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USOC picks Boston for 2024 Summer Olympics bid
AP ^ | January 8, 2015

Posted on 01/08/2015 4:04:14 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

DENVER -- The U.S. Olympic Committee chose Boston to bid for the 2024 Games in an attempt to bring the Summer Olympics to America after a 28-year gap.

During a daylong meeting at the Denver airport, USOC board members chose Boston over Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, all of which have been lobbying to become the American choice for more than a year.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxsports.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: boston; massachusetts; olympics; usoc
Nothing rivals the image of Chicagoans shock about not getting picked in a prior bid.
1 posted on 01/08/2015 4:04:14 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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>>Nothing rivals the image of Chicagoans shock about not getting picked in a prior bid. <<

IIRC obozo RUSHED there which made the snub exquisite.


2 posted on 01/08/2015 4:10:27 PM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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Remember Obama went to Copenhagen personally to.lobby for Chicago? Michelle said their strategy was take no.prisoners.


3 posted on 01/08/2015 4:11:26 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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Five-Ring Fever coming to the US again?


4 posted on 01/08/2015 4:11:34 PM PST by Loud Mime (Rather have Obama as President than a Rino? SMART! /s)
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To: ConservativeStatement

How many Kennedys will be sent to pimp this one?


5 posted on 01/08/2015 4:12:23 PM PST by nascarnation (....)
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And you thought the Big Dig was a cluster-you-know-what.


6 posted on 01/08/2015 4:14:22 PM PST by dfwgator
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>>Five-Ring Fever coming to the US again?<<

Other than L.A. most Olympics have broken even or lost (Sydney lost a a lot)


7 posted on 01/08/2015 4:14:59 PM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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And everybody makes money but the athletes and the idiot volunteers.

The Olympics are a scam.


8 posted on 01/08/2015 4:16:42 PM PST by Loud Mime (Rather have Obama as President than a Rino? SMART! /s)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Of the 4 possibilities, this is not quite as repulsive as DC, LA, or SF.

As long as they don’t include Olympic Pressure Cooking


9 posted on 01/08/2015 4:22:33 PM PST by digger48
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I have friends n Boston. They don’t want the Olympics due to the absolute mess construction and security will make daily life.


10 posted on 01/08/2015 4:27:25 PM PST by matt04
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To: ConservativeStatement

Huge mistake. The traffic is a nightmare.


11 posted on 01/08/2015 4:37:23 PM PST by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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the one living muslim brother who is responsible for the chaos and death of the Boston..Marathon...should be out on Parole by then


12 posted on 01/08/2015 4:38:15 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Chicago is out? Chicago is OUT???


13 posted on 01/08/2015 4:46:32 PM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
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Massacrewits turnpike going to be a cluster****. Stay well clear.


14 posted on 01/08/2015 6:33:57 PM PST by Viennacon
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Really should have been LA.


15 posted on 01/08/2015 7:13:34 PM PST by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: digger48

Tut-tut.


16 posted on 01/08/2015 7:24:59 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: matt04
I have friends n Boston. They don’t want the Olympics due to the absolute mess construction and security will make daily life.

And there aren't enough yahds to pahk all the extra cahs....

17 posted on 01/09/2015 3:39:35 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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