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Bid documents put cost of 2024 Games at $10b

Posted on February 09, 2015

The Boston Globe

This article looks at the costs included in Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics and discusses the bid’s expected revenues and private verses public funding components. It references the Civic Federation’s 2009 analysis of Chicago’s unsuccessful 2016 Olympic bid, which concluded the bid had adequate protection for taxpayers but significant real estate risks.