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Article: OP-ED; Convention center facts vs. fictions.(Editorial)
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- The Boston Herald
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- July 23, 2001
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Hopes for a truly impartial study of the need for a new convention center were dashed last month when the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Massachusetts Lodging Association chose PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct a study of how to MARKET the proposed facility.
With the selection of PWC, the outcome of the debate over building the convention center now seems clear for the first time since the announcement of a projected $100 million cost overrun threatened to derail the project last January. Unfortunately, it looks like another loss for taxpayers.
Officials announced their intention to commission the study in March, on the heels of a ...