Time to ring in the new year. Some people will throw a big party on New Year’s Eve to celebrate 2025 with friends. Others will stay home on the couch watching TV all night until the moment the clock strikes midnight and they can head to bed.
Although New Year’s Eve may feel like a holiday because that’s when all the celebrating is happening, technically it’s not. That means if you forgot a bottle of wine or need to go to the mall to spend all those Christmas gift cards, just about every place is open Dec. 31.
Here are a list of places that are open or whose hours are slightly different on Dec. 31, 2024.
Government
City and town offices: Open
State offices: Open
Registry of Motor Vehicles: Open
State and local courts: Open
Federal courts: Open
Finance
Banks: Open. Most ATMs will remain open.
Stock market: The New York Stock Exchange will be open and the Nasdaq will be open.
Alcohol
Liquor stores: Open
Cannabis dispensaries: Massachusetts regulators don’t identify specific holidays when cannabis dispensaries must close, according to the Cannabis Control Commission. It’s up to the respective cannabis store as to whether they choose to be open or closed on New Year’s Eve.
Shopping
Auburn Mall: Open
Holyoke Mall: Open
Hadley Mall: Open
Natick Mall: Open
Big Y: Open
Stop & Shop: Open
Market Basket: Open
Price Rite: Open
Star Market: Open
Walmart: Open
Target: Open
Wegmans: Open
Safeway: Open
Costco: Open
CVS: Open
Walgreens: Open
Aldi: Open
Whole Foods: Open
Trader Joe’s: Open
Parcel services
Post offices: Open
FedEx: Open
UPS: Open
Transportation
Lowell RTA: Buses will run on a normal schedule
MBTA: The Subway runs on a regular weekday schedule until 3 p.m., Services will increase after 3 p.m. and will be extended by one hour, ending around 2:30 a.m. The bus, ferry and The RIDE will run on a regular weekday schedule. The Commuter Rail will run on a regular weekday schedule. Trains will leave at 12:30 a.m. At 8 p.m., the subway, bus and The RIDE will be free. The Commuter Rail will be free on trains that enter or leave South Station from 8 p.m.
Merrimack Valley RTA: Buses will run on a normal schedule.
MetroWest RTA: Services will end around 7:30 p.m.
Pioneer Valley Transit Authority: Springfield services end early on Dec. 31. and Northampton routes end early, too. A full list of PVTA’s Christmas Eve routes can be found here.
Worcester RTA: Buses will run on a normal schedule.
