by Kerstan Szczepanski
Location: 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210
Date Opened: June 2004
Square Footage: 2.1 million square feet of total space with 82 meeting rooms. The exhibit hall floor is 500,000 square feet and can be one space or three isolated areas. The Grand Ballroom is just over 40,000 square feet. The Lawn On D outdoor space is 2.7 acres.
Parking: Valet parking is $40. Self-parking, BCEC South Parking lot, is $25 for regular size vehicles, and $50 for oversized vehicles. First come, first served.
Hotels: Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is less than a quarter mile away. The Seaport Hotel Boston and the Dagny Boston are less than a mile away.
Airport Info: Logan International Airport is under three miles away.
WiFi: Free with over 500 access points, enough for 35,000 devices.
Transport: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Silver Line is complimentary from the airport and only $2.75 to go back. The venue is one minute from I-90 and I-93, and easily accessible from I-93. It is a fifteen minute walk to South Station, one of Boston’s major transport hubs, which houses the local bus station, access to the Red Line of the subway system (referred to as the T), the commuter rail, and bus stops to outside cities.
Website: https://www.signatureboston.com/bcec/
This story originally appeared in the Q1 2024 issue of Exhibit City News, p. 11. For original layout, visit https://issuu.com/exhibitcitynews/docs/ecn_q1_2024.
