BUFFALO, N.Y. – It’s a volatile time for the hospitality industry. Hotel rooms are unused because of the novel coronavirus and restaurants are closing their doors.



That includes the Buffalo properties owned by Terry and Kim Pegula. They laid off most of their hospitality workers Thursday afternoon, including those at (716) Food and Sport, the Draft Room and the Healthy Scratch at Harborcenter. It’s an unfortunate side effect happening all over the world due to the pandemic.



But it’s the fine print that has left a bad taste for the Pegula Sports & Entertainment food workers. Their jobs won’t be waiting for them when the restaurants reopen.



“As a valuable asset to our hospitality family when business returns to normalcy, we encourage you to come back and apply for an open position. You will be amongst the first considered to re-join our teams,” Dominic Verni, the vice president of hospitality, wrote in the...