USOC Submission

NU MB ER 1: 1: OVERALL GAMES CONCEPT

December 1, 2014 Mr. Larry Probst, Chairman Mr. Scott Blackmun, Chief Executive Ofcer

United States Olympic Committee Dear Mr. Probst and Mr. Blackmun: On behalf of the Boston 2024 Partnership, we are honored, humbled and excited to share Boston’s compelling story and our vision for a partnership with the United States Olympic Committee Committee to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Boston is overwhelmingly united in its bid for the 2024 Games because we are a city passionate about the power of sport. Boston’s public ofcials, business and educational leadership and community stakeholders

are all committed to delivering a transformative and sustainable 2024 Games. Boston’s higher education community will make a profound impact in the lives of Olympic and Paralympic athletes now and through 2024. Boston’s research labs, world-class medical centers, and technology-driven economy will bring unprecedented innovation to the planning and delivery of the 2024 Games, as well as an unparalleled experience for Olympians and Paralympians. Boston developing a sustainable Games model with a responsible, achievable budget and legacy owners for Olympic and Paralympic venues. Boston’s uniquely walkable layout with venues clustered around the Waterfront and University Precincts leverages the entire Boston city center as the Olympic Park, and we will put all of our campuses, public spaces and parks, boulevards and waterways to use in hosting the Games. We rmly believe that working in close

partnership with the United States Olympic Committee, Boston 2024 can provide a blueprint for future host cities as to the master planning of the Games, delivery of the Games and, most importantly, the experience of the athletes. The Boston 2024 bid is an opportunity to engage in a community-wide conversation conversation about our future vision for our city, not just in 2024, but in 2030, on the 400th anniversary of the founding of Boston and beyond. The bid is also a catalyst for much of the investment and innovation that will be required to achieve that vision. Our Olympic and Paralympic bid will serve to accelerate improvements to transportation, infrastructure and housing including investments in a major redevelopment project at the heart of the city, thousands of new affordable housing units, new urban green spaces and dramatic upgrades to the city’s already world-class public transit system. Hosting the Games will also strengthen cooperation across the government, business and academic communities and reinforce Boston’s brand as a global hub for education, health care and innovation. Welcoming the world to Boston for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is also a chance to attract new artists, educators, entrepreneurs and builders who are the foundation of our community’s vibrant and innovative culture. Thank you again for the opportunity to present our vision for a sustainable and transformative 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We look forward to continuing our partnership with you and your entire team at the United States Olympic Committee. Sincerely,

John F. Fish Chairman Boston 2024 Partnership

Dan O’Connell Connell President Boston 2024 Partnership

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PROPOSE D DA DATES TES

2

OVERALL GAMES CONCEPT

1.1

Proposed Dates for the Games

1

4.1

Concept Explanation

20

1.2

Planned Large-Scale Events

1

4.2

Location of Key Infrastructure

25

4.3

Post-Games Legacy

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2.1

Map A – Olympic Games Venue Loc Locati ation on + Trans Transpor por t

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Legend + Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2.2

Map B – Paralympic Games Venue Location + Transport

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5.1

International Communications Narrative

32

5.2

Our City City’s ’s Vision

35

5.3

Unique and Compelling City Experiences

36

Delivery of the Games

37

Legend + Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.3

Venue Matrices

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5.4

3

MOTIVATION

3.1

Motivation

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PROPOSED PROPOS ED DA DATE TES S

1.1 1. 1

PROP OS ED DATES FOR THE GAMES

1.2 1. 2

PLANN ED LARG E- SCALE EVENTS

Proposed Dates for the Games

Planned Large-Scale Events

State your proposed dates to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and specify your reasons.

Identify any other large-scale events that are planned or traditionally occur during or 30 days before or after the proposed Games period.

The Olympic Games in Boston would be held from Friday, July 19, to Sunday, August 4, 2024. The Paralympic Games would be held from Wednesday, August 14, to Sunday, August 25, 2024. This period of time offers the optimal climate for athletic competition. The dates are well coordinated with the international sport calendar and would ensure that the Games will be the preeminent event in the United States. Summer holidays for colleges, secondary schools and teachers allow us to engage a corps of enthusiastic volunteers volunteers and individuals and families to attend the Games. In addition, we have a unique opportunity to engage those who are away for the summer in the Paralympic Games as college students begin to return to campuses toward the end of August.

The most signicant event that will occur prior

to the proposed start date of the 2024 Games is Boston’s annual July Fourth Celebration on the Charles River Esplanade on July 3 and 4. The event typically attracts approximately 500,000 attendees for a live performance by the Boston Pops Orchestra and reworks display. In addition, the Massachusetts

Convention Center Authority will host an education event drawing 15,000 attendees between July 2 and 9, and a scientic event during which 17,000 people

will participate from August 15 to 23.

