New round of Boston 2024 Olympics hearings begins this week – WCVB Boston

ON BOSTON’S BID TO HOST THE 2024 OLYMPICS. NEWSCENTER 5’S TODD KAZAKIEWICH IS LIVE FROM CITY HALL. THE FOCUS IS ON THE IOC’S INITIATIVE TO HOST ECONOMICAL AND SUSTAINABLE OLYMPIC GAMES AND HOW THAT IMPACTS BOSTON’S BID. BOSTON HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I REALLY HOPE THAT BOSTON CAN SEE THAT. JIM: THIS MORNING, THE MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND USOC AND BOSTON 2024 MADE THE PITCH TO CITY COUNCILLORS TRYING TO ALLAY THEIR FEARS AND ELICIT THEIR SUPPORT. A GOLD MEDALLIST IN HOCKEY AND A HARVARD GRAD, SHE’S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS AND BOSTON. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THE OLYMPICS ARE GOING ASK SOMEBODY ELSE HOW THE OLYMPIC GAMES CAN OCCUR IN A HOST CITY, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE SOME CERTAIN PARAMETERS YOU NEED CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPORTS AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ROOMS, ET CETERA, BUT IT REALLY IS A TRANSFORMATION. THE FOCUS OF THE HEARING WAS ON THE IOC’S AGENDA 2020 WHICH MAKES THEM ECONOMICAL AND SUSTAINABLE FOR THE COAST CITIES. CAN WE BE CREATIVE WITH OUR VENUES AND LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE COSTS? THE OPPOSITION GROUP KNOW BOSTON OLYMPICS ISSUED A STATEMENT THIS MORNING, SAYING THERE IS NOTHING FRUGAL, RESPONSIBLE OR SUSTAINABLE ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE THREE MOST