Olympics 2024, the Sequel, to be released at 10 a.m.

since they revised the revised plan behind closed doors.

My wife gets the print edition of the Boston Business Journal, and says they have a blurb that Shawmut Construction has named a new Director of Hotels and a Director of Sports Venues. Sounds like somebody thinks the bid is going to be a winner.

Anybody subscribe online and can provide a link? I couldn't find the article.

I've said this many many many times before but I'll say it again.

You can re-arrange the deck chairs as much as you want on the Titanic, but the ship is still going to sink.

Same with Boston2024.. they can offer version 564685465.001 and we're still not buying this.

has a pretty good rundown of what to expect.

Interesting tidbit:

These private sector investments would be undertaken in conjunction with taxpayer financed transportation projects, which the committee maintains are needed with or without the Olympics. These include improving MBTA service and replacing the inefficient Kosciuszko traffic circle in Dorchester...

...New public expenses under the plan include $455 million for technology improvements for the MBTA Red and Green lines, which the committee insists will be necessary to handle rush hour T traffic by 2024 even if Boston does not host the Games, as well as $100 million for a new Broadway T station entrance. The plan calls for the completion of two unfunded projects from the city’s existing Columbia Point master plan, the $160 million reconstruction of Kosciuszko Circle and a $60 million rehab of the JFK transit station....

It sounds like they're going to lean very heavily on the whole "Hey, the T is in trouble and this can fix it with this" thing. Which is a complete joke, because we shouldn't need the Olympics to fix what's wrong with our city.

They also seem to be relying on the idea of building new neighborhoods once the village and stadium come down to change minds. Yet we just keep getting more housing that the average person can't afford in the neighborhoods we already have.

Pass.