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Re: General Electric HQ | TBD | Innovation District According to the brochure sent to GE, water transportation was a big part of the pitch. In particular, there seems to be a proposal for a new ferry running from Lovejoy wharf. I suspect this is the plan to get people from North Station to the...

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.