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Boston 2024

Postby Endless Mike on Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:49 am

Boston has beaten the other US cities to become a finalist for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Experts are calling it a favorite to get the bid. This seems like a tremendously bad idea.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby TobaccoRoadEagle on Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:50 am

get obama to help and you should be well clear of that tremendously bad idea

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Re: Boston 2024

Postby Endless Mike on Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:55 am

Jon FIsh of Suffolk Construction is behind this because he gets all the contracts and he stands to make billions from it. So maybe they can build the temporary 60,000 seat stadium by his house in Hingham.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby b0mberMan on Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:18 am

I've always thought we could use more people on the T.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby claver2010 on Fri Jan 09, 2015 10:06 am

this transportation system can't survive a pink hat game or the fact that it's cold out

hosting the olympics sounds like a tremendous idea
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:49 am

You have got to be shitting me.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby DavidGordonsFoot on Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:59 pm

Where are all those assholes who were marching on The Common a month ago when you need them?
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby DavidGordonsFoot on Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:49 pm

There will be an Olympic Bid Community Meeting in Southie tomorrow. I'm confident the dialogue will be rational and measured.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby Endless Mike on Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:55 am

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:There will be an Olympic Bid Community Meeting in Southie tomorrow. I'm confident the dialogue will be rational and measured.


Nametag event?
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby hansen on Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:53 pm

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:There will be an Olympic Bid Community Meeting in Southie tomorrow. I'm confident the dialogue will be rational and measured.


Will Eva be there?
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby commavegarage on Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:34 am

do we have an update as to where this bid is at
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:35 am

Host city is announced in 2017.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:40 am

Right now there are two bids, Rome and Boston. It looks like a lot of the other potential bidders, Paris/Berlin etc. may wait until 2028. Rome pulled out last time. Unfortunately, I think this shit might actually happen now that Boston beat SF and LA for the US bid. If Paris jumps in, we may get saved.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby commavegarage on Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:25 am

this would be such a disaster
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby DavidGordonsFoot on Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:30 pm

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Right now there are two bids, Rome and Boston. It looks like a lot of the other potential bidders, Paris/Berlin etc. may wait until 2028. Rome pulled out last time. Unfortunately, I think this shit might actually happen now that Boston beat SF and LA for the US bid. If Paris jumps in, we may get saved.

holy shit this is going to happen isn't it?
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:37 pm

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Right now there are two bids, Rome and Boston. It looks like a lot of the other potential bidders, Paris/Berlin etc. may wait until 2028. Rome pulled out last time. Unfortunately, I think this shit might actually happen now that Boston beat SF and LA for the US bid. If Paris jumps in, we may get saved.

holy shit this is going to happen isn't it?


There are 24 months for other morons to get involved.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby commavegarage on Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:06 am

seems like cities have finally gotten a little smarter about how bad it is for a city / state etc to host.

which makes sense as to why were jumping in now
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby DavidGordonsFoot on Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:34 am

I was thinking about this earlier...

If hosting the games in 2024 fast-tracks the indoor practice facility, is it worth it?
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:35 am

I think that a lot of the bad things you hear are related to cities that have no capacity for it. Boston would be a nightmare in its present form, but at least there is some capacity there - public transportation (while terrible now) hotels (although not enough) major international airport (though a pain in the ass) existing sports venues.

I think they would have to pour money into certain things, but not as much money as other cities outside the US. And it does have the potential, if they do it right, to make Boston a world class city, because they will need to fix many of the things that now limit it.

In the end it's not worth the price tag and it has the potential to be a disaster if they half ass it. I also will be on vacation those two weeks. That said, it's not as horrible as other Olympics have been and it could have some benefits.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:36 am

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:I was thinking about this earlier...

If hosting the games in 2024 fast-tracks the indoor practice facility, is it worth it?


You are thinking too small. BC should agree to foot a portion of the 60,000 seat Olympic venue in Southie and convert it into a dome with filled in corners!
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby DavidGordonsFoot on Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:40 am

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:I was thinking about this earlier...

If hosting the games in 2024 fast-tracks the indoor practice facility, is it worth it?


You are thinking too small. BC should agree to foot a portion of the 60,000 seat Olympic venue in Southie and convert it into a dome with filled in corners!

Would the dome be retractable? Asking for a friend.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:41 am

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Re: Boston 2024

Postby DavidGordonsFoot on Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:41 am

PS - Personally, I would never do this, but you would make a killing on Airbnb were you to rent out your place while you're on vacation those two weeks. You know, if you're comfortable with that sort of thing.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:44 am

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:PS - Personally, I would never do this, but you would make a killing on Airbnb were you to rent out your place while you're on vacation those two weeks. You know, if you're comfortable with that sort of thing.


I'll be out of my condo in the city long before then and was planning to keep it to rent - you can be damn sure I'm keeping it now.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby commavegarage on Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:16 am

love the pictures of the empty streets.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby TobaccoRoadEagle on Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:39 pm

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:PS - Personally, I would never do this, but you would make a killing on Airbnb were you to rent out your place while you're on vacation those two weeks. You know, if you're comfortable with that sort of thing.


I'll be out of my condo in the city long before then and was planning to keep it to rent - you can be damn sure I'm keeping it now.

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Re: Boston 2024

Postby 2001Eagle on Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:03 pm

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:PS - Personally, I would never do this, but you would make a killing on Airbnb were you to rent out your place while you're on vacation those two weeks. You know, if you're comfortable with that sort of thing.


I'll be out of my condo in the city long before then and was planning to keep it to rent - you can be damn sure I'm keeping it now.

Looking for something in Mexico?



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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:10 am

2001Eagle {l Wrote}:
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:PS - Personally, I would never do this, but you would make a killing on Airbnb were you to rent out your place while you're on vacation those two weeks. You know, if you're comfortable with that sort of thing.


I'll be out of my condo in the city long before then and was planning to keep it to rent - you can be damn sure I'm keeping it now.

Looking for something in Mexico?



Thought it was el salvador?


I was thinking Hingham or Wellesley, not Lawrence.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby eepstein0 on Fri Apr 03, 2015 6:45 pm

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I think that a lot of the bad things you hear are related to cities that have no capacity for it. Boston would be a nightmare in its present form, but at least there is some capacity there - public transportation (while terrible now) hotels (although not enough) major international airport (though a pain in the ass) existing sports venues.

I think they would have to pour money into certain things, but not as much money as other cities outside the US. And it does have the potential, if they do it right, to make Boston a world class city, because they will need to fix many of the things that now limit it.

In the end it's not worth the price tag and it has the potential to be a disaster if they half ass it. I also will be on vacation those two weeks. That said, it's not as horrible as other Olympics have been and it could have some benefits.


I have zero faith they would do it correctly.
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Re: Boston 2024

Postby twballgame9 on Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:18 am

Looking like it may not matter after all.
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