USOC Taps Boston for Olympic Bid

(ATR) Boston will bid for the 2024 Olympics.

The United States Olympic Committee chose the city at a meeting in the Denver, Colorado international airport after close to a month of deliberations.

Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. were the four candidate cities shortlisted by the USOC for a 2024 Olympic bid.

Each city had a chance to present to the USOC Board of Directors on Dec. 16 in Redwood City, California. After the board meeting the USOC confirmed its intention to bid for the Olympics in 2024, but declined to name a bid city.

This is Boston’s first time securing a United States bid nomination, and will look to become the first city outside Atlanta, Los Angeles, and St. Louis to host a Summer Olympics in the United States.

The USOC will unveil Boston 2024 on Jan. 9 at a press conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The two groups will now work until September when bid city’s letters of intent are due to the IOC.

Boston and the USOC will now have to work with a growing anti-Olympics movement in the city. The group "No Boston Olympics" has been vociferous in opposing the lack of transparency in the effort to secure bid city status.

The focal point of the Boston is a temporary Olympic Stadium built in the southern part of the city. Boston plans to use venues from many of the local universities to keep construction costs down.

Boston joins Rome as the only confirmed cities bidding for the 2024 Olympics. Rome announced its bid on Dec. 15.

Azerbaijan, France, Germany, South Africa, and a bid from the Middle East have been reported as possible countries that could bid for the 2024 Olympics.

Written by Aaron Bauer

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