The return of Macworld Boston!
<a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/31.boston.php" target="_blank">http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/31.boston.php</a>
Woohoo! Macworld in NY was supposed to only be until the new convention center was built and it looks like IDG is keeping good with their promise.
This is terrific. I thought that Macworld was going to be in NY for good. This brings back some memories.
Woohoo! Macworld in NY was supposed to only be until the new convention center was built and it looks like IDG is keeping good with their promise.
This is terrific. I thought that Macworld was going to be in NY for good. This brings back some memories.
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However, this puts MacWorld further away from me. Trips to the Javits Center were easy and fun. Oh well, at least now I have a good excuse for a trip to beantown!!! Hooray!!! Can't wait.
So does this mean it won't be in 2 different buildings all the way across town from each other? You gotta admit that was dumb.
Anyway, they said "may" and by "2004". So we've still got at least 1 more NY MacWorld to look forward to
<strong>Boston has awful traffic as of now. However, in a short time the "Big Dig" will be over and the traffic situation greatly improved. Not to mention the city will look much more attractive on the whole.</strong><hr></blockquote>
"short time" and the "Big Dig" aren't used in the same sentence. Ever.
CubeDude: Are you in Southampton?
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[quote]I think Apple just wants to hear people try to pronounce Jaguar in a funny Boston accent.<hr></blockquote>
but seriously folks, i'd prefer it in ny. i haven't actually gone (i'm poor), but i like the notion of a huge apple event being that close to me. like, if i really wanted to, i could scrounge up the money, and see the debut of the g6 or something. plus i like the extra ads around the city when a mw approaches (i [apple] ny, and the switchers now).
but, irregardless of where i, or any individual, think it should be, the show will flow to the cheaper place. the world is run on money. if bastan is cheaper for them, that's where it'll be. maybe the javits can cudgle them back.
I keep hearing that 'Boston isn't New York'. What's your point? If you want to go to New York for your 'summer vacation', no one's stopping you. The cost of staying in Boston isn't nearly as high as staying in New York so spend a few days in Boston and then go visit New York if you want to.
This is MUCH better for everyone involved. The costs will go down for IDG, for exhibitors, and for attendees.
Also just in is this from Boston.com:
[quote]Greco said his group needs financial incentives to move back, because the show would likely have a lower turnout for two to three years. It took a couple years for the show to reach this July's attendance level of 58,000 people in New York ? similar to the show's turn-out when it left Boston in the late 1990s, Greco said.<hr></blockquote>
Also:
[quote]IDG World Expo is considering moving the show to Boston in 2003 and using the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center for one year, but Greco said that is less likely than a move in 2004, when the new center is open.<hr></blockquote>
They could use the Hynes Convention Center for FREE next year if this deal goes through. It's up to them, but it's looking like an excellent deal.
More news available at:
<a href="http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2002/08/02/macworld.html" target="_blank">http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2002/08/02/macworld.html</a>
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