WORCESTER — After luring the PawSox from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Worcester has now expressed interest in bringing Pawtucket-headquartered Hasbro here as well.

"The City of Worcester is not formally pursuing Hasbro nor has any City employee had any direct contact with a Hasbro representative. The extent of the City’s solicitation was a communication from Assistant Chief Development Officer Peter Dunn to the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, in which he stated that should the commonwealth be engaging Hasbro in dialogue; the City of Worcester would be interested in participating. There have been no further conversations or developments on the matter," City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. said in a press release.

Massachusetts officials have reached out to Hasbro in an effort to entice the toy and entertainment company away from its home in Pawtucket.

“The Massachusetts Office of Business Development is working to establish a dialogue with the company, as it regularly does with businesses both in and outside the commonwealth that may benefit from learning more about the many opportunities to grow in Massachusetts,” the state said in a statement from its business development office.

A Hasbro spokeswoman told the Providence Journal that the company was evaluating several options for “contemporizing” its headquarters, including finding a new one in the vicinity of its current headquarters.

“We are committed to delivering a fully updated, connected and flexible workspace for all of our employees, and want to find the right solution that will ultimately create the best corporate headquarters for Hasbro into the future,” Hasbro told the Journal.

Hasbro is a global toy and entertainment company. Its brands range from Monopoly to Transformers. It also licenses brands and develops toys and games for Marvel’s Avengers, Star Wars, Sesame Street and other brand lines.

The company posted nearly $4.6 billion in revenue during 2018, down 12 percent from 2017 results. Hasbro restructured operations in 2018, cutting jobs and taking other actions to focus on innovation and digital efforts. It estimated net savings of $50 million to $55 million in 2019.

Hasbro owns its corporate headquarters in Pawtucket, a building with about 343,000 square feet of space. The company also owns a 23,000-square-foot building nearby and leases buildings in Providence, East Providence and Renton, Washington.

In all, Hasbro owns or leases space in more than 30 countries, according to the company’s annual report.

The Providence Journal reported the Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo in April downplayed concerns about a lack of Hasbro headquarters news, saying that she has checked in with the company regularly and was not worried.

Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien warned last year that Hasbro could leave the city, the Journal reported.

Pawtucket is also home to the Pawtucket Red Sox, a minor league baseball team that is planning to relocate to Worcester in 2021.