for the Pioneer Institute, a conservative think tank, explains to GlobeSt.com that in the final report that determined whether the state would go ahead with the project, it indicated that the facility would attract 38 shows in its first year. The facility currently has none booked for the first year and shows are usually booked from five to seven years in advance. Chieppo notes that the report also indicated that the facility would ramp up to 64 shows by the 10th year.

“This gives a sense of the magnitude of what’s going on,” Chieppo points out. “Clearly the die is cast here in terms of this thing being a white elephant. I don’t have the answer about to do with the project but what you don’t do is build a convention center.”

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