Steve flat out told IDG to keep it in NY, but they went ahead and went to Boston despite that.

SJ was not about to have anyone tell Apple where they can and cannot... so he pulled away. This news was inevitible.

NY shows had keynotes and a great presence as well. Now, after moving back to Boston, it's in the shitter.

Don't have to be a rocket scientist to see the flaws here ...

very good point! nothing really happened (keynote, etc) happened at Boston. KEEP IT IN NY!!!

Before it moved to NY Boston was just as much of an event as SanFran. In Boston they held it in two venues because there wasn't a site big enough for the whole thing. So they moved it to NY WHILE they built the Boston Expo Center. The plan was to always move back to Boston. Steve didn't say anything until after IDG made the move back official. He had a good three years to make his argument to stay in NY, but didn't until the last minute and mostly because of 9/11. Meanwhile Boston was like... "huh, we built this big thing just for you????" In the end, thanks to Steve, Macworld Boston was so small they held it in just one of prior venues, and the new Expo Center wasn't used. Even the Democratic National Convention used the Fleet Center (now the BankNorth Boston Garden) instead.

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Before it moved to NY Boston was just as much of an event as SanFran.

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Meanwhile Boston was like... "huh, we built this big thing just for you????"

I'm gonna disagree and say before Apple pulled out it was just as big of an event as the San Fran show.

Yeah this doesn't prove that the SF show was always 1000 times better. Apple doesn't go anymore so the show sucks now. DER! It's not like Apple came to Boston and the show still flopped. Got any more apples and oranges you'd like to compare?

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Before it moved to NY Boston was just as much of an event as SanFran. In Boston they held it in two venues because there wasn't a site big enough for the whole thing. So they moved it to NY WHILE they built the Boston Expo Center. The plan was to always move back to Boston. Steve didn't say anything until after IDG made the move back official. He had a good three years to make his argument to stay in NY, but didn't until the last minute and mostly because of 9/11. Meanwhile Boston was like... "huh, we built this big thing just for you????" In the end, thanks to Steve, Macworld Boston was so small they held it in just one of prior venues, and the new Expo Center wasn't used. Even the Democratic National Convention used the Fleet Center (now the BankNorth Boston Garden) instead.

I had the priveledge to attend MacWorld NY once (I was there when Steve revealed The Cube) The show was so SMALL.... I think it took me longer to get through registration than to walk the floor. I went shopping on 5th Avenue instead.

I will say....comparing 15 years of SF shows to my solo NY show experience might not be fair, but accurate!

I miss the NY shows, it was the only place that would financially allow me to visit Macworld. Oh well....

when iLife was announced at the keynote. Great keynote, great show !
As I live overseas, have family in NY and nothing to do in California–which I couldn't afford to go to, even though I love SF–I'm afraid I won't be able to attend another one, and I'm sorry about that …
Wish it had stayed NY once the move was made …
If I remember well attendance #s in NY pretty well matched, if not surpassed attendance in SF, whereas in Boston, they were consistently lower.
But, if I'm not mistaken, I think the Bill Gates appearance was in Boston (1997 ?). That was quite a show, too … the only one with "Boos !" from the audience …