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2.1

M AP A – OL OLYMPI YMPI C GAMES VE V E N U E LO LOCAT CAT I O N + T RA N S P O RT

Legend + Symbols

Waterfront Cluster

University Cluster

AV Athletes’ Village

IOC

IBC

International Olympic International Committee Hotels

Live Site

Live Site

Basketball

Main Media Housing

Boxing

Main Press Center

Archery

Canoe - Slalom

Opening & Closing Ceremony

Badminton

Canoe - Sprint

Athletics

Handball

Cycling - BMX

Gymnastics - Rhythmic

Diving

Cycling - Mountain

Judo

Fencing

Cycling - Road

Sailing

Swimming

Cycling - Track

Table Tennis

Syncronized Swimming

Equestrian - Cross Country

Taekwondo

Water Polo

Equestrian - Dressage

Volleyball Voll eyball - Indoor

Hockey

Equestrian - Eventing

Weightlifting

Tennis

Equestrian - Jumping

Wrestling Freestyle

Triathlon

Football

International Broadcast Center Live Site

MPC

Other Precincts/Stand Alone Venues

MMH

Golf Map Symbols

City of Boston Limits

Road Network Line Types

Motorway

Gymnastics - Artistic Gymnastics Gymnasti cs - Trampoline Trampoline

Major Urban Arterial Network Venue Cluster

Modern Pentathlon

Key Venue/Venue Venue/Venue Precinct Prec inct

Rowing

Venue Venu e Hotel Cluster Sailing Event Zone

Rail Network Line Types

Rugby

Subway [Existing] Light Rail [Existing]

Shooting

Light Rail [Existing, Work Req.]

Volleyball Vol leyball - Beach

Light Rail [Planned] Commuter Rail [Existing] Commuter Rail [Planned]

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5500

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1375

2750m

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4MILE

UNIVERSITY CLUSTER BOSTON -LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MMH

I -90

IOC

IBC MPC

WATERFRONT CLUSTER

AV

I-95 RT-128 RT-

I -93

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2.2

MAP B – PARALYMPIC GAMES VE NU E LOC ATI ON + T RAN SP ORT

Legend + Symbols

University Cluster

AV Athletes’ Village

IOC

International Olympic Committee Hotels

Live Site

Live Site

Canoe

MMH

Main Media Housing

Cycling - Road

IBC


MPC

P A M W E I V O T T U O D L O F


Waterfront Cluster

Main Press Center

Archery

Cycling - Track


Fencing

Equestrian

Athletics

Football 5-a-side

Rowing

Boccia

Football 7-a-side

Shooting

Judo

Goalball

Wheelchair Basketball

Powerlifting

Swimming

Sailing

Paratriathlon

Sitting Volleyball

Wheelchair Rugby

Table Tennis

Wheelchair Tennis

Map Symbols

City of Boston Limits Venue Cluster Key Venue/Venue Precinct Venue Hotel Cluster Sailing Event Zone



Subway [Existing]

Motorway

Light Rail [Existing]

Major Urban Arterial Network

Light Rail [Existing, Work Req.] Light Rail [Planned] Commuter Rail [Existing] Commuter Rail [Planned]

2.2

MAP B – PARALYMPIC GAMES VE NU E LOC ATI ON + T RAN SP ORT

Legend + Symbols

AV Athletes’ Village IBC


IOC

International Olympic Committee Hotels

Live Site

Live Site

Canoe

MMH

Main Media Housing

Cycling - Road


MPC


University Cluster

Waterfront Cluster

Main Press Center

Archery

Cycling - Track


Fencing

Equestrian

Athletics

Football 5-a-side

Rowing

Boccia

Football 7-a-side

Shooting

Judo

Goalball

Wheelchair Basketball

Powerlifting

Swimming

Sailing

Paratriathlon

Sitting Volleyball

Wheelchair Rugby

Table Tennis

Wheelchair Tennis

Map Symbols


City of Boston Limits Venue Cluster Key Venue/Venue Precinct Venue


Subway [Existing]

Motorway

Light Rail [Existing]

Major Urban Arterial Network

Light Rail [Existing, Work Req.] Light Rail [Planned] Commuter Rail [Existing] Commuter Rail [Planned]

Hotel Cluster Sailing Event Zone

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I-95 RT-128 RT-

I -93

10KM

4MILE


I -90

IOC

IBC MPC

WATERFRONT CLUSTER

AV

I-95 RT-128 RT-

I -93

2750

5500 1375

8275ft 2750m

0 0

I-95 RT-128 RT-

2750

5500

8275ft

1375

2750m

I -93

10KM

4MILE


I -90

IOC

IBC MPC

WATERFRONT CLUSTER

AV

I-95 RT-128 RT-

I -93

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2.3

VENUE MATRICES

Boston 2024 - Olympic Games VENU E/FACI LITY

SPORT

LOCATION

STATUS

CAPACI TY

AT H L E T I C S OPENING/CLOSING CEREMONIES

M I D TO W N

T E M P O R A RY

60,000

UMAS S BOS TON

AD DI T ION AL TEMPORARY

6,000 10,500

WATERFRONT CLUSTER MIDTOWN O LY M P I C S TA D I U M

UMASS BOSTON/COLUMBIA POINT ATHLETES’VILLAGE

—

PRECINCT: SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT


IBC

—

BCEC/SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT

AD D IT ION AL

700,000 S F

MPC

—


AD D IT ION AL

300,000 S F

GYMNASTICS - RHYTHMIC WRESTLING JUDO TAEKWONDO TABLE TENNIS VOLLE YBAL L - INDOOR

BCEC BCEC BCEC BCEC BCEC BCEC

EXISTING ( W/ EXISTING( EXISTING(( W/ EXISTING EXISTING(( W/ EXISTING EXISTING(( W/ EXISTING EXISTING(( W/ EXISTING PLANNED

BOSTON CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER ( BCEC BCEC)) HALL A HALL B HALL C HALL D

OVERLAY)) OVERLAY OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY)

