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Hospitality & Tourism

  • Regulators comparing casino products to promises

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service August 15, 2022

    While it works on a parallel track to oversee the addition of legal sports betting to the state's gambling universe, the Mass. Gaming Commission on Thursday took a closer look at how the offerings at the state's casinos stack up against their

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service August 15, 2022
  • Gaming Commission to begin sports betting rollout

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service August 15, 2022

    Gaming regulators will sit down with the state's casinos, simulcast centers and slots parlor this week to get a better sense of what they have planned for sports betting, and the Gaming Commission is thinking about whether those facilities will have

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service August 15, 2022
  • Mass. gas prices continue decline, this week down 11 cents

    Timothy Doyle August 10, 2022

    Continuing a downward trend, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Massachusetts fell to $4.35 per gallon, a drop of 11 cents.

    Timothy Doyle August 10, 2022
  • Sports betting pivoting to regulatory phase for details

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service August 2, 2022

    The Massachusetts Gaming Commission plans during a meeting Thursday to start discussing the work it will have ahead if or when Gov. Charlie Baker signs the sports betting bill that lawmakers sent to his desk Monday morning.

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service August 2, 2022
  • O’Connor’s Restaurant property sells for $2.2 million

    Timothy Doyle August 1, 2022

    Claire and Brendan O’Connor sold the location of their beloved Worcester restaurant to its new owners, the Maxwell family, for $2.2 million.

    Timothy Doyle August 1, 2022
  • Worcester Starbucks workers strike over corporate non-union benefits

    Timothy Doyle August 1, 2022

    Workers at the unionized Starbucks location in Worcester went on strike Monday, in protest over a suite of benefits the corporation is rolling out to non-unionized workers.

    Timothy Doyle August 1, 2022
  • Canal District restaurateur buys Harding Tire location for $1.25M

    Timothy Doyle July 29, 2022

    The owner of two prominent restaurants in Worcester’s Canal District neighborhood on Friday completed the purchase of the former Harding Tire Co. location for $1.25 million.

    Timothy Doyle July 29, 2022
  • Restaurant group sour on happy hour

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 27, 2022

    If lawmakers reach a deal to send Gov. Charlie Baker a bill reviving happy hour in willing Massachusetts cities and towns, they will do so over the opposition of an influential statewide group representing some of the very businesses who would gain

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 27, 2022
  • Gardner brewery joins hoppy non-alcoholic market

    Timothy Doyle July 26, 2022

    Moon Hill Brewing Co. of Gardner has launched a new non-alcoholic brew called Dry Water, entering it into the growing marketplace for non-alcoholic beverages that taste similar to hoppy beers.

    Timothy Doyle July 26, 2022
  • Gaming execs: Sports betting drawing workers out of state

    State House News Service July 26, 2022

    Gaming industry executives from Plainridge Park Casino, MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor on Monday reminded lawmakers of the "hyper-competitive industry" they operate in and of the ways the state's prohibition on sports betting is affecting

    State House News Service July 26, 2022
  • Former home of The Bridge community center officially sold to developer

    Timothy Doyle July 25, 2022

    An entity registered to two Boston developers purchased the former Sargent Card Building in Worcester – most recently the site of The Bridge community center – for $925,000 on Friday, in another step toward the transformation of the site.

    Timothy Doyle July 25, 2022
  • Former Sutton campground sold for residential development

    Timothy Doyle July 25, 2022

    The former Old Holbrook Place Campground in Sutton sold on Thursday for $1.5 million, to be used for future residential development.

    Timothy Doyle July 25, 2022
  • Senate adds opt-in happy hour to economic development bill

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 25, 2022

    Nearly four decades after Massachusetts lawmakers banned the practice statewide, happy hour could return to the menu in willing cities and towns if the Senate has its way.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 25, 2022
  • Mass. unemployment drops slightly in June to 3.7%

    Timothy Doyle July 22, 2022

    Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped by two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.7% in June

    Timothy Doyle July 22, 2022
  • Gazbar in Leominster preparing for summer of dogs, with new brewing branding partnership

    Sadie Leite July 19, 2022

    After 10 years of owning the Gazbar Sports Grill in Leominster, Erica Grinkis is working on a few small projects to keep the eatery fun and enticing, but its main goal is to keep the space familiar to regulars.

    Sadie Leite July 19, 2022
  • Restaurants to be eligible to accept SNAP payments

    Timothy Doyle July 19, 2022

    A pilot program will allow qualifying Massachusetts restaurants and food trucks to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as payment for prepared food.

    Timothy Doyle July 19, 2022

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