Business Services Industry

Planners for Boston Democratic Convention Change Media Location to Save Money.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2004

By Rick Klein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 3--Looking to cut costs, the Democratic National Convention has decided to move one of its media work areas to a cheaper location a few buildings away -- one that provides some 14,000 fewer square feet and would consign at least 1,000 journalists to workspace outside the convention's security perimeter.

Instead of renting about 56,000 square feet of 226 Causeway St., convention officials have plans to rent about 42,000 square feet in two nearby buildings, at 239 Causeway St. and 98 North Washington St., said Peggy Wilhide, a convention spokeswoman.

The move comes as construction costs threaten to balloon beyond the convention's $64.5 million budget, and just days...

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. HighBeam Research

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement