Hynes Convention Center
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The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has 193,000 square feet of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. The Center is named after Boston Mayor John Hynes. It features 71,600 square feet of meeting space with 38 permanent rooms and a 24,500-square-foot grand ballroom.
The convention center is connected by aerial passageways to a nearby hotel complex and can be reached by public transportation via the Hynes Convention Center/ICA station on the MBTA Green Line and, using the passageways, via the Back Bay (MBTA station) station on the Orange Line, commuter rail and Amtrak.
[edit] Annual occupants
- Anime Boston is one of the events which regularly occupies the Hynes with around 10,000 attendees.
- First Night Boston has used space at the Hynes each New Year's Eve.
