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Re: U.S. Olympic Committee kills Boston bid for 2024 Summer Games

By: killthecat in FFFT3 | Recommend this post (0)
Tue, 28 Jul 15 1:27 AM | 82 view(s)
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Boston not a good site for Olympics - Inadequate roads, rivers, parks, hotels, and stadiums. Like a peninsula, Boston is difficult to access from three directions.




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U.S. Olympic Committee kills Boston’s bid for 2024 Summer Games
By: clo in FFFT3
Tue, 28 Jul 15 12:51 AM 		Msg. 14393 of 65535

That's a relief for the folks of MA!

U.S. Olympic Committee kills Boston’s bid for 2024 Summer Games
Monday, July 27, 2015 3:18 PM EDT

The United States Olympic Committee killed Boston’s beleaguered bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics on Monday, hours after Mayor Martin J. Walsh said that he would not sign a contract with the organization if it wanted him to do so by the end of the day.

The U.S.O.C. announced the termination of the bid in a statement, saying support for the Boston bid was not strong enough. The group said it would consider other options for a 2024 bid.

“I cannot commit to putting the taxpayers at risk,” Mr. Walsh had said at a hastily called news conference. He added that if the U.S.O.C. demanded that the contract be signed by Monday, then “Boston is no longer pursuing to host the 2024 Summer Games.”

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