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NativeMasshole t1_izjta4v wrote

Reply to comment by Workacct1999 in The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has approved a sports betting license for Encore Boston Harbor. by nhggfu

Why not? Being open later and having drink sales seems like a couple easy ways to increase business.

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drizzlefoot321 t1_izk3kgt wrote

Competition is not good for business owners, it good for consumers. They campaign heavily against this and for the expansion of liqour licenses. Competing against other businesses to see who can sell the cheapest drinks is not in their best interest. Having longer business hours just means more payroll. More liqour licenses is just more competition. Every business wants to create barriers of entry for competition and then milk the captive audience. Be it a bar, restaurant, liqour store etc etc.

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jp_jellyroll t1_izkczzn wrote

Not all competition is created equal though. Amazon was a direct competitor against mom-and-pop shops. Look how that ended up for the consumer.

The same thing will happen with bars & restaurants if we're not careful. Larger chains with assloads of capital, hyper-efficient business models, and zero personality will drive out all of the local bars & restaurants who can't compete with $1 shots, half-price booze / food, etc.

They'll be the only places left just like Walmart or Amazon and we'll wonder why there aren't anymore good places to eat or cool bars to hang out at.

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drizzlefoot321 t1_izm3mjy wrote

Well, your blending a couple different arguments here. I'm no Amazon apologist, but Amazon isn't bad for the consumer. bad for their employees I would say, bad for the environment, bad for people as a society, maybe, but not bad for the "consumer". I can get paper towels delivered to my house for cheaper than I could get at the mom and pop. In the pure context of a consumer, how am I worse off?

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brufleth t1_izjuuab wrote

There aren't that many people who would go to the bars later and staffing is already a shit show.

Selling booze for less money isn't a desirable "opportunity." It is just selling product for less. If they choose not to do it then they'll lose business. When they do it to compete, they make less money on the business they already had.

Lose lose for bars.

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Guerschon_Yabusele t1_izjwzse wrote

lol look at econ 101 over here. Why should they not have the ability to stay open later or have specials on alcohol if they want to? It wouldn't be a mandate.

Both are ways for bars/restaurants to find a niche

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brufleth t1_izk0rc5 wrote

They asked why bars aren't for these motions. I stated why.

I won't argue that the bars shouldn't be allowed to do whatever. I don't care, but the reason bars aren't pushing for these is because it makes it more difficult to compete.

People should keep in mind that making it even harder to run a successful bar here will mean even fewer local places and more Buffalo-Wildwings-esque places.

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