Boston 2024 OlympicsCoverage of Boston's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. USOC Endorses Los Angeles For 2024 Olympics BidReplacing Boston's soured bid, LA will try to become a three-time Olympic host.Local CoverageSep 1, 2015Boston's Olympic Dream May Be Dead Now, But Debate Over Old Plans Is Quite LivelyEven though the fight to bring the Olympics to Boston in 2024 is over, the Olympic organizing group is taking issue with conclusions drawn by state-hired consultants who evaluated Boston...ResumeLocal Coverage04:00Aug 19, 2015Analysis Shows Financial Risks Of 2024 Olympics BidGov. Charlie Baker says based on the state-funded report, he would have not been able to support the now-withdrawn bid. Local CoverageAug 18, 2015How Boston's Olympic Bid Unraveled In The Final DaysA look at how relations between state leaders and the USOC soured in the days before the 2024 bid was pulled. ResumeLocal Coverage05:43Jul 29, 2015Bostonian Who Helped Organize Olympic Effort: USOC Restrictions 'Ruined It From The Start'The co-founder of Boston 2024, who then took on a role as a part-time consultant with the group, said restrictions by the U.S. Olympic Committee are the reason Boston 2024...Local CoverageJul 29, 2015AdvertisementWalsh: USOC, IOC Kept 'Raising The Bar On Boston' Olympic BidBoston Mayor Marty Walsh says the USOC kept "raising the bar on Boston" with respect to IOC rules requiring host cities to commit to paying for any cost overruns.Local CoverageJul 29, 2015After Failed Bid, What Can Boston Do With All That Olympic Planning?Many believe some of Boston 2024's proposals can offer a rough plan for how to improve the city over the coming decade, even without a 2024 deadline. ResumeLocal Coverage04:17Jul 29, 2015In Dorchester's Harambee Park, Olympic Bid Failure Seen As Missed OpportunityA day after Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Games was dropped, there was disappointment in Dorchester at the site of the historic Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center, which would...ResumeLocal Coverage03:01Jul 29, 2015Mayor Walsh Has 'No Regrets' About Boston's Pursuit To Host 2024 Olympics GamesThe decision to end the bid came shortly after Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said in a news conference that he would not sign a host community contract that made the...ResumeLocal Coverage07:46Jul 28, 2015Olympics Business Reporter Offers Perspective On Boston's Failed BidEd Hula says he was not surprised by Boston's failed bid to host the 2024 Summer Games.ResumeLocal Coverage04:08Jul 28, 2015Analysts Discuss Potential Political Injuries In Wake Of Boston's Failed Olympic BidRepublican Todd Domke and Democrat Dan Payne take a look at potential consequences for local and state leaders following the end of Boston's pursuit of hosting the 2024 Olympics.ResumeLocal Coverage08:16Jul 28, 2015Some Upset, Others Relieved: Bostonians Wake Up To Dead Olympic DreamBostonians are waking up to a dead Olympic dream. Some say Boston’s rejection shows other cities that the Olympics are not worth it. But others say it opens the door...ResumeLocal Coverage04:10Jul 28, 2015No Boston Olympics Welcomes Failure Of BidChris Dempsey says this is an opportunity for the city and state to start a conversation about how to change on our own terms.ResumeLocal Coverage06:02Jul 27, 2015The Role Of Public Opinion In The Boston Bid's FailureWBUR's pollster Steve Koczela discusses the role of public opinion and transparency played in the failure of Boston's Olympic bid. ResumeLocal Coverage04:38Jul 27, 2015Mixed Reaction From Dorchester Avenue As Boston Olympic Bid DiesDorchester Avenue was to have been the Olympic Boulevard. Reaction there was mixed Monday afternoon as the USOC and local organizer announced the Boston bid had been pulled.ResumeLocal Coverage01:42Jul 27, 20157 Reasons Why Boston’s Olympic Bid FailedThere will be no Olympics in Boston in 2024. The city's quest to host the 2024 Summer Games came to an end Monday after the U.S. Olympic Committee pulled the...Local CoverageJul 27, 2015After Boston, What's Next For 2024 Games?David Wallechinsky, president of the International Society of Olympic Historians, joined WBUR to discuss the end of Boston's bid.ResumeLocal Coverage06:50Jul 27, 2015USOC, Local Organizers Drop Bid To Bring 2024 Olympics To BostonBoston's bid to host the 2024 Summer Games -- which from the beginning has been plagued by a string of controversies, an active opposition and meager public support -- has...Local CoverageJul 27, 2015USOC To Talk With Gov. Baker, Decide Next Step For Boston BidThe leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee are supposed to hear from the governor of Massachusetts on Monday. What he tells them could very well dictate the future of Boston's...Local CoverageJul 27, 2015Mayor Walsh Says He Won't Be Rushed Into Signing Olympic Host City Contract With USOCWalsh said he wouldn't sign the contract without more assurances that taxpayers wouldn't be held responsible for potential cost overruns. Local CoverageJul 27, 2015Next Page
