BOSTON (WHDH) - World Cup officials and local leaders alike were getting ready for kickoff Thursday, unveiling branding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, some.
During the pandemic, which saw Rhode Island lose $78 million in direct spending revenue from canceled events, Providence Warwick CVB President and CEO Kristen Adamo worked tirelessly with local media and government officials to promote tourism in the state’s primary group base. In 2022, she devoted that same energy to advocating for a Tourism Improvement District (TID).
It's estimated that each marathon runner brings about three people with them and, in all, they spend approximately $100 million in the local economy, according to Meet Boston CEO Martha Sheridan.
When I first hit Boston in 1983, Boston hit back. Cold, unsmiling and rough-edged, Beantown was, in the time-honored local vernacular, “wicked hard core.” Forty years later, Massachusetts’ historic capital is ushering in an inclusive, welcoming new age focused on dispelling old notions and creating a compelling new narrative for the city.