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Crowd pleasers: Top tourist destinations have delivered big
Updated: October 28, 2024Tracking Central Massachusetts tourist locations’ decisions and challenges – and how they handled them over the last three decades – is an exercise in business strategy. How do you get people to keep coming to your attraction?
Updated: October 28, 2024
2024 Power 100: John Tocco
Updated: April 29, 2024Tocco’s firm is behind the development of The Cove, a seven-story mixed-use apartment building set to hang over Polar Park like a towering home run.
Updated: April 29, 2024
Larry Lucchino passes away, WooSox owner was 78
April 2, 2024Larry Lucchino, the former president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox and the person most instrumental in moving the Pawtucket Red Sox to Worcester, has died at age 78, according to reporting by the Boston Globe.
April 2, 2024
Canal District Transformation, part 2: Creating the next chapter
Updated: April 1, 2024Developers and business owners expect that growth to continue, saying new businesses and even more residents will soon make the area home, creating the next chapter in the long history of the Canal District.
Updated: April 1, 2024
WBJ wins eight New England newspaper awards
March 25, 2024Highlighted by its collaboration with the Worcester Regional Research Bureau on the legacy of redlining in the city, Worcester Business Journal took home eight awards at New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2023 New England Better
March 25, 2024-
From the Editor: Polar Park, following the numbers
Updated: March 18, 2024We weren’t being anti-Worcester. We were just following the research. For the latest analysis on the Polar Park project, WBJ has some new research, showing how property values have risen drastically since 2021.
Updated: March 18, 2024
Canal District Transformation, part 1: The rising value of the neighborhood
Updated: March 18, 2024Since the publicly owned Polar Park stadium opened in 2021, the value of the Canal District has risen at more than double the rate of the city, according to a WBJ analysis of more than 200 properties within the district.
Updated: March 18, 2024
Q&A: After buying the Worcester Bravehearts, the Vaccaro family is looking to run the baseball team differently
Updated: March 18, 2024The Vaccaro family has always shared a lifelong passion for baseball, which includes decades of coaching experience for the Shrewsbury American Legion Post 397 baseball team.
Updated: March 18, 2024
WooSox, Bravehearts mend fences and team up for community initiatives
March 1, 2024Any lingering animosity from the Worcester Bravehearts toward the Worcester Red Sox seems to be a thing of the past, as Worcester’s two baseball franchises held a joint press conference at Polar Park on Thursday to announce a trio of community
March 1, 2024
Development planned for former Table Talk Pies site, key to funding Polar Park, having difficulty raising financing
February 23, 2024A property that is set to play a role in helping the City of Worcester pay off debt associated with the construction of Polar Park is facing delays.
February 23, 2024
Q&A: An insider’s perspective on the WooSox sale
January 10, 2024WBJ sat down with Crowley in December to discuss how he got involved with the Worcester Red Sox, what the negotiations with Diamond were like, and what the transaction means for the team’s future in the city.
January 10, 2024
No path toward goal: Two years before soccer fever grips America again, Central Mass. appears to be missing out
Updated: January 8, 2024Since 2018, professional men’s or women’s soccer teams have been announced or launched in Boston, Hartford, Pawtucket, and Portland, while New England’s second-largest city has been sitting on the proverbial sidelines.
Updated: January 8, 2024
WBJ's 10 bold predictions for 2024
Updated: December 25, 2023Every December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.
Updated: December 25, 2023
Diamond Baseball Holdings' Portland Sea Dogs need stadium upgrades to continue operation
December 18, 2023It's not yet the bottom of the ninth inning — but pressure is increasing on the Portland Sea Dogs, Maine's only professional baseball team and the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, to have a better home field before the Dogs begin play in
December 18, 2023-
Economist: WooSox likely sold for $50-$70M
December 7, 2023The team has declined to give a purchase price on the sale to Diamond Baseball Holdings, but at the request of WBJ, a Holy Cross professor has estimated the team's valuation based on revenues, market size, and the new stadium.
December 7, 2023 
WooSox officially announce sale to Diamond Baseball Holdings, local owners to remain part of ownership
Updated: December 5, 2023The Worcester Red Sox on Tuesday afternoon officially announced the team will be sold to Diamond Baseball Holdings, a corporation based in New York City with more than 20 minor league baseball teams across the country.
Updated: December 5, 2023
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