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The one-of-a-kind Hynes Convention Center is the best-located, best-connected convention center in North America. The Hynes is better than ever with stunningly redesigned convention, meeting, ballroom and common areas. 

900 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Hynes Convention Center

The Hynes Veterans Memorial Auditorium is perfect for high-level presentations or keynotes. It can accommodate over 4,000 people, including 1,200 permanent seats in the built-in balcony. Its 25,760 square feet of multi-purpose, virtually column-free space can also be used for exhibits, general sessions, elegant banquets, concerts, sporting events, and more. The auditorium, together with the exhibit halls, give meeting planners the ultimate in flexibility. There is even a green room prep area for your speakers and entertainers.

A/V Equipment

Air Conditioning

Heating

DJ Booth

Projector & Screen

Sound System

Lighting Equipment

Microphones

Livestream Capabilities

Stage

John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Ballroom A

Ballroom B

Ballroom C

Ballroom AB

Ballroom BC

Ballroom Pre-function

The 24,544-square-foot Hynes ballroom is an event planner’s dream, designed to be used any way you need. This beautiful and versatile space with vaulted ceilings can be set up for banquets, exhibits, or theater-style presentations and performances. It can seat a total of 3,190 people for general sessions, be subdivided into three smaller areas seating 906-1,408 people each, or house table-top exhibits. A lovely prefunction area is available to extend and support your ballroom activities.

Ballroom ABC

Exhibit Hall D

Auditorium

Auditorium Balcony

Boylston Hallway

Exhibit Hall A

Exhibit Hall B

Main Lobby

Exhibit Hall C

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The BCEC has 516,000 square feet of contiguous, virtually column-free exhibit space that can be set up in 10 different configurations.

415 Summer St, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Specifically designed to accommodate high-level performances with top-of-the-line sound, lighting, and rigging capabilities, the BCEC ballroom is dramatic, elegant, and exquisitely furnished. The column-free space is suitable for all general presentations, meal functions, and concerts. The adjoining pre-function area offers sweeping panoramic views of Boston’s harbor and skyline.

Green Room

Ballroom

Ballroom East

Ballroom West

The BCEC exhibit halls deliver spectacular flexibility with 516,000 square feet of contiguous, virtually column-free space. You can orient your exhibits East/West or North/South, with halls that can be set up in 10 different configurations. Ten unique entrances to the exhibit halls allow you to design traffic flow through your event. The space also features abundant natural light, greater ceiling heights, and all utilities in convenient floor boxes.
Features: Free wireless Internet access
, access to anywhere in the building in 5 minutes or less, utility access through in-floor boxes allows flexibility laying out the show floor (30-foot centers), loading docks and staging areas facilitate last-in, first-out exhibitors, soundproof air walls prevent noise bleed and can be used to divide exhibit space into four controlled-access halls.

The BCEC exhibit halls deliver spectacular flexibility with 516,000 square feet of contiguous, virtually column-free space. You can orient your exhibits East/West or North/South, with halls that can be set up in 10 different configurations. Ten unique entrances to the exhibit halls allow you to design traffic flow through your event. The space also features abundant natural light, greater ceiling heights, and all utilities in convenient floor boxes.
Features: Free wireless Internet access, access to anywhere in the building in 5 minutes or less, utility access through in-floor boxes allows flexibility laying out the show floor (30-foot centers), loading docks and staging areas facilitate last-in, first-out exhibitors, soundproof air walls prevent noise bleed and can be used to divide exhibit space into four controlled-access halls.

82 state-of-the-art meeting rooms totaling 151,781 square feet enable you to accommodate a variety of meeting sizes and setups.
Our flexible meeting rooms enable you to accommodate a variety of meeting sizes and setups. Meeting rooms are evenly distributed throughout the building and located five minutes or less from each other, simplifying logistics and attendee navigation.
Features: Free wireless Internet access, soundproof air walls prevent noise bleed and let you divide and combine rooms according to your needs, controlled room access with Intellikey security, customize the environment with six preset lighting/dimmer controls and in-room temperature control settings, integrated audio and video for the ability to simultaneously broadcast to and from any room(s), network infrastructure features two separate T-3 internet connections, and each meeting room has Category 5 twisted pair and multi-mode fiber optic connections.

Breakout Rooms

Whiteboard

82 Meeting Rooms

Close to the exhibit halls, and in the heart of the meeting room complex, is a first-class solution to the planner’s challenge of where to hold high-level meetings. The impressive Boardroom Suite features a large mahogany table and drop-down A/V screen. The space also includes an elegant reception anteroom and adjacent executive lounge, ideal for smaller meetings.

Conference Phone

Boardroom Suite

Eight registration areas on two levels and multiple function areas on every level allow you to set up any activity, anywhere.
Totaling over 300,000 square feet, the BCEC’s registration and function areas give you a variety of environments to choose from regardless of where you’re holding a program. Select from eight registration areas on two levels with direct access from main road drop-offs. Function areas throughout the building give you locations for any activity with food distribution always available.

Registration/Function

Spaces	Seated	Standing
John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Auditorium	4000	4000
307	61	68

Spaces	Seated	Standing
Ballroom	5020	5370
Ballroom East	2410	2685

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Hynes Convention Center

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