8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 15,000

STAND ALONE VENUES CASTLE ISLAND SAILING COURSE

SA IL IN G

BOS TON H A RB OR

T EMP ORARY

6,500

WAT ER ER FR FR O N T P AV I L IO IO N

W E IG IG HT HT LI LI F T IN IN G

S OU OU T H B O S TO TO N WATERFRONT

EXISTING(( W/ OVERLAY EXISTING OVERLAY))

5,000

UNIVERSITY CLUSTER PRECINCT: BEACON YARDS TE N N IS COMP L EX

TE N N IS

H A RVA R D P LAY I N G F I E L D S

T EMP ORARY

H A RVA R D S TA D I U M

HOC KE Y

H A RVA R D U N I V E R S I TY

E X I S T I N G( W/ OVERLAY OVERLAY))

30,000

N ATAT O R I U M

A Q U AT I C S

A L L S T O N LA N D I N G

T EMP ORARY

18,500

WAT E R P O LO A R E N A

WAT E R P O LO


T EMP ORARY

H A R VA R D U N I V E R S I TY

E X I S T I N G(W/ OVERLAY OVERLAY))

6,000

B O S T O N UN UN I V E R S I TY


7,000

A L B E RT H . GO GO R D O N T R A C K

FE N CIN G

20,000

5,000

PRECINCT: BOSTON UNIVERSITY A G G A N I S AR AR E N A

B AD MIN TON

STAND ALONE VENUES M I T A R C H E RY R A N G E

A R C H E RY

K I L L I A N C O U RT / M I T

T E M P O R A RY

3,000

M AG AG A ZI ZI N E B EA EA CH CH C O UR UR S E

T R IA IA TH TH LO LO N SWIMMING - MARATHON

MAGAZI N E BE ACH

T E M P O R A RY

2,500

2.3

VENUE MATRICES

Boston 2024 - Olympic Games VENU E/FACI LITY

SPORT

LOCATION

STATUS

CAPACI TY


M I D TO W N

T E M P O R A RY

60,000

UMAS S BOS TON

AD DI T ION AL TEMPORARY

6,000 10,500


UMASS BOSTON/COLUMBIA POINT ATHLETES’VILLAGE

—

PRECINCT: SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT


IBC

—


AD D IT ION AL

700,000 S F

MPC

—


AD D IT ION AL

300,000 S F

GYMNASTICS - RHYTHMIC WRESTLING JUDO TAEKWONDO TABLE TENNIS VOLLE YBAL L - INDOOR

BCEC BCEC BCEC BCEC BCEC BCEC

EXISTING ( W/ EXISTING( EXISTING(( W/ EXISTING EXISTING(( W/ EXISTING EXISTING(( W/ EXISTING EXISTING(( W/ EXISTING PLANNED

CASTLE ISLAND SAILING COURSE

SA IL IN G

BOS TON H A RB OR

T EMP ORARY

6,500

WAT ER ER FR FR O N T P AV I L IO IO N

W E IG IG HT HT LI LI F T IN IN G

S OU OU T H B O S TO TO N WATERFRONT

EXISTING(( W/ OVERLAY EXISTING OVERLAY))

5,000

BOSTON CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER ( BCEC BCEC)) HALL A HALL B HALL C HALL D

OVERLAY)) OVERLAY OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY) OVERLAY)

8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 15,000

STAND ALONE VENUES

UNIVERSITY CLUSTER PRECINCT: BEACON YARDS TE N N IS COMP L EX

TE N N IS


T EMP ORARY


HOC KE Y



30,000

20,000

N ATAT O R I U M

A Q U AT I C S


T EMP ORARY

18,500

WAT E R P O LO A R E N A

WAT E R P O LO


T EMP ORARY

A L B E RT H . GO GO R D O N T R A C K

FE N CIN G

H A R VA R D U N I V E R S I TY

E X I S T I N G(W/ OVERLAY OVERLAY))

6,000

B O S T O N UN UN I V E R S I TY


7,000

5,000

PRECINCT: BOSTON UNIVERSITY A G G A N I S AR AR E N A

B AD MIN TON

STAND ALONE VENUES M I T A R C H E RY R A N G E

A R C H E RY

K I L L I A N C O U RT / M I T

T E M P O R A RY

3,000

M AG AG A ZI ZI N E B EA EA CH CH C O UR UR S E

T R IA IA TH TH LO LO N SWIMMING - MARATHON

MAGAZI N E BE ACH

T E M P O R A RY

2,500

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Boston 2024 - Olympic Games VEN UE/ FAC IL ITY

SPO RT

LOCAT IO N

STATU S

CAPA CI TY

B EA EA CH CH VO VO LL LL EY EY BA BA LL LL AR AR EN EN A

V OL OL L EY EY BA BA LL LL - B E A C H

B O S TO N C O M M O N

T E M P O RA RY

16,000

S TA RT I N G L I N E

CYC L I N G - ROAD ATHLETICS--MARATHON ATHLETICS


T E M P O RA RY

2,000

B MX CO U R S E

CYC L I N G - BM BM X

A S S E M B LY S Q U A R E

A D D I TI O NA L

5,000

VE LODR OM E

CYCL ING - T TR RA C K


A D D I T I O NA L

5,000

W H I T E S TA D I U M

EQ U E ST R I A N MODERN PENTATHLON

F RA N K L I N PA R K

E X I S T I N G (W/ OVERLAY)

