by Hunter Styles | Jul 14, 2015 | MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
Right Here Waiting: The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will pay Springfield $350,000 to establish a trust that will preserve all historic buildings within a half-mile radius of the casino footprint. These funds match an investment promised by MGM. Ostensibly, this is...
by Hunter Styles | Jul 8, 2015 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food + Booze, Leisure, The Beerhunter
Thinking about “light beer” brings up distasteful, albeit fun, memories. Long nights in college spent pouring cans of Keystone into red plastic cups; fly-fishing with grouchy uncle Roy, paddling around with a cooler full of Molson; going to that barbecue last summer...
by Hunter
Styles | Jul 14, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Leisure, Music, News
How do a city’s business owners create a nightlife that is not only lively, but built to last? The short answer: by dreaming big. Running an entertainment venue takes daily stamina and quick thinking, of course. But it also requires a deeper, grander feeling to fuel...
by Hunter Styles | Jul 14, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music, News
Julia Child said it best: people who love to eat are always the best people. That’s the springboard for our new occasional series @lunch, in which we sit down for a quick and candid midday meal with interesting locals, ready to chew the fat. For our inaugural lunch we...
by Hunter Styles | Jun 30, 2015 | MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
On the MGM Springfield casino playlist this week: Highway 91 Revisited: MGM has come up against a hard truth: opening the downtown casino in 2017 would be a majorly-bad move if the extensive construction work planned for the Interstate 91 viaduct has not yet been...
