Bottom Line: An individual's experience at the Seaport World Trade Center probably heavily depends on the catering, décor and such chosen by the host. Wow, this is a tough review to write because how do you review a venue that can be no frills and institutional for a work meeting or gorgeously decorated and dazzling for a nighttime wedding reception? Lucky for me, I attended an amazing, perfect wedding reception at the Seaport World Trade Center in the Lighthouse Ballroom. What I liked about the Lighthouse Ballroom is that it feels like you are in a glass cube and it has awesome views of the city to the north. I also liked that those same windows look out on the historic Commonwealth Pier building (which is now the World Trade Center Boston building) just across the way. To make this great space spectacular, the bride picked elegant linens, nice furniture and lovely lighting. The venue is convenient to all of the hotels in the Seaport district. The conference space/ballrooms are technically part of the adjacent Seaport Hotel but other hotels are just a few blocks away. read more

Hmmm....not sure what to think of this place. Expected bigger and better. Facilities were okay. Nothing great. Probably good for a medium sized trade show or other event. Nice location in Boston, though. read more

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Boston Comic Con!! Great venue for this event. Easy access from Rt 90 and parking at the Hotel made the day so much easier.

Boston Wine Expo! The wine expo was AWESOME. The trade center, confusing. Missing wines, messed up name tags, last minute changes in the scheduling. A lot of fun to be at the expo - a lot of confusion for the vendors! The cleaning staff however, deserves a HIGH FIVE for staying two steps ahead. AWESOME! read more

I was here for a travel agent trade show. The service staff was friendly and attentive. Food was excellent and the buffet offered an extensive variety of options. Banquet room was clean and neat. I would definitely recommend it as a venue. read more

I was here for a conference last month. Stayed at the Seaport Hotel and attended conference sessions at the World Trade Center. The venue was good, not the greatest I've ever been to for a conference, but definitely on the 'good' side of the scale. The food catering left a bit to be desired at times, but like any good conference, there was always plenty of food and drink available (except for fruit at breakfast - definitely needed more fruit!). It was convenient to be able to just walk across the street to the hotel, just wish you didn't actually have to go outside to do so (thankfully the walkway was covered by a street ramp) as it was a bit cold and rainy at times. read more

The rise of 5000 Jack O Lanterns @ the Seaport in Boston was pretty cool. It was kind of confusing going up the escalator to the double doors to come right back down as the event was on the ground floor lol. I was actually kind of disappointed as I had heard so much about the event and not knowing it was different then the Providence one I was expecting something similar. It was indoors in a very large room; (ballroom I assume) dark of course. With probably 50 or so displays of "jack o lanterns". Ranging from 1 "carved" pumpkin to the majority of 30 or so pumpkins in 1 display that made an object. There was a large finale of sorts with probably hmm, a couple hundred pumpkins. But the majority of the 5000 were on the ground and were your every day kid made jack o lanterns. It was fun to do something different but I probably wouldn't go again. I would choose another Halloween themed event. It was $26 and I had a 50% off coupon so I paid $13 and went with a group of 3 others so we paid around $60 (additional fees were included) and $24 for parking which is what you get at the seaport. Parking prices are horrendous. I respect the artists of this event but I just felt I missed out because the other events are "better". read more