20,000

WILLIAM J. DEVINE GOLF COURSE

EQUESTRIAN - CROSS COUNTRY


T E M P O RA RY

60,000

G Y M N A S T I C S - ARTISTIC/ TRAMPOLINE

TD G A R D EN


18,500

OTHER PRECINCTS PRECINCT: BOSTON COMMON

PRECINCT: ASSEMBLY SQUARE

PRECINCT: FRANKLIN PARK

STAND ALONE VENUES TD GA RDEN


Boston 2024 - Olympic Games VEN UE/ FAC IL ITY

SPO RT

LOCAT IO N

STATU S

CAPA CI TY

OTHER PRECINCTS PRECINCT: BOSTON COMMON B EA EA CH CH VO VO LL LL EY EY BA BA LL LL AR AR EN EN A

V OL OL L EY EY BA BA LL LL - B E A C H


T E M P O RA RY

16,000


CYC L I N G - ROAD ATHLETICS--MARATHON ATHLETICS


T E M P O RA RY

2,000

B MX CO U R S E

CYC L I N G - BM BM X


A D D I TI O NA L

5,000

VE LODR OM E

CYCL ING - T TR RA C K


A D D I T I O NA L

5,000


EQ U E ST R I A N MODERN PENTATHLON



20,000

WILLIAM J. DEVINE GOLF COURSE

EQUESTRIAN - CROSS COUNTRY


T E M P O RA RY

60,000

TD GA RDEN

G Y M N A S T I C S - ARTISTIC/ TRAMPOLINE BASKETBALL - FINAL

TD G A R D EN


18,500

LONG ISLAND SHOOTING RANGES

S H O OT I NG

LO N G I S LA N D

T E M P O R A RY

7,000

T H E C O U N T RY C L U B

G OLF

T H E C O U N T RY C L U B


50,000 68,000

PRECINCT: ASSEMBLY SQUARE

PRECINCT: FRANKLIN PARK

STAND ALONE VENUES

G I L L E T T E S TA D I U M

RUG BY FOOTBALL - FINAL

G I L L E T T E S TA D I U M


M ER ER RI RI MA MA CK CK R IV IV ER ER C OU OU RS RS E

R OW OW IN IN G CANOE - SPRINT

M E RR RR I M AC AC K R I VE VE R/ R/ LO LO W EL EL L

T E MP MP O RA RA RY RY TEMPORARY

24,000

T S O N G A S C E NT E R

B OX I N G

LO W E L L

E X I S T I N G (W/OVERLAY )

7,800

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Boston 2024 - Paralympic Games VEN UE/ FAC IL ITY

SPO RT

LOCAT IO N

STATU S

CAPA CI TY


M I D TO W N

T E M P O RA RY

60,000

U M A S S B O S TO N

A D D I TI O NA L TEMPORARY

6,000 10,500


UMASS BOSTON/COLUMBIA POINT ATHLETES’ VILLAGE

—

PRECINCT: SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT IB C

—


A D D I TI O NA L

700,000 S F

MPC

—


A D D I T I O NA L

300,000 S F

BOSTON CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER (BCEC ) HALL A HALL B HALL C HALL D

BOCCIA JU DO TABLE TENNIS SITTING VOLLEYBALL

BCEC BCEC BCEC BCEC

EXISTING (W/ OVERLAY) EXISTING (W/ OVERLAY) EXISTING (W/ OVERLAY) PLANNED

8,000 8,000 8,000 15,000

CASTLE ISLAND SAILING COURSE

S A I L I NG

B O S TO N H A R B O R

T E M P O RA RY

6,500

WAT E R F R O N T PAV I L I O N

POW ER L I F T I NG

S O U T H B O S TO N WATERFRONT

EXISTING (W/ OVERLAY)

5,000

T EN N I S CO M P L E X

W H E E LC H A I R T E N N I S


T E M P O R A RY

20,000


F O O T B A L L/5-A-SIDE FOOTBALL/7-A-SIDE



30,000

N ATATO R I U M

S W I M M I NG

A L L S TO N LA N D I N G

T E M P O R A RY

18,500

A L BE BE RT RT H . G OR OR D ON ON T RA RA CK CK

W HE HE EL ELC H AI AI R- F E N C I N G

H A RVA R D UN U N I V E R S I TY


6,000

W H E E LC H A I R R U G B Y

B O S TO N U N I V E R S I TY


7,000

M I T A R C H E RY R A N G E

A R C H E RY

K I L L I A N CO U RT/M I T

T E M P O RA RY

3,000

M A G A Z I N E B E AC H CO U R S E

PA R AT R I AT H LO N

M AG AZ I N E B EAC H

T E M P O RA RY

2,500

STAND ALONE VENUES

UNIVERSITY CLUSTER PRECINCT: BEACON YARDS

PRECINCT: BOSTON UNIVERSITY AG G A N I S A R E NA STAND ALONE VENUES

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Boston 2024 - Paralympic Games VEN UE/ FAC IL ITY

