Boston 2024

Coverage of the bid to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Boston

The gay marriage-Boston 2024 connection

Arguments against gay marriage and for a Boston Olympics didn't make sense

By Peter O'Connor Olympics 2024 0 Comments Aug 4, 2015

I CLOSELY FOLLOWED the debate around the Boston 2024 Olympics bid, and it seemed odd to me at first, but I just kept connecting it to the gay marriage fight, which I lived through as a citizen of Massachusetts 10 years ago. Eventually, light dawned over the South End and I realized why. Just like(...)

What does Boston’s withdrawal say about the city?

Opponents and proponents of hosting the Olympics offer their views

By CommonWealth Staff Olympics 2024 0 Comments Jul 27, 2015

Statement of No Boston Olympics Boston is a world-class city. We are a city with an important past and a bright future. We got that way by thinking big, but also thinking smart. We need to move forward as a city, and today’s decision allows us to do that on our own terms, not the terms(...)

Boston drops out of running for Olympics

Mayor, governor wouldn't be rushed on commitments

By Bruce Mohl Olympics 2024 0 Comments Jul 27, 2015

THE PRIVATE GROUP seeking to host a Boston Olympics in 2024 dropped its bid on Monday, shortly after Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker told the US Olympic Committee that they needed more time before committing to the effort. Scott Blackmun, the CEO of the US Olympic Committee, issued a joint statement with(...)

Five takeaways from the Olympics debate

A lot of noise and numbers, but little illumination

By Bruce Mohl Olympics 2024 0 Comments Jul 23, 2015

THIS BOSTON OLYMPICS DEBATE was a train wreck. There were occasional flashes of insight, but overall the two reporters asking the questions and the four debaters answering them did little to illuminate the subject matter. They tossed numbers around indiscriminately, they got sidetracked on seemingly inconsequential issues, and they ended up all too often talking(...)

4 things to watch in Olympics debate

Latest poll data show no clear trends

By Steve Koczela Olympics 2024 0 Comments Jul 22, 2015

THURSDAY NIGHT, Boston 2024 and No Boston Olympics will meet in a debate hosted by Fox25 and the Boston Globe. Boston 2024’s representatives will be chairman Steve Pagliuca and Daniel Doctoroff, a board member of both Boston 2024 and the US Olympic Committee. Their opponents will be Chris Dempsey, the cochair of No Boston Olympics,(...)

Olympics jobs shouldn’t be union only

Bid 2.0 excludes four-fifths of workers

By Ron Cogliano Olympics 2024 0 Comments Jul 13, 2015

BOSTON 2024’s second plan to host the Summer Olympics in Massachusetts attempts to convince taxpayers it’s financially feasible and responsible. However, the inclusion of a discriminatory and costly hiring policy contradicts that point. In unveiling Bid 2.0 last week, Steve Pagliuca, chairman of Boston 2024, promised the Olympics would generate “billions of dollars of spending(...)

Americans really want to host Olympics

Boston, the US bidder, offers sharp contrast

By Steve Koczela and Ashira Morris Olympics 2024 0 Comments Jul 8, 2015

AMERICANS REALLY WANT to host the 2024 Olympics. They want it more than they have in the past. They want it more than other countries do. They want it more than almost any country ever has. US cities were in the running for the Olympics twice in recent years, with 54 percent and 61 percent national(...)

Pride alone won’t fix things

Olympic desire takes eyes off region’s needs

By James Aloisi Civic engagement, MBTA, Olympics 2024 0 Comments Apr 2, 2015

PRIDE IS A tricky emotion. Even in ancient times, thought leaders cautioned people about the dangers of pride. “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before the fall,” is the admonition from the Book of Proverbs. “Better it is”, continues the verse, “to be of a humble spirit.” Yet pride is not always, and(...)

Boston 2024 backs state referendum

Fish said voters will make final decision

By Andy Metzger and Gintautas Dumcius Boston Politics, Olympics 2024 0 Comments Mar 24, 2015

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE CHIEF BACKER of a Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics is now supporting the idea of a 2016 referendum on the bid. Suffolk Construction CEO John Fish, who is spearheading the privately funded nonprofit seeking to bring the summer Olympics to Boston, told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce(...)

Olympics bad news for W. Mass

Remember the Big Dig?

By Michael Albano Olympics 2024 0 Comments Mar 13, 2015

THE OLYMPICS IN Boston in 2024 sounds like a grand plan. It certainly would put Boston and the Commonwealth on the international map; but, leave western Mass off the same map. And while proponents and opponents line up to make their arguments, including the possibility of a statewide referendum, one thing is for certain –(...)