Here’s what Boston could look like before, during, and after the Olympics...

[Agschmid]

At least as Boston 2024 sees it.

TODAY Note the traffic...
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DURING THE GAMES
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TOMORROW At least according to 2024 committee...
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Boston 2024’s “Bid 2.0,” as the new version has been called, was unveiled during a presentation on Monday. It includes a number of proposed temporary Olympic structures that would then be converted into lasting parks and neighborhoods for Boston after the Games. The idea is to avoid the ugly, unused, dilapidated structures — “white elephants” — that other Olympic host cities have been left with.

Boston 2024 provided a series of sketches and images of the best-case scenario Boston after the Olympics. Here’s what Boston would look before, during, and after the Olympic Games if Boston 2024’s dreams are realized.

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[SidDithers]

1. 'Cause if there's anything Boston does well, it's really big construction projects...nt

Sid

[Agschmid]

5. ... Said no one ever.

[NightWatcher]

2. I remember the stunning renovation that Atlanta got for and after '96

They got a stadium that they are ditching this year, and the grand Olympic village was little more than rebuilding a few dorms over at Georgia Tech. Other than that, it was a traffic nightmare and nowhere to live for freshman at GT for a semester or two.

[Calista241]

25. I worked during the Olympics, and there was almost no traffic

It was shocking, but I haven't experienced traffic that light in this city since 1996.

GA Tech got one of the the best dorms and the best swimming facilities in the world at the time.

And the German beer gardens they set up were epic.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. I wonder where the rail/truck transportation depot they demolished ended up?

Or did Boston give up eating?

[Agschmid]

6. Supposedly they built that all on top of it.

[Warren Stupidity]

20. yeah I sort of noticed that. I'm thinking "cost overrun" will be the starting state for this project

The new revised plan continues to have as backup: taxpayer foots the bill for both cost overruns and revenue shortfalls. it is a sick joke.

[petronius]

4. So the middle picture is the same as the top, but they erased half the cars on 93?

Seems legit!

[SidDithers]

7. But they added in fireworks!!...nt

Sid

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Those are exploding transformers and electrical grids.

Really.

[tymorial]

9. LOL

That was my comment too. They didn't show the miles and miles of traffic jams that this friggen monstrosity will cause. Oh wait, we already have them. That's right I forgot... We are the worst city in the country for drivers so let's have the Olympics. Don't worry our public transportation can handle it... oh wait, we're 6th worse on that too. To hell with it, let's just do it anyway.

[tymorial]

8. God no. Please just no.

What that picture is missing are the miles and miles of traffic jams that will occur if this happens. We have already been named the worst city in the US for Boston drivers. We're also 6 on the worst public transportation list. Boston 2024 will be a friggen nightmare if it happens.
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Edit: I didn't see the "Note the traffic" in the OP. Great minds...

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Center photo - a giant toilet seat.

filled to the rim with taxpayer dollars.

No. Thank. You.

[Agschmid]

11. The fireworks didn't do it for you?

[Nye Bevan]

14. Shooting off fireworks in broad daylight?

Seems poorly conceived all around to me.

[mythology]

13. dear god I hope Boston doesn't get the games

It would be a nightmare on all sorts of levels.

[Recursion]

15. I can't wait to see tourists try to figure out "the corner of Tremont and Tremont"

Or how East Boston is North of the North End.

Seriously why do cities keep bidding for the Olympics?

[Agschmid]

16. Wait I'm in East Boston right now?!?!?

Hopefully I can take the T out of here...

[KamaAina]

30. He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston

He's the man who never returned!

(The T actually calls its electronic payment system the CharlieCard! )

[Marrah_G]

19. LMAO

One word for you.

Rotaries

[mythology]

24. I live in the area and the corner of Tremont and Tremont

Left me cursing like a sailor at 2 in the morning (I was legitmately completely sober as I was driving back from Portland). That level of incompetence in city planning is what prompted getting a gps.