SPO RT

LOCAT IO N

STATU S

CAPA CI TY


EQ U ES T R I A N

F R A N K L I N PA R K


20,000


C YC L I N G - R O A D


T E M P O RA RY

2,000

TD G A R D EN

W H E E LC H A I R B A S K E T B A L L

TD G ARDEN


18,500

LONG ISLAND SHOOTING RANGES

S H O OTI NG

LO N G I S LA N D

T E M P O RA RY

7,000

M ER ER R IM IM AC AC K R IV IV ER ER C OU OU RS RS E

R OW OW IN IN G PARACANOE

M E R R I M A C K R I V E R / LO W E L L

T E M P O RA RY

24,000

VE LODR OM E

CYCL IN G - T TR RA C K


A DDITIONAL

5,000

OTHER VENUES STAND ALONE VENUES

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MOTIVATION

3.1

MOTIVATION

Motivation Outline your principal motivation for hosting the Games. The identity of Boston is one of forward progress, a living legacy of innovation that denes and

motivates our city to drive forward, to discover, to create, to inspire and to be inspired by big ideas from every corner of the globe. With our sights rmly xed on 2030 and the 400th anniversary of the City of Boston, we have identied our next great

opportunity to inspire and be inspired. Hosting the 2024 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be a catalyst to propel Boston forward, calling us to envision what we strive to become, and motivating us to work collaboratively in planning and achievement of this vision.

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In Boston, we strive to be ever better. We are a proud but driven people who intuitively subscribe to the Olympic mantra “Citius, Altius, Fortius” - Faster, Higher, Stronger. Bostonians view the opportunity to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a clear pathway in our pursuit pur suit of excellence. There is the opportunity to elevate our thinking about and expedite our execution of urban ur ban planning, transportation improvements, infrastructure upgrades and institutional instit utional master planning. We see the opportunity to shine a light on and gain increased participation in our vibrant arts and culture community. And we see the opportunity to engage, educate and inspire our young people to fall in love with sport, sport , to commit themselves to excellence excellence and to set out for greatness in all they attempt.

colleges and universities. This city is where their energy, optimism and ideas come together to dream of what’s next. As such, Boston truly embodies the invitation of the International Olympic Committee, delivered at the conclusion of each Games, for the youth of the world to assemble. We believe all of this will result in a world class experience for the Olympic and Paralympic athletes themselves, immersed within the city’s rich fabric of innovation and competing within a compact community of overachievers overachievers who share a great belief in the power of spor t. Here in Boston, we are committed to an Olympic experience where the entire city is the Olympic Park, creating a sustainable model for serving athletes and celebrating the Olympic Movement for years to come.

Each year, almost 250,000 young people from around the world gather in Boston to attend our

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SOMERVILLE

UNIVERSITY CLUSTER

CAMBRIDGE

TD GARDEN

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BEACON YARDS

MI T BOSTON COMMON

BACK BAY

BROOKLINE

MIDTOWN SOUTH END

DORCHESTER

THE COUNTRY CLUB

FRANKLIN PARK City of Boston 2024 Illustrative Map

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LONG ISLAND

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Concept Explanation Explain how your concept of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ts into your city and region’s long-term planning strategy. The planning concepts for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are shaped by a shared vision for Boston 2030 – the 400th anniversary of the city’s founding. Boston is a geographically compact compact city with diverse historic and contemporary assets. The city boasts an unrivaled waterfront and America’s cleanest urban harbor, a network of celebrated park spaces and public recreation venues, a history of independence and historic architecture. Boston is also home to world-renowned world-renowne d academic and medical institutions, a hub of innovation and invention, and a vibrant, expansive economy. For the past 400 years, this city has consistently developed and redeveloped its valuable land resources to the maximum benet of its people and

economy. The city has undertaken some remarkably large and complex projects from early land reclamation to later infrastructure reclamation, and recent air rights developm development. ent. As we look to the future, signicant demand for

expansion is projected for the innovation economy. The City of Boston anticipates the need in the next 20 years for 50,000 new residences in Boston alone and the creation of 100,000 new jobs. To sustain the innovation economy and to attract the talent which will ll the innovation jobs, there are

a number of areas where the city must focus in the next two decades:

We offer our compact city as a canvas for the Olympics. In turn, the strategic selection of sites for Olympic venues offers opportunities to unlock land areas which meet multiple objectives for the next generations of Bostonians.

History + Geography The City of Boston and its core are a compact geography of 48 square miles of land. This compact geography has been consistently developed and redeveloped redevel oped for the last 400 years through:

• Land Reclamation —more than two-thirds of the city’s footprint did not exist when the city was founded. • Highway + Rail Infrastructure —land takings that penetrated through the heart of the city. • Infrastructure Reclamation —the Prudential Center development, Copley Place, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Fan Pier and the South Boston Waterfront and now Beacon Yards have all reclaimed valuable land and made important connections. This cycle persists as the city continues continues to densify the core, building a consistently more livable, sustainable and innovative city. Our proposed venue sites - especially at Columbia Point, Midtown and Beacon Yards - represent new opportunities for signicant inll development in the core of

the city. These growth corridors will add density for economic development and make connections between neighborhoods currently separated.

Waterfront + Parks Boston is a waterfront city with 47 miles of

accessible waterfront. Nicknamed “The Walking City”, Boston has one of the highest percentages of pedestrian commuters in the country. Boston has the most celebrated open space network in the country:

• Continued inll through infrastructure reorganization • Continued Continued improvements to transportation and smart mobility

• The Boston Common is the oldest public park in the United States.