USOC Endorses Los Angeles For 2024 Olympics BidReplacing Boston's soured bid, LA will try to become a three-time Olympic host.Local CoverageSep 1, 2015
Boston's Olympic Dream May Be Dead Now, But Debate Over Old Plans Is Quite LivelyEven though the fight to bring the Olympics to Boston in 2024 is over, the Olympic organizing group is taking issue with conclusions drawn by state-hired consultants who evaluated Boston...ResumeLocal Coverage04:00Aug 19, 2015
Analysis Shows Financial Risks Of 2024 Olympics BidGov. Charlie Baker says based on the state-funded report, he would have not been able to support the now-withdrawn bid. Local CoverageAug 18, 2015
How Boston's Olympic Bid Unraveled In The Final DaysA look at how relations between state leaders and the USOC soured in the days before the 2024 bid was pulled. ResumeLocal Coverage05:43Jul 29, 2015
Bostonian Who Helped Organize Olympic Effort: USOC Restrictions 'Ruined It From The Start'The co-founder of Boston 2024, who then took on a role as a part-time consultant with the group, said restrictions by the U.S. Olympic Committee are the reason Boston 2024...Local CoverageJul 29, 2015
Walsh: USOC, IOC Kept 'Raising The Bar On Boston' Olympic BidBoston Mayor Marty Walsh says the USOC kept "raising the bar on Boston" with respect to IOC rules requiring host cities to commit to paying for any cost overruns.Local CoverageJul 29, 2015
After Failed Bid, What Can Boston Do With All That Olympic Planning?Many believe some of Boston 2024's proposals can offer a rough plan for how to improve the city over the coming decade, even without a 2024 deadline. ResumeLocal Coverage04:17Jul 29, 2015
In Dorchester's Harambee Park, Olympic Bid Failure Seen As Missed OpportunityA day after Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Games was dropped, there was disappointment in Dorchester at the site of the historic Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center, which would...ResumeLocal Coverage03:01Jul 29, 2015
Mayor Walsh Has 'No Regrets' About Boston's Pursuit To Host 2024 Olympics GamesThe decision to end the bid came shortly after Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said in a news conference that he would not sign a host community contract that made the...ResumeLocal Coverage07:46Jul 28, 2015
Olympics Business Reporter Offers Perspective On Boston's Failed BidEd Hula says he was not surprised by Boston's failed bid to host the 2024 Summer Games.ResumeLocal Coverage04:08Jul 28, 2015
Analysts Discuss Potential Political Injuries In Wake Of Boston's Failed Olympic BidRepublican Todd Domke and Democrat Dan Payne take a look at potential consequences for local and state leaders following the end of Boston's pursuit of hosting the 2024 Olympics.ResumeLocal Coverage08:16Jul 28, 2015
Some Upset, Others Relieved: Bostonians Wake Up To Dead Olympic DreamBostonians are waking up to a dead Olympic dream. Some say Boston’s rejection shows other cities that the Olympics are not worth it. But others say it opens the door...ResumeLocal Coverage04:10Jul 28, 2015
No Boston Olympics Welcomes Failure Of BidChris Dempsey says this is an opportunity for the city and state to start a conversation about how to change on our own terms.ResumeLocal Coverage06:02Jul 27, 2015
The Role Of Public Opinion In The Boston Bid's FailureWBUR's pollster Steve Koczela discusses the role of public opinion and transparency played in the failure of Boston's Olympic bid. ResumeLocal Coverage04:38Jul 27, 2015
Mixed Reaction From Dorchester Avenue As Boston Olympic Bid DiesDorchester Avenue was to have been the Olympic Boulevard. Reaction there was mixed Monday afternoon as the USOC and local organizer announced the Boston bid had been pulled.ResumeLocal Coverage01:42Jul 27, 2015
7 Reasons Why Boston’s Olympic Bid FailedThere will be no Olympics in Boston in 2024. The city's quest to host the 2024 Summer Games came to an end Monday after the U.S. Olympic Committee pulled the...Local CoverageJul 27, 2015
After Boston, What's Next For 2024 Games?David Wallechinsky, president of the International Society of Olympic Historians, joined WBUR to discuss the end of Boston's bid.ResumeLocal Coverage06:50Jul 27, 2015
USOC, Local Organizers Drop Bid To Bring 2024 Olympics To BostonBoston's bid to host the 2024 Summer Games -- which from the beginning has been plagued by a string of controversies, an active opposition and meager public support -- has...Local CoverageJul 27, 2015
USOC To Talk With Gov. Baker, Decide Next Step For Boston BidThe leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee are supposed to hear from the governor of Massachusetts on Monday. What he tells them could very well dictate the future of Boston's...Local CoverageJul 27, 2015
Mayor Walsh Says He Won't Be Rushed Into Signing Olympic Host City Contract With USOCWalsh said he wouldn't sign the contract without more assurances that taxpayers wouldn't be held responsible for potential cost overruns. Local CoverageJul 27, 2015