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Attended ComicCon here recently. Great location, and directions on their website were clear and easy to understand, including directions to get there using local public transportation (The T, to locals). While there are some things that fall under the responsibility of the people running the event itself, this review is only about the event space itself and the staff that work here all the time. Pros: Event space was large and well-lit, and the high ceilings counterbalanced any sense of claustrophobia I was getting from the sheer number of people attending the event. The third floor, with it's entrance to the courtyard was also bright and pleasant with a huge picture window/wall on either side of the doors leading to the courtyard. SWTC staff were friendly and courteous to everyone, even when they didn't know anything about the events-within-the-event that was going on. They could have shrugged and said "I dunno," but they didn't. They were nice, and helped me find a member of my event's staff. Restrooms were clean and well-stocked despite the huge crowds. Cons: The air conditioning system sucks rancid donkey balls. It's totally inadequate for the sheer number of people attending such an event, especially so when people were going out to the outdoor courtyard, in midday, on one of the hottest days of the summer season because it was actually literally cooler to stand out in the sun than stay indoors. My friends and I made frequent visits to the Yellow Hurty Thing In The Sky to ward off heatstroke. Two of our party ended up with sunburns this way, even with generous sunblock usage. Nowhere near enough food vendors or variety of food offered. There were only three places to get food, one indoors that had wrap sandwiches and some fried stuff, and two stands outside offering burgers, hot dogs and fries. Everything but the sandwich wraps were greasy and unhealthy, and because of the sheer number of people the lines for each were about a 45 minute wait even at off-peak times. No coffee or tea (not even iced) seemed to be on the menu, just sugary carbonated soda, Gatorade, or highly overpriced water. For events of this size there need to be more stands, more options, permission for outside food vendors to set up in or near the courtyard or all three. Especially since a lot of people won't necessarily want to leave the event to go to a nearby restaurant and have to go through the re-entry security check and/or ID check all over again. Food obtained, there is nowhere to sit to eat. I counted less than a dozen tables in the courtyard, half the number of chairs you would expect for each table and a few low walls around the landscaped garden for people to sit on. Possibly a half dozen two-seater tables at the sandwich shop...I couldn't be sure because I couldn't get near enough to see. read more

A decent place for travel shows, wedding conventions, etc. If only they had better food!

Good venue for the craft beer festival, but why did we have to walk ALL THE WAY around. Really? One line of people can't do tickets & give you a wrist band while the next line does IDs? I guess the line would take up the sidewalk, but they could just have us wait where we walked around. I heard other people talking about how weird it was to round one side of the building, do part 1, then round another side to do part 2, etc. read more

Nice little event space, nothing spectacular. I'd recommend it for a corporate function, etc., but didn't seems special enough for a wedding or anything. The layout was a little strange with what seemed like way too much open space in the lobby, etc. Anyway, not sure anyone running a big event is gonna be reading Yelp reviews of venues but JIC I would say this place is decent but not a must-do. read more

Went here for Boston Comic Con. It was certainly big and accommodating. The employees were friendly and helped me get to where I wanted to go. I was afraid of not being able to find a bathroom in the place but sure enough there are large, very large letters that say "restroom". Wish there was more parking, we went to a parking lot about a half mile away but hey, it's Boston, I should've expected that. I also thought the place was going to be heavily air conditioned, but I was wrong. Overall a good spaced area for big local events. read more

This festival was such a big disappointment! The vendors were selling "crappy" handmade beaded necklaces and bracelets, quilted placemats etc. not what I consider to be artisan grade products. There are very view vendors selling original handmade Christmas decorations. It was so crowded that you could only walk a quarter inch without stepping in the heels of the person in front of you. This festival was a waste of time and money. I find better selections and quality at the Family Dollar store. I will ever go again and I hope this review saves just one person from suffering through this experience! read more

I was here for Comic Con. The show floor is a good size and holds a lot of people comfortably. However, it was very stuffy (the A/C appeared to be on but wasn't doing a whole lot), but more importantly (I thought), the breakout rooms are far too small; if a venue holds 20K people or so, the largest breakout room should have a larger capacity than 300. It's got a great location, though, and while there could be more parking in the area... well, it's Boston. read more

I have been to several events a the SWTC. For small conferences it works reasonably well although the facilities are tired and dated. For large conferences, ie Comic Con, the space is inadequate. In my opinion the AC seems to be from decades ago and for mass amounts of people during the summer it is borderline useless. What bothers me the most is how security treats patrons. No where to sit and they come down on people sitting anywhere but outside in 90 degree heat. Ironically you are allowed to stand anywhere. The lack of decent wifi could be its own review. If you are considering an event that you want to make a splash this is a venue to skip. I would put it on par with European venues. If you have a world class event either go to the Boston Convention Center or go to another city. This is a bargain venue in Boston at best. You get what you pay for. read more