• Improved resiliency for climate change • Greater access to waterfront and amenities

• The Emerald Necklace is a string of parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

• Enhanced quality of life for all residents • The marriage of innovation innovation and sports infrastructure infrastructure to to improve health and wellness

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• The Esplanade Esplanade makes the Charles Charles River River accessible accessible to all. all. • The Rose Rose Kennedy Kennedy Greenway reconnects the city to its waterfront and the cleanest urban harbor in America.


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The Games will engage the waterfront in both competitive venues and celebration spaces while showcasing our most precious places - Boston Common, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston Harbor, Harvard Stadium and MIT’s Killian Court.

Youth Y outh + Innovation Innovation Boston is the birthplace of the United States, and our city is built on the belief that fresh ideas and hard work can change the world. Grounded in our history but looking to 2024 20 24 and beyond, today Boston is the youngest major city in America, a hub of international colleges and universities, and a home to the world’s most innovative companies and institutions.

• One in three Bostonians are between the ages of of 20 and 35, the highest percentage of young adults of any major US city. Twenty-six percent of these young adults came to Boston after being born outside the United States, and thirty-two percent speak a language other than English at home. • Each fall, more than 250,000 students from around the world arrive at metropolitan Boston’s 90 colleges and universities, and their energy and new ideas reinvigorate reinvi gorate our ou r city. In total, each year, the Commonwealth hosts approximately 51,000 international students from more than 170 countries. Our world-renowned higher educational institutions— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, Boston College, Boston University, Univer sity, and Northeastern University, among many others—convene top international scholars and incubate their best ideas, resulting in more innovation per capita per square mile than any city in the world.

• From a new medical device created by a start startup up at MassChallenge, the world’s largest startup accelerator, to a new app for xing potholes built by the City of Boston’s Ofce of New Urban Mechanics, to a new robotic ankle designed by one of MIT’s Media Labs, Boston’s public and private sector institutions are focused on reinventing the way we live and making our lives better. Recognizing this kind of missiondriven innovation, all 10 of largest global biopharma companies have a presence in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is also home to the top ve NIH-funded independent research hospitals and is the national leader in patents issued per capita. By leveraging its youth, its world-class institutions and its culture c ulture of innovation, Boston will create a sustainable blueprint for future host cities and amplify the power of sport to create a better world.

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Economic + Transportation Hub

A city connected to the U.S. and the world:

As one of the oldest cities in the U.S. , Boston serves as the major center of economic and cultural life for New England. It is the hub of a regional transportation system, with highway and rail corridors radiating outward and deep into New England. Boston is poised to successfully host the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics as:

• Excellent interstate and regional highway access with the recently completed $15 billion investment in I-93/I-90 through downtown and to Logan International Internation al Airport and $3 billion accelerated arterial bridge reconstruction program.

A leader in public transportation: • Built and opened the rst subway system in the U.S. in 1897 189 7. • Hosts the fifth largest public transportat transportation ion agency in the country, with a fleet of 2,500 buses and trains, and almost 900 miles of track and four water transportation routes. • Serves more than 1.3 million customers on subway, bus, rail and ferry services each weekday. • Is situated at the nor thern terminus of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, the busiest high speed rail corridor in the U.S. with a committed billion dollar investment in enhanced access on the MBTA system. A compact city that is conducive to walking and bicycling:

• Served by six international airports in the region, including Boston-Logan International Airport, located 1.5 miles from the downtown, with more than 45 million passengers annually. • As a port city which enjoys excellent water access with ample ferry and cruise services. Bringing the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Boston is strategically aligned aligned with who we are and where we are going as a city: • Intense development of underutilized areas in the urban core. • Continued engagement of our waterfront and enhancement of open space. • Acceleration of our innovation economy. The Boston 2024 Games will be a compact and walkable Games, the City of Boston will be “Olympic Park” — at the heart of the city, at its reinvented waterfront and in its cherished parks.

• With a robust network of paths and walkways, named America’s third most-walka most-walkable ble city in 2013. • With a bicycle network that has doubled over the past ve years to approximately 120 miles.


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Location of Key Infrastructure Explain your motivation behind the choice of location of key infrastructure (competition and non-competition venues). The overall venue plan for a compact Games in a compact city is based on ve simple principles:

• Put the athletes and the sports rst by offering a compact city where 28 of the 33 venues are within a 10 kilometer radius. • Plan for meaningful and appropria appropriate te legacy in key infrastructure and competitive venues - look forward to 2030 and “look back” to 2024. • Deliver our most most precious precious physical physical assets assets to to the Games - our waterfront, our parks and our university campuses. • Establish two major clusters — the Waterfront Cluster and the University Cluster — as anchors for the Games with a series of important venues in between the anchors at the backbone of the city — the Back Bay and the Charles River. • Make the Greenway, the Harbor and Fort Point Channel the heart of the public celebration. The 2024 Games are planned around two major clusters and ten precincts — accounting for 28 of 33 venues within a 10 kilometer radius.

Waterfront Cluster The Waterfront Cluster is dened by a one-mile

radius and includes a range of key city assets:

• 11 miles of waterfront and beaches along a clean Boston Harbor. • Thriving neighborhood neighborhoodss such as South Boston, the South Boston Waterfront, Fort Point Channel artists’ district and the South End.

