As we inch towards the New Year, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) is making some bold, record breaking predictions for 2014. According to Executive Director James E. Rooney, in 2014 the MCCA will host events that generate more hotel room nights and more economic impact than ever before recorded in the annals of Boston history.

The MCCA operates two of Boston’s major convention facilities, the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) located in Southie’s Innovation District and the Hynes Convention Center on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. Combined, both complexes will play host to events expected to draw crowds worth “629,000 hotel room nights throughout Boston and the region, and $680 million in economic activity.”

Prior to those projections, it was in 2006 that Boston saw comparable numbers to those, pulling down “616,000 hotel room nights and 2012’s economic impact record of $656 million.”

Broken down by each center, the BCEC is thought to be responsible for 390,000 of those hotel room nights, while Hynes may boast 239,000.

“Breaking these records in 2014 is more proof that Boston has arrived as a premiere convention destination in the world,” said Rooney in a statement released by the MCCA. “This record number of hotel room nights will generate another record in new taxes and revenue that benefit Boston and the Commonwealth, as well as record opportunities for our events to connect with the engines that drive our economy. These are not just heads on beds. These are people and businesses from around the world looking to connect and do business in Boston and Massachusetts.”

Staple events slated for next year which will help bolster those numbers and claims include the Prudential US Figure Skating Championships right out of the gate in January at the BCEC, the Culinary Intelligence Summit on food service in June at Hynes, and a slew of other notable undertakings, all of which can be found here.

Michelle A. Shell, chair of the MCCA Board of Directors, noted optimistically in a statement, “With the hopeful passage of legislation next year to expand the BCEC without the need for new fees and taxes, and the push to build more hotel space around the BCEC, we’re on firm ground to break even more records in the coming years.”