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.
