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July 28, 2015

U.S. Olympic Committee Drops Boston 2024 Bid amid Mass Resistance 
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And the U.S. Olympic Committee has dropped Boston as its proposed bid
city to host the 2024 Olympics, following mass resistance by city
residents. Amid protests over the high cost to taxpayers and the mass
displacement seen in other Olympic host cities, the Olympic Committee
acknowledged in a statement, "We have not been able to get a majority of
the citizens of Boston to support hosting the 2024 [Olympics]."

 

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