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‘The Hunger Games,’ ‘John Wick,’ and ‘Mad Men’ NYC Entertainment Centers Scrapped by Lionsgate Times Square

‘The Hunger Games,’ ‘John Wick,’ and ‘Mad Men’ NYC Entertainment Centers Scrapped by Lionsgate

Drop your dreams of riding a John Wick-themed shooting ride or flying in a Hunger Games simulator attraction: the ambitious Lionsgate entertainment center that was set to open in New York City’s Time Square has been scrapped. Variety reports that the Lionsga…
bubmag
July 6, 2019
I’m a born and bred New Yorker and went to Times Square to learn why 50 million people visit every year. I still don’t get it. Times Square

I’m a born and bred New Yorker and went to Times Square to learn why 50 million people visit every year. I still don’t get it.

Growing up on Long Island, I would often take trips to New York City throughout the year, but Times Square was something my family always avoided. Now that I've lived in the city itself for five years, I've learned Times Square is a well-known tourist trap…
bubmag
July 1, 2019
The CEO of a $5.6 billion biotech that just had the year’s best post-IPO pop told told us how it’s partnering with Microsoft to build an enormous map of the human immune system Times Square

The CEO of a $5.6 billion biotech that just had the year’s best post-IPO pop told told us how it’s partnering with Microsoft to build an enormous map of the human immune system

The biotech Adaptive Biotechnologies, which just went public on Thursday in a splashy market debut, is taking on an ambitious goal: creating both diagnostic tests and drugs for human diseases, ranging from cancer to autoimmune conditions. But when I called…
bubmag
June 28, 2019
The CEO of 2019’s biggest biotech IPO told us how he’s upending the ‘same old corporate approach’ in healthcare with a stripped down and cost-conscious model Times Square

The CEO of 2019’s biggest biotech IPO told us how he’s upending the ‘same old corporate approach’ in healthcare with a stripped down and cost-conscious model

The biotech BridgeBio just made its stock market debut, marking the biggest biotech IPO of the year so far, according to Renaissance Capital's IPO Pro data platform. Shares of the genetic disease-focused company surged 62% in Thursday trading, giving the c…
bubmag
June 28, 2019
Are NYC’s Mean Streets Ready For Scooters? I Test Drive Honda’s PCX150 Over Four Of the Five Boroughs Times Square

Are NYC’s Mean Streets Ready For Scooters? I Test Drive Honda’s PCX150 Over Four Of the Five Boroughs

Nobody has to tell anyone that the streets of New York City look like what they are blobs of asphalt in some locales, pummeled by age and excessive traffic, smashed by snowplows, frozen by extreme cold and seared by face-melting heat year in, year out. Still,…
bubmag
June 24, 2019