[hatrack]

17. What Better Time Than Now To Mention What IOC Members Expect?

Oslo is dropping out of bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics, leaving Almaty, Kazakhstan and Beijing as the only remaining cities seeking to host the event. Why? One reason is that people are starting to realize that spending mega-money to build sporting venues that may not ever be used again doesn't make economic sense. Another is that the International Olympic Committee is a notoriously ridiculous organization run by grifters and hereditary aristocrats. Norwegian citizens were particularly amused/outraged (amuseraged) by the IOC's diva-like demands for luxury treatment during the hypothetical Games. Here's a piece in the Norwegian media about the controversy, with translation provided by a generous Norwegian reader named Mats Silberg:

They demand to meet the king prior to the opening ceremony. Afterwards, there shall be a cocktail reception. Drinks shall be paid for by the Royal Palace or the local organizing committee.

Separate lanes should be created on all roads where IOC members will travel, which are not to be used by regular people or public transportation.

A welcome greeting from the local Olympic boss and the hotel manager should be presented in IOC members' rooms, along with fruit and cakes of the season. (Seasonal fruit in Oslo in February is a challenge ...)

The hotel bar at their hotel should extend its hours “extra late” and the minibars must stock Coke products.

The IOC president shall be welcomed ceremoniously on the runway when he arrives.

The IOC members should have separate entrances and exits to and from the airport.

During the opening and closing ceremonies a fully stocked bar shall be available. During competition days, wine and beer will do at the stadium lounge.

IOC members shall be greeted with a smile when arriving at their hotel.

Meeting rooms shall be kept at exactly 20 degrees Celsius at all times.

The hot food offered in the lounges at venues should be replaced at regular intervals, as IOC members might “risk” having to eat several meals at the same lounge during the Olympics.

EDIT

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/10/02/ioc_demands_oslo_drops_bid_after_over_the_top_list_of_requirements.html

[AngryAmish]

18. What did Boston ever do to be stuck with the Olympics?

Why are we punishing them? They did nothing wrong. Obnoxious, yes. But they are Americans and we ahould look out for them.

[joeybee12]

21. The Big Dig

Was a fiasco...I can't imagine the committee would overlook that big undertaking when they deny Boston's bid.

[CK_John]

22. Not to worry this will be Romneys' gig, keeps him busy and out of politics..

[jmowreader]

23. Try Bid 3.0

In case no one has noticed, BOSTON IS THICK WITH UNIVERSITIES! Come on, guys: Hold opening and closing ceremonies in Gillette Stadium (which is 20 miles out of town, but it's still beautiful and huge), have the events at the various universities in the Boston area, house the athletes in the dorms. Hotels for the spectators are going to be the biggest problem - there's already a shortage and no one's going to build a whole hotel that'll fill for two weeks in its entire life...and I really doubt the "throw up a shitload of tents" thing they do for the Hajj in the Middle East will work.

[daleanime]

27. Maybe a great excuse....

to build some low income housing?

[jmowreader]

32. Fifteen or twenty miles out of the city?

I just looked at the Earth view in Google Maps...if you're going to build low-income housing there you've got to go outside Route 128.

[daleanime]

33. Location not set in stone I hope....

and I just like any excuse to build low income housing, not enough available.

[bluestateguy]

26. Oh I don't know about that. Knoxville was revitalized by the World's Fair in 1982.

[Dawson Leery]

28. Boston is doing quite well economically.

They do not need the Olympics to saddle the city with debt.

It is time to eliminate this highly corrupt event. If not, at least privatize the entire venture and keep the taxpayer safe.

[truebluegreen]

29. Yup. Let the folks who profit from these debacles

pick up the entire tab. In fact, they should pay compensation to the cities and citizens.

Just another bunch of scam artists, although not as blatant as FIFA.

[DinahMoeHum]

31. No Boston Olympics Dot-Org info below. . .

http://www.nobostonolympics.org/