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On second thought, maybe the two cross-runways would be unnecessary. When I drew that up yesterday, I was thinking that since this has the potential to vastly increase Logan's capacity, I would hate for the lack of runways to be its limiting factor. And then I figured, "since space is at a...

Insert this crazy pitch. The new outfield gates would be domestic gates and would connect to a new terminal somewhere between the current B and C terminals. The current A and E terminals would remain, as would half of C, which would share a common security checkpoint with all the new gates...

Can you imagine ESPN's Not Top Ten covering that? That would be hilarious.

I'm working under the assumption that it would mean they would move on from Widett, although I haven't the slightest clue where it would go. I think this may help to explain the trend in exporting events to the satellite cities. If all other media center options fizzle out, I imagine their...

If we're talking other locations, before Boston put out its own bid, I actually had the Widett area penciled in as the Olympic Village and the Bayside Expo site penciled in for the Olympic Stadium/new Revolution Stadium. The plus side is that Widett's legacy gets developed faster, and that any...

More-or-less-full venue plan is up. For those too lazy to find the link, here: http://cdn.2024boston.org/docs/bid-2/boston2024_venue-planning.pdf Squantum should be a good site for beach volleyball. I also suppose I was wrong about field hockey at Alumni; it appears to be going forward (per...

I think we're in agreement about that. It's just unfortunate that this asset would not be as utilized as it could be. BC definitely has good venue potential, and I imagine its Newton Campus would be highly utilized for practices in the weeks leading up to the games, although I don't have any...

Stellarfun, good points about the origin of the documents. As adverse to the cost of temporary facilities as the powers that be may be, I do find it hard to believe they would build a temporary facility for Paralympic archery without it also hosting Olympic archery as well. If not Harvard...

That may be a reason for the shifts, but the last two summer games in the US may actually suggest that colleges should be able to adapt to it. Georgia Tech actually compressed its academic calendar in 1996 to support the Atlanta games. Its campus was used for housing, aquatics and boxing...

Actually, C̶o̶c̶a̶ ̶C̶o̶l̶a̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶A̶t̶l̶a̶n̶t̶a̶ Athens lost its bid to host 1996, which would've marked 100 years after its last time hosting. Field hockey's replacement venue hasn't been announced, has it? If not at Harvard Stadium, I'd rather see it at...

On the bright side, they're incorporating BC and Northeastern. That could be the best part of these developments. I'm still trying to figure out if there's any logistical purpose to the moves. Handball had a home at BU. IOC specs do require 10k for the finals (and just 6000 for prelims), but...

I know they just announced the Harambee Park location, but what are your thoughts about the Longwood Cricket Club as a potential venue? In my estimation, it is a well-located venue (closer to Chestnut Hill station than the Harambee site is to Talbot) with a long professional tennis history, and...

From the image I posted earlier I'd be surprised if it's even 20 feet. Sure doesn't look like it.

So far as I know Atlanta also didn't shut down MARTA just because its east-west line ran directly underneath the field hockey venue.

In my opinion, the compact games concept was one of the best selling points so to see the organizers move away from it disappoints me some. I do like the idea of some basketball in Springfield, but along the compact games sentiment I think the history would not necessarily outweigh the distance...

Good point, and I know I've tried to keep that in account. When I proposed Matthews Arena for boxing, I was also assuming the Reggie Lewis Center would probably serve as its training facility. I've been straight up assuming the facilities at UMass Boston, MIT, Tufts, Bentley, and Brandeis will...

Additionally, I don't think anyone here has mentioned that some of the venues that are mentioned in the leaked bid book could have been used more efficiently. The bid book lists the following venue-sport pairings: Hall A - Gymnastics (rhythmic), Wrestling Hall B - Judo, Taekwondo Hall C - Table...

Agreed, it most certainly isn't too big of a deal. I've maintained that it would be preferable to utilize Conte Forum and Alumni Stadium in some capacity, and it would be a major resource waste not to. (That said, Atlanta did not use Bobby Dodd Stadium, so there would be precedent, albeit not...

Any thoughts on other potential sites? Walden Pond in Lynn seems plausible to me, if they can make the appropriate arrangements with the Reservation and the NRHP. It is also closer and possibly more accessible.

Where is this rule? I thought that was the original plan for London's stadium. And I say this not to challenge you, I'm just curious.