UMass Boston / Columbia Point • Home to the Athletes’ Village and the athletes’ launch for Sailing in the Boston Harbor. • The Village will enjoy direct access to the South Boston Waterfront for recreation, a secure 100-acre compound, being within one mile of the Olympic Stadium and nine additional venues, and being within five miles of 28 venues. • Located adjacent to the core of the UMass Boston campus, 6,000 to 10,000 of the 16,500 beds will be constructed prior to the Games as student housing to accommodate accommoda te the ambitious vision for Boston’s only public university. Midtown • Home to a temporary 60,000 seat Olympic Stadium, Midtown is located at the geographic heart of the urban core with unparalleled access to transit — MBTA and commuter rail; highways — I-93 and I-90; and pedestrian pathways. • The opportunity proposition is simple: transform a tangle of maintenance yards and city public works buildings into a platform for entertainmen entertainmentt and future commercial development development that transforms an urban scar into a meaningful seam between neighborhoods. South Boston Waterfront Precinct • Includes the expanded Boston Convention and Exhibition Center — proposed host to Rhythmic Gymnastics, Gymnasti cs, Indoor Volleyball, Volleyball , Taekwondo, Taekwondo, Judo, Wrestling and Table Tennis. Tennis. • Adjacent to a permanent waterfront music performance pavilion which will host Weightlifting. • Home to the Internationa Internationall Broadcast Center Center and Main Press Center in one million square feet of new construction adaptable after the Games to the science and technology tenants of the Innovation District. University Cluster

• Innovation District and the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

The second anchor for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is the University Cluster located on the Charles River at the nexus of Harvard University, Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With the decommissioning of the CSX rail lines and the planned, compact

• University of Massachuset Massachusetts ts - Boston and the John F. Kennedy Library and Edward M. Kennedy Institute. • Direct access to Interstate 93 and Interstate 90.

Turnpike), “found” land will bring the opportunity for new connectivity between these major research universities and the long term development of a

• Rose Kennedy Greenway and the Harbor Walk. Walk. • South Station, the single busiest transit hub in New England.

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mixed-use research and technology campus. With improved transit and transportation and new utility infrastructure, the legacy of the University Cluster is a 50-year development of world-class innovation. For the 2024 Games, the Beacon Yards Precinct will house Water Polo and Aquatics as temporary venues on Allston landing, Tennis on the Harvard Playing Fields, Fencing in the Albert H. Gordon Track Center, and Hockey in iconic Harvard Stadium. At MIT, the Archery preliminaries are planned for Briggs Field and the nals for Killian Court, with

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and “watch” areas. Immediately adjacent on Charles Street - between the Common and Public Garden — will be the start lines for both the Marathon and Road Cycling — in the heart of historic Boston. Franklin Park will be home to Equestrian events. With a course laid out on the William J. Devine Golf Course, Franklin Park offers varied terrain, water and exceptional viewing areas. The second oldest public golf course in America, currently in need of reinvestment, will be rebuilt after the Games. Franklin Park will also house the Modern Pentathlon in a rebuilt White Stadium, scheduled to be signicantly improved in the next two years as

the home of Boston public school football, track and eld and the Boston Scholar Athletes program.

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The nal precinct is Assembly Square in Somerville.

Between these two major clusters is the heart of the city — the Back Bay, Boston Common, Public Garden and the Charles River. The Boston Common Precinct will host Beach Volleyball on the oldest public park in America with the entire Common as gathering

With a new mixed-use neighborhood spurred by a new Orange Line MBTA station, Assembly Square is a vibrant live, work and play environment on the Mystic River. A permanent Velodrome and BMX track will be the anchor for an evolving path of bike


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trails on the banks of the Mystic River that will soon stretch from the Berkshires to Boston Harbor. A number of stand-alone venues have a rich history of hosting important sports events:

Transportation Boston’s existing transportation assets and longBoston’s range transportation investment plan support its targeted economic growth and opportunity zones, which also align with and benet from the plan for

• The Country Club in Brookline has been home to three U.S. Opens and the Ryder Cup.

Olympic venues, particularly at the key precincts in the Waterfront Cluster and at Beacon Yards. Chief among these key planned investments include:

• Harvard Stadium, built in 1903, is the rst collegiate athletics stadium in the United States and is designated a National Historic Landmark.

• South Station Expansion ($1 B)

• TD Garden is the home of the 17-time NBA Champion Boston Celtics and six-time Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins. • The Charles River, home to the Head of the Charles, is the proposed venue for the triathlon. Each of these venues is steeped in history and well prepared to accommodate Olympic events.

• Green Line Extension Extension to Somerville and Medford Medford and new South Coast Rail to New Bedford and Fall River ($1.6 B) • Renewal Renewal of of overall overall transit services through the investment investment in new vehicles, power power and signal systems ($3.5 B) • Enhanced East-W East-West est rail capacities between Worceste Worcesterr and the South Boston Waterfront ($250 M) • New interchange and West West Station at Beacon Yards ($160 M) • Growth in the bicycle network and supporting programs ($145 M), and • Boston Harbor dredging to accommodate growth in cruise activity and panamax ships ($300 M).

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Post-Games Legacy

A Legacy for the Local Economy:

Describe your expected post-Games pos t-Games legacy. legacy.

• Creating jobs and positioni positioning ng the region for more rapid and sustained recovery from economic downturns.

Hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Boston would provide a wonderful opportunity to build a lasting legacy not only for our city, but also for Olympic Athletes and the Olympic Movement. Furthermore, bidding for and hosting the 2024 Games in Boston is strategically aligned with who we are and where we are going as a city. We see major legacy opportunities in hosting the Games, G ames, including:

A Legacy for the Athletes: • Developing a national program that would link Olympic Athletes with the higher education and employer communities to ensure their professional development and long term nancial security.

