After being chosen as a potential host for the 2024 Olympics, Boston’s committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development is set to meet in Beacon Hill May 7 to discuss forming a commission that will examine the logistics of hosting the Games.
This is announcement is a great sign for the Boston Olympic Exploratory Committee, whose members have been angling to bring the Games to their hometown for nearly a year against criticism from city officials like Mayor Tom Menino, who last month called the idea “far-fetched.”
“What began as two strangers meeting over a shared dream has grown to a group of 40-strong, dedicated to realizing the Olympic Movement in New England,” the BOEC stated. “In the months ahead, the Boston 2024 Exploratory Committee will evaluate the viability of hosting the Games. There’s much work to be done if we are to succeed, but we’re up for the challenge and beyond excited to get started.”
If put into action, the nine-member group would be commissioned to consider the city’s infrastructure, transportation, and hospitality, as well as venue locations, budgets, and obviously plenty of other factors.
State senator Eileen Donoghue, who filed the bill to create the commission, admitted that things are still in the early, early stages, but told Boston Magazine that she looks “forward to fully exploring this idea.”
