Get out the butter: Boston Olympics are toast

Oh no, Br'er Fox! Not the USOC blacklist!

Denver was awarded the games by the IOC, as in they beat out all the other cities in the US and internationally, too. It would be as if Boston had been awarded the games over Hamburg and Rome and whoever, and then pulled the plug in 2020.

Just like those DMU cars for the Commuter Rail would be helpful for making Boston better without the Olympics.

Too bad he cut them out of the budget.

If there were a non-grifting bid in 2080, I'm pretty sure the then Bostonians will support it.

So long as it's the "grab land in use by eminent domain" crowd, no bid is going to happen.

The referendum was intended to stop this particular mess, and I for one would not support tying the hands of future generations.

Terrible decisions are continually pushed through at the expense of the majority and the profit of the 1%. Politics much?

Why not give credit to everyone who "unpatriotically" voiced their opposition, whether they spoke up intelligently, emotionally, or just crankily? We were heard! If we were able to join together and make this go away, we can change some other stupid things around here, too.

Walsh's quote from this morning:

"The opposition for the most part are about 10 people on Twitter"

The good guys need to be vigilant and to win every single one. The bad guys need only win once in a while.

They could both work the neo-liberal beat.

... and a City Council with both a sense of vision and a considerable level of intelligence and common sense.

Unlike Widett Circle, it contains a large amount of truly unused land. UMass-Boston and others should be grateful that the Olympics distraction is out of the way, and proceed with building truly transit-oriented development.

will hopefully be brought back to the forefront now for the area around the Fourth Street Bridge adjacent to I-93. The Olympic bid would have delayed any talk of a stadium until after the IOC selection. My support would be for a privately funded stadium, Mr. Kraft.

In addition, talks to purchase the USPS Annex must be stepped up for the expansion of South Station, which is critical for our transportation infrastructure.

When rumors first started. The news was still relatively fresh of the IOC reeling from Oslo turning away from the Olympics and all that stuff. Part of my old hope in 2024 did include that maybe IOC was also in a position that they would be okay with that again.

Edit: I should also note, this would assuming that Boston 2024 was also not corrupt and incompetent. Even if we were in the scenario of a desperate IOC still reeling that everyone saying it's a money loser with Paris and Hamburg not bid. We still need organizers that shows signs of bidding on terms that would benefit us - and pushing Widett Circle twice is likely the opposite.

What is the worst thing that can happen with the bid being dead? Somebody from Innsbruck doesn't stand in the middle of the intersection of Congress Street and State Street taking a picture in 2024? I can live with that.

Where do you live? Would you have wanted all the buses that are now at Cabot to be relocated to your neighborhood? They would have had to move for the kayak medal presentation.

I mentioned Suffolk Down and Beacon Park. Two locations that requires far less engineering and thus risks with likely lower starting costs. I'm pretty sure that implies Widett was a terrible idea. I mostly cite engineering risks and likelihood that it will explode to make us pay. But yes, dealing with the buses would also be a negative.

This city will be fine. We have low unemployment, a low crime rate, terrible schools (No mention of that in any bid package), an expanding housing stock, and have had an incredible record with our sports and cultural resources in the past 15 years. Be happy.

I never said Boston is ruined that this will not happen. Boston would be fine. Boston would even been fine even in the corrupt scenario - albeit limping. No scenario would have turned into something truly that would reduce us to Detroit or something. I said this is the second best case scenario of the roughly 3 main paths (success with hosting, no Olympics, or get sack by hosting it).

If you want something shiny, go to the bank and ask them for a roll of new pennies. It only costs $0.50 and not billions after billions.

Your dismissiveness is noted. I don't want to make some kind of huge internet fight here where inevitably I will have to start sound like some big Olympic supporter here. I am just stating I that rather see a good thing (I would say - if an Olympics or any *insert big project here* gets proposed that is designed that we come out better). We are celebrating the status quo - including we have found that once again our leaders are a bunch of corrupt buffoons. I think it's a reasonable thought that the ideal scenario would have been we were proven wrong instead.

Dan Shaughnessy? Howie Carr??

We killed Boston2024. And I agree with the Curly Haired Boyfriend on something!

It's a day for the history books

And parking your car in the middle of a major artery for several hours.

"we would once again be seen as a city where things can't get done"

How soon we forget that we undertook the largest highway project in US history and completely reconstructed our downtown not too long ago.

I agree that he should have been firmer sooner but what I always tell my children is true here as well, "Now is always the best time to do the right thing." Even past mistakes don't preclude you from doing the right thing right now. Maybe it's all a political calculation or maybe he learned something these past few months. Bash him for what he did before but give him some credit for making a valid point. It's all reasonable.

Just ponied up again.

I sometimes joke about how I'm the rarest of rare birds in Massachusetts - an unenrolled, moderate issues voter.

I vote for Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Unenrolleds. It doesn't matter what letter they have next to their names.

> least partisan issue in Boston history.

Celebrating the Red Sox winning the World Series in 2004 might edge this out...

And do it again.

It was still the cold war and after the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics over the invasion of Afghanistan (which pretty much led to the Soviet and eastern bloc nations boycotting the games in LA). Leading up to the 1984 games the losses in Montreal and the low interest from other cities gave LA some leverage. They used mostly existing facilities, didn't have to guarantee to cover the losses and were given a much bigger cut of the television revenue.

The political winds are shifting again and the USOC & IOC seem to be acknowledging that a bit in what they are looking for in bids but they are not ready to put their money where their mouth is just yet.

The mere fact that this egotistical blowhard is taken seriously by a great many of the American people is not only sad and pathetic, but it's a sign the idiocracy is now.

The GOP has literally become the clown car of the political process.