Officials described the festival as a central gathering place for fans, designed to showcase the region’s culture and creativity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fan celebrations for FIFA World Cup matches will be concentrated at City Hall Plaza, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday, with the first game now only about four months away.

Boston’s FIFA Fan Festival will serve as a free alternative to watch World Cup games this summer at City Hall Plaza, and officials are anticipating those crowds will boost the state’s economy by “hundreds of millions of dollars.

The park at Union Square has been named in honor of Kenneth Kelly, a hospitality expert who transformed the area and later died from esophageal cancer

From filling potholes to clearing trash and cracking down on the city's rat population, Boston city officials say they're doubling down on core quality-of-life issues as 2025 wraps up. Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday the city has made progress responding to ...

Boston city councilors and transit advocates hammered the Wu administration for delaying transportation projects, saying that its inaction has cost the city millions in federal grant funding and put cyclists and pedestrians at risk.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says homeowners in the city will likely see a 13% increase in property taxes beginning in January, as the mayor continues her long fight with Beacon Hill lawmakers to shift more of the city's tax burden to commercial property owners.