Boise Centre lands its biggest convention ever, after event moves from N.C. due to bathroom law

Boise’s downtown convention center, the Boise Centre, has landed its biggest convention ever, reports Don Day on his BoiseDev blog, which covers development in Boise. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists will hold a 1,400-person confab in Boise in June, Day reports, after the event was moved from North Carolina in the wake of that state’s controversial bathroom law.

North Carolina passed legislation last year requiring transgender people to use bathrooms in public facilities that match their sex at birth, rather than their gender identity. The legislation prompted a wave of boycotts and the state lost millions in conventions and other events. North Carolina repealed the law last week, but questions persist about the legislation that replaced it; just yesterday, the NCAA lifted its six-month ban on holding college championship events in North Carolina, but said it did so “reluctantly” and would continue to review event scheduling in the state on a “case-by-case basis.”

When the epidemiologists come to Boise, participants will stay in 13 local hotels, Day reports, and nine downtown-area hotels already are sold out for the June 4-8 conference. You can read Day’s full post here .