The Globe’s Casey Ross reports that the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, which has so far “failed to generate a building boom on the waterfront,” wants to expand in order to compete with places like Las Vegas and Chicago:
Convention center officials have argued that an expansion would pay for itself through the additional spending from tourists and visitors, which would result in more tax revenue from purchases in stores, restaurants, and hotels.
CommonWealth‘s Phil Primack examined the pros and cons of a convention center expansion in our Fall 2008 issue.