{"id":355547,"date":"2026-09-24T10:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/355547\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:23:50","slug":"mastercard-is-race-ready-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/355547\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastercard Is Race Ready &#8211; Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon, where businesses across all five boroughs will welcome hundreds of thousands of runners,\u00a0spectators\u00a0and visitors, Mastercard released Race Ready, a new small business playbook designed for high-traffic moments. Race Ready\u00a0helps entrepreneurs\u00a0anticipate\u00a0demand, prepare operations,\u00a0and maximize opportunities during major moments. Mastercard also spotlighted small businesses along the Marathon route, beginning with LIC Bar in\u00a0Long Island City, using consumer spending and foot-traffic insights to illustrate how local businesses can prepare for increased activity during race weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-212889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wssurb9A-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-212893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ezzA9EA-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mastercard\u2019s Ginger Siegel, Head of North America Small and Medium Business (pictured left)\u00a0and Brian Porter, restaurateur and owner of LIC Bar\u00a0located\u00a0on the Marathon route.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon, where businesses across all five boroughs will welcome hundreds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-355547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}