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Boston makes US short list for 2024 Olympics [View all]
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/06/13/boston-makes-short-list-for-summer-olympics/K5EyOKkSWisfXySpNujZWI/story.htmlBoston makes US short list for 2024 Olympics
By Mark Arsenault
| Globe Staff June 13, 2014
Boston’s improbable dream — to become host city for the 2024 Summer Olympics — is suddenly a bit more real.
The city has made the United States Olympic Committee’s “short list” of potential 2024 host candidates, the committee confirmed Friday. Los Angeles, the host of the successful 1984 Summer Olympics; San Francisco; and Washington, D.C., are also on the list.
Making the short list is only a baby step in an arduous process, but it keeps alive the possibility of a Boston Olympics.
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City and state political leaders generally reacted positively to the committee’s vote of confidence, without committing themselves to supporting a full-blown Olympic bid. Hosting the Olympics could cost billions of dollars for infrastructure that must be designed to have a use after the Games.
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To quote Nancy Raygun: Just say no.
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