High demand for hotels nears The Big E, from fair visitors to migrant housing
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. () – The Big E is back which means hotel demand is through the roof in West Springfield and around western Massachusetts. M...
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. () – The Big E is back which means hotel demand is through the roof in West Springfield and around western Massachusetts. Meantime, the state continues to house migrant families in some select hotels. According to the state, there are about 2,500 families staying in hotels and motels in 80 communities across the state along with another 6,200 families housed at emergency shelters. Locally, at least one hotel is completely full of migrant families, not taking reservations… the Clarion Hotel in West Springfield.