Growing Up: Boston’s Colleges and Universities and the 2024 Summer Olympics October 22nd, 2014 The US Olympic Committee has selected Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and Boston as finalists for the US bid for the 2024 Olympics, with a decision announced in 2017. While the pundits have already had their field day in the local press, the vast overruns that defined Sochi suggest that developed global cities with significant infrastructure in place will be more attractive in future competitions. Certainly, the Olympic administrative gods fully understand that the price tag is limiting their number of bids in a growing global public relations fiasco.
