More Boston in 04 Information

The Boston Worldcon bid for 2004 has released more information

Boston opens bid to host 2004 Worldcon

BOSTON, MA - Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc./The Galactic Patrol is delighted to announce a bid to host the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, on the traditional Labor Day weekend in 2004.

The facilities include the Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers, the Copley Marriott, and the Hynes Convention Center, a more compact version of the very successful site used by Noreascon 3 in 1989. The Sheraton and Hynes are directly connected to one another; the Marriott is joined to the Sheraton by an indoor walkway through the Prudential Center Mall and Food Court.

The city of Boston offers fandom diversions such as its historic Freedom Trail and the U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), harbor and coastal trips and tours, breathtaking scenery and architecture, world-class shopping, major league baseball and soccer, hundreds of restaurants, eateries and brew pubs, and a convenient domestic and international destination.

And best of all, Boston really wants fandom!

Facilities directors have been extremely enthusiastic about the potential of a Worldcon in Boston and have offered excellent room blocks, meeting space arrangements, and the full Hynes Convention Center.

This bid for Boston in 2004 is offered by the same group which ran Noreascons 2 and 3 and which has recently hosted fans in such diverse conventions as Smofcon 15 (1997), Ditto 11 (1998), and the 25th World Fantasy Convention (1999).

MCFI/The Galactic Patrol opened the Boston in 2004 bid with gala parties at Arisia (Boston) and Chattacon (Chattanooga) on January 15, 2000. Fans interested in finding out about upcoming convention parties may feel free to write Boston in 2004, P.O. Box 1010, Framingham, MA 01701, email info@mcfi.org , or visit us at our Web pages at http://www.mcfi.org.

Presupporting memberships in the Galactic Patrol are available for $12; Intergalactic Friends memberships are $75.

With fandom's support, the Galactic Patrol can protect the galaxy from zwilniks.

-- Boston in 04

3 Feb 2000