CHICOPEE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - With the night before Thanksgiving, people far and wide are headed back to western Mass to spend the holiday with family in their hometowns. Western Mass News spoke with a local bar owner on how important tonight’s business is for local bars.

Outside of the Rumbleseat Bar and Grill in Chicopee where their preparing for tonight crowds. The parking lot is already filling up.

Tonight, this scene will play out at bars across western Mass as Thanksgiving Eve has become the biggest party night of the year.

Bar owner Bill Stetson told us the night before Thanksgiving is their busiest night of the year. Stetson explains that with everyone back home for the holidays the night before Thanksgiving has become a tradition for friends and former classmates alike to congrega

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