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Massachusetts

Olympics boosters refute Brattle Group analysis

Written by Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE — The group that sought to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to Boston said Tuesday the state-commissioned report that identified sources of risk to state taxpayers contains "several" errors and misrepresentations.

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Boston city councilor demands release of full Olympic bid

BOSTON – Demanding "full and complete transparency" from officials representing the city's bid to land the 2024 Summer Olympics, Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson on Monday filed an order for a subpoena with the city clerk's office seeking the complete version of Boston 2024'

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Hamburg is well positioned to win Olympic bid

What went wrong with Boston2024? Even in this sports-crazed city, the idea of hosting a global sporting competition just didn't sit right with many people. Despite attempts to increase support with a glitzy promotional piece starring former Boston Olympians, the video, which was shot against a fall landscape,

washington

USOC contacts three cities re potential host bid

Written by Stephen Wilson KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Olympic leaders have started contacting Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington about the possibility of bidding for the 2024 Games and believe the demise of Boston's candidacy will be "ancient history" by the time the host

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Back to Beijing

Written by Stephen Wilson KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Throughout more than 120 years of Olympic history, no city has hosted both the winter and summer games. Now, Beijing will be the first do it – and in the span of just 14 years.

Charlie Baker

USOC asks Mass. gov for stance on Boston ’24

DENVER (AP) – A person familiar with the bid says the U.S. Olympic Committee has given Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker until the end of the day Friday to declare whether he supports the movement to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday

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Boston out as US candidate for 2024 Olympics

Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympics is over. A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday that the U.S. Olympic Committee has severed ties with Boston. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not yet been made public.

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Boston 2024 to buy insurance for summer games

Written by Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 22, 2015…..Once billed as the most walkable Olympic Games, Boston 2024 is now pitching its proposal as the most underwritten.