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I think Boston could have followed the LA model and come out with a profit much the way Atlanta did...Montreal was a financial disaster and Athens had many problems, mainly unused venues afterwards that were huge money pits. It seems like the main problem with Boston was blind opposition. Maybe it was warranted, maybe it wasn't, but it doesn't seem like a lot of those in opposition ever gave it a chance.
Big props to Boston, and my condolences to LA if it gets saddled with a 2 week, multi-billion boondoggle.
Olympics are even worse than the World Cup. At least the World Cup is twice as long, the costs are spread out between cities, and people actually care about the event.
It's too bad there isn't a mountain within a 1.5-2 hour drive of Boston with the necessary vertical drop to host the alpine events. Because if there was, Boston would be a great city to host the winter Olympics.
I will root for whatever city the USOC puts up now that the Boston bid is dead. I don't understand how people can be so negative towards the fact that Boston was the USOC's first choice. I think our best chance of hosting the Olympics next will be the 2026 Winter Olympics and Denver should put up a bid.
It's too bad there isn't a mountain within a 1.5-2 hour drive of Boston with the necessary vertical drop to host the alpine events. Because if there was, Boston would be a great city to host the winter Olympics.
I will root for whatever city the USOC puts up now that the Boston bid is dead. I don't understand how people can be so negative towards the fact that Boston was the USOC's first choice. I think our best chance of hosting the Olympics next will be the 2026 Winter Olympics and Denver should put up a bid.
Lack of mountains, that's not stopping China!
Also Denver is still toxic for the USOC because they have had problems in the past.
Traffic, overcrowding, endless road construction, high prices, and more traffic. No thanks!
I know it would be worst, but those are things we deal with daily anyway. Plus, it wouldn't be as bad as the Summer Olympics
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