Daily News Roundup – January 29, 2015

Questions Linger on Boston’s Bid to Host the Olympics (Bay State Banner)

Walsh, Boston 2024 Must Amend USOC Agreement (Dorchester Reporter)

Boston Olympic Bid Faces More Than Digging Itself out of Snow (Chicago Tribune)

Pols Oppose ’24 Olympics Venue Sites (Boston Herald) “I don’t mean to be rude about it, but what does anybody do with a velodrome after the Olympics?”

Lynch: ‘I Have Major Problems’ with 2024 Olympic Stadium in Southie (Boston Herald)

I like seeing such statements from Lynch and Capuano (above), but they need to move beyond NIMBYism to an understanding that the whole Boston 2024 project is a raw deal.

Cambridge 2024 (Cambridge Community Television)

The Jaundiced Eye: Olympics in Boston? Say It Ain’t So (Wicked Local – Braintree)

I haven’t seen much coverage of the Emerson poll from yesterday, but it showed that MA residents opposed the bid 48% to 42%, with 59% opposing in Suffolk County.

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