Boston sera candidate pour les jeux olympiques de 2024: réflexions dans le Boston Globe

Boston a devancé les villes de San Francisco, Los Angeles et Washington D.C. pour devenir la candidate américaine en vue de l'obtention des jeux de 2024. Cet article du Boston Globe présente des réserves et des écueils à surmonter. Vous aurez deviné que les coûts astronomiques et les retombées potentielles sont au coeur de la réflexion.

 "We don’t know much about the precise plans for a Boston Olympics. The process is not being organized by the city or state but by a nonprofit group of business and cultural leaders called the “Boston 2024 Partnership” — and it hasn’t shared the official bid. In describing the bid, however, the group has emphasized the importance of a compact Olympics, with many venues accessible from existing transit stops. They’re also hoping to keep costs down by partnering with local universities and building structures that can be reused for other purposes.

Still, Boston doesn’t have a large stadium or an aquatic center or a velodrome (for biking), and these are three of the most expensive Olympic facilities. What is more, finding places for them could be just as challenging as raising the money. For example, while there has been talk of building an Olympic stadium at Widett Circle, off I-93 south of downtown Boston, there’s already a meat and seafood wholesaler business at that spot whose owners don’t seem eager to sell."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/08/boston-choice-for-olympic-bid-now-what/skcDZBFvsqNMX9iWKJQAuO/story.html