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===Power=== | ===Power=== | ||
Room on the Lobby level generally have one 30A single phase straight blade ("dryer") outlet plus an assortment of ordinary house power on two 20A circuits including one quad box near that dryer outlet that has power from both 20A circuits. | Room on the Lobby level generally have one 30A single phase straight blade ("dryer") outlet plus an assortment of ordinary house power on two 20A circuits including one quad box near that dryer outlet that has power from both 20A circuits. | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 11 April 2010
The Westin Boston Waterfront has been host to Boskone since 2007 and will host Arisia beginning in 2011.
Contents
Function Space
Physical Description
Ceiling heights listed on the Westin's web site are generally to the highest point in the ceiling. Actual clear ceiling heights are generally 120" on the Conference level, 121" on the Mezzanine level, and 149" on the Lobby level. The listed maximum height is typically for a center section; in Otis, for instance, a screen 167" high can be erected 51" away from the southwest wall.
Lobby level rooms on the outside of the hotel have windows.
Access Control
One set of the double crash doors leading to Galleria is installed with the crashbars on the outside of the room (so that the room cannot be locked -- as if the route were part of an emergency egress). The locks on the Galleria doors are hard keys.
Power
Room on the Lobby level generally have one 30A single phase straight blade ("dryer") outlet plus an assortment of ordinary house power on two 20A circuits including one quad box near that dryer outlet that has power from both 20A circuits.
Electrical rates are as follows:
| 20A 120V | $ 105.00 |
| 30A 120V 3phase | $ 325.00 |
| 60A 208V 3phase | $ 525.00 |
| 100A 208V 3phase | $ 850.00 |
| 200A 208V 3phase | $1050.00 |
3-phase power is available in the Harbor prefunction.
Power in Harbor is through pass-throughs to the service area; the pass-throughs for Harbor II and III are located such that cabling can run around the airwall between the two rooms without crossing any doorways in the service area.
Lighting
House lighting is by Lutron. Each room and possible airwall configuration has four scenes available. System binding between sections in Harbor is by buttons in the airwall pockets. House lights cannot be remoted, nor can the wall controllers be disabled (though there are locking covers in Grand). There is no per-channel manual control. Chandeliers in Harbor do not dim as of March 2010, though the hotel is said to be working on it.
Audio-Visual
PSAV (Presentation Services) is the 3rd party "in-house" AV vendor. House sound tie-in panels have jacks marked "Assistive Listening Feed".
There is automated signage (pictures) available for use by events.
Guest Rooms
The hotel has three large suites. Presidential and Ambassador (pictures) are very similar.
Parking
The hotel has a small, expensive garage. There is metered on-street parking in the area which is free in the evenings (starting variously at 6 or 8) and on Sunday. There are various non-hotel surface lots in the area, with prices starting as low as $5/day.
