State lawmakers are set to vote today on the $1.1 billion expansion of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, already the largest building ever constructed in New England.
The plan to add 1.3 million square feet of space, including meeting rooms, exhibition areas and ballrooms, would still need to be passed by the state Senate if approved by the House today. The project would need to be signed by Gov. Deval Patrick by July 31. But both House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Senate President Therese Murray have publicly backed the expansion.
The Herald first reported earlier this year on a slew of unusual provisions in the bill. The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority can keep secret any document that contains "financial information" on its private contractors — language that never appeared in the original 1997 bill to construct the mega-hall.
The project is also exempt from the city's zoning code, but would still need BRA approval. And officials could use the statewide hotel tax fund as collateral to secure the bonds for the expansion.
MCCA Executive Director James Rooney has argued the center is too small to attract large conventions and that the expansion won't require taxes or fees to be raised.
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