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For the curious, the Brattle Group should be releasing their analysis soon: https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/07/28/brattle-group-plows-ahead-with-report-olympics/tUsBhoIbM6AVaEoZhc5PDJ/story.html

Chicago 2016 spent a significant amount of time flirting with the possibility of rejecting the host city contract before finally bending to the IOC's wishes shortly before the final vote. If Boston 2024 were really cynical, they could encourage Marty Walsh to adopt that route. It would buy time...

According to page 3 of this PDF, NYC gets over 7x as many overseas tourists as Boston. Hosting the Olympics would certainly narrow that gap.