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Macworld Expo Comes Back To Boston in 2004

Posted by pudge on from the beans-beans-the-wonderful-fruit dept.

analog_line writes "According to this article in Business Today, in 2004 the summer Macworld Expo will move from New York City and the Javits Center back to Boston, where it rightfully belongs! As a Boston area resident, I'm ecstatic! Can't tell you how much I look forward to not having to go to New York. ;-)" This was rumored a few months ago, and I am glad to see it happen.

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  1. It's good news but.. by catwh0re · · Score: 2, Interesting
    It's good news for Boston, but NY I feel is a more relevant venue, first Macs are commonplace in the DTP & Graphic design centres in NY. (It's definitely more than 5% Apple usage in NYC). Also post all the 9/11 stuff, you'd want NY to have a bit more popularity.

    And no one can go past the whole Apple in the Big Apple stigma.

  2. no surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The last Mac expo in NYC was such a dis-appointment to all that went (public, developers, media) that it is not shocking that NYC didn't want it to come back. That, and the fact that the charges for JJC are going up, while Boston offered it up for free! 10's of millions of dollars is a huge overstatement of the effect of the expo, at least in terms of $ for the host city. Besides, the Boston metro area has far fewer people than NYC does. Expect the attendance to be down in comparison to expo's of the past in NYC.

  3. Tight timeline by shaping_innovation · · Score: 5, Interesting

    According to the Herald, Macworld is scheduled for two weeks after the opening of the convention center. Given Boston's track record with large state funded construction projects, what do you think the actual chances are that the center will be completed within two weeks of their deadline? :)

  4. Macworld Boston by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I am not too bothered by this at all. I never attended Macworld when it was in New York, I am certainly not going to attend the ones in Boston. It just seems to me that the east coast Macworlds were starting to bring nothing but controversy, what with .Mac, the $129 upgrade for Jaguar and so forth. Macworld was getting weak. But I have to counter some points that were brought up. 1) Someone said that Boston has a large segment of educational users. While I do not dispute that, New York also has a very large educational market. Columbia University, New York University, St Johns, Fordham, Hofstra, The Cooper Union, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, The New School, The CUNYs and so forth, plus the largest public school system in the country. However, the point is moot because Macworld takes place in July, which is usually when schools are out of their main sessions. Even though many students still stay, it wont be as many as there are during the Fall and Spring semesters. 2) True, public transportation around the airports is pretty bad. However, Airtrain which will connect JFK to the Jamaica terminal is nearing completion. That would give you a free ride to a huge transit hub that features the Long Island Rail Road and numerous subway lines. The LIRR pulls right into Penn Station, which is then a quick taxi ride to the Javits Center. That cab fare should not be more than $4. If it is, you are getting ripped off. 3) I just want to know exactly how the convention center is going to make money on this if they are offering free rent? I dont blame IDG for taking that offer, anyone would take that offer.