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US Marine Corps celebrates 251st birthday at Convention Center

A triple-layer cake with red, white, and blue frosting greeted hundreds of Marines Monday as they gathered to celebrate the US Marine Corps annual Birthday Ball at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center.

 

US Marine Corps General Bradford Gering gave the keynote address at the luncheon, which was organized by Boston Semper Fidelis Society.

 

Marines, family, and friends celebrate Nov. 10 as the official birthday of the US Marine Corps, which was formed on that date in 1775 in Philadelphia, said Boston Semper Fidelis founder Tom Lyons.

 

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- Event Exhibits & Operations, Yankee Dental Congress

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Is fourth time a charm for Southie convention center expansion?

Every March, the Seafood Expo North America draws nearly 20,000 people to South Boston from around the world to talk fish.

 

But come 2030, the event’s organizers at Diversified and its 1,200 exhibitors may be in the market for something bigger. That’s when the growing expo could exceed the available exhibit space at the already-sprawling Menino Convention & Exhibition Center.

 

Sure, there are other fish in the sea, but convention boss John Barros does not want this signature show to be the one that got away. And Diversified isn’t the only restless Massachusetts Convention Center Authority client. That’s why the MCCA interim executive director is trying what his predecessors failed to do: kick-start an expansion of the 22-year-old South Boston facility.

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“As a small non-profit, serving vulnerable women and children, we struggle to meet their needs with our limited budget. Donations from the Conventions C.A.R.E. program not only provide needed supplies to our families, but they also help to preserve our resources during these challenging times.”

- Robert D. Monahan, Julie’s Family Learning Center, South Boston, MA

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Upgrades Expected to Make MassMutual Center More Competitive

Sean Dolan says the hard work to secure nearly $100 million from the state for upgrades to the MassMutual Center began years before the press conference earlier this summer to announce the funding.

 

Much of that work involved tours, or walk-throughs, said Dolan, general manager of the facility, of both the MassMutual Center and competing venues in Hartford, Providence, Worcester, and elsewhere, to show where the more than half-century-old arena and quarter-century-old convention center were showing their age and falling behind that competition.

 

“It started back in 2019 … mentioning to those at the Mass. Convention Center Authority that, with our competitor set, we were doing very well, but we had fallen behind our competition,” he told BusinessWest, adding that there are different competitors for both the arena and the convention center, and the Springfield facility was losing out on business in both realms and in danger of losing more, especially as the other venues went about their own improvements.

 

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"The outside marque at the BCEC not only added excitement around our event but it attracted buzz in the surrounding community and drew the attention of the media who put photos of the digital display in their press articles about our event!"

- Cory Bolotsky, MassChallenge, Inc

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