• Accelerating $5 billion of transpor transportation tation improvements improvements,, including rail connection from the South Boston Waterfront to the Back Bay, with super stations at Beacon Yards and Columbia Point. • Creating a new neighborhood with commercial and residential opportunities at Midtown, connected to transit and transportation and linking the South End to South Boston. • Reclaiming under-utilized land at Midtown, at Columbia Point and at Beacon Yards and transforming it into new linkages between neighborhoods and institutions, connecting innovation and people, and creating the infrastructure for smart blocks of mixed-use development developme nt at those same precincts.

• Connecting Paralympic Athletes with our life science and medical communities to enhance not only their performance but their quality of life. A Legacy for the Olympic Movement: • Educating and exciting future generations about all Olympic sports through youth programs, academic curriculum and increased public support for Olympic Athletes. • Restoring an Olympic tradition of “Games for the Athletes” in scale and appropriate to place. • Protecting the Olympic brand by delivering a responsible, prudent and inclusive Olympic Games. A Legacy for the Community: • Creating 3,000 to 4,000 new units of affordable workforce housing. • Developing Developing an Olympic health curriculum for our public schools that would educate children about the importance of nutrition and exercise. • Building a world-clas world-classs regional “smart planning model” that informs urban planning and promotes sustainability, resiliency and durability on the city and regional scale. • Accelerating Accelerating the ambitious plans of our public university’s Boston campus to become a rst-class research university with 6,000 to 10,000 campus residents in the heart of the city.


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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS NARRATIVE

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INTE RNATIONAL COMMUN ICA ICATION TION S NARRATIVE

Here in Boston, the Olympic Spirit is in our DNA. We have many inherent strengths that we believe make us the ideal host for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• We Are Conveners: Boston gathers the youth of the world every year when 250,000 students come from around the globe to our colleges and universities. We know how to harness their energy and inspire their imaginations. • We Love Sport: Boston is a city obsessed with sports. From professional teams to amateur athletics to youth leagues, we play, we coach, we watch, we cheer and we celebrate every victory. vic tory. Whether at Fenway Park, at a collegiate swim meet, in a high school gymnasium or on a youth soccer pitch dominated by enthusiastic veyear-olds, we celebrate competition, sportsmanship and athletics from a very young age. • We Are Innovators: Boston is an international hub for research, technology and medical advancements, generating the most innovation per capita per square mile of any city in the world. Our academic, medical and technology infrastructures are incubators for great minds to push the limits of human thinking, resulting in our state’s consistent top ve ranking in annual patent production. • We Are Compact: Boston is a walkable city, with one of the highest percentages of pedestrian commuters in the United States. Furthermore, we are connected by highways and rail lines that connect people through the heart of the city and allow us to deliver the majority of Olympic events within three square miles. • We Have the Political Will: Will : Led by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, government leaders from Boston and around Massachusetts have indicated that they are supportive of the bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Local mayors, state legislators, Governor Deval Patrick and members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation have been open to discussion and are interested in moving forward in the due diligence process. • We Are an International Destination: In 2013, Boston and Cambridge hosted 19,000,000 total domestic and international internation al visitors, including 1,282,000 visitors from overseas.

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• We Have the Physical Physic al Capacity: A feasibility study of a 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games began in 2013. A special legislative commission comprised of appointees from the public and private sectors issued a report in February 2014 which found that it would be feasible for Boston and Massachusetts to host the 2024 Games given the alignment between Olympic specications and existing economic development strategies, existing and future hotel capacity, planned infrastructure investments and workforce housing goals. • We Are a Living Monument: Monu ment: The Boston Common became our country’s rst public park in 1634. Harvard University, America’s rst institution of higher learning, was founded in 1636. The Boston Public Library became the country’s rst free library in 1654. The country’s rst African-American meeting house was constructed here in 1806. The MBTA is the nation’s rst subway system, starting travel in 1897 – the the same year the Boston Marathon brought the sport to the United States. Fenway Park, the nation’s oldest Major League Baseball park still in use, held its inaugural game in 1912. Amidst a urry of forward movement, new construction and future planning, our foundation is a tribute to a series of rsts, dating back to the country’s earliest days. • We Are a City for the People—for All People: Peopl e: Boston has the most celebrated open-space network in the country. The Boston Common, the Emerald Necklace, the Esplanade and the Rose Kennedy Greenway provide a beautiful and welcoming way for residents and visitors to connect and enjoy the city’s natural aesthetic. Furthermore, Boston is a disabled-accessible city, with strict new-build guidelines on accessibility and a commitment to making even the oldest existing attractions welcoming to all of our visitors—including Boston’s most popular tourist attraction, the Freedom Trail, which is accessible to wheelchairs for its entire length. • We Strive to Be Ever Better— B etter—“Citius, “Citius, Altius, Fortius” Fortius”:: Boston is a proud city that constantly strives to be “Faster, Higher, Stronge Stronger.r.” Yes, we are proud pro ud of our rst rstrate academic and medical institutions. Yes, we celebrate our hometown sports teams and local heroes. However, we never rest in our constant quest to be better. We are never satised with last year’s success. We are ever focused on driving forward. We know that hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a catalyst that will deliver the next generation of big ideas in our constant pursuit of excellence.

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Hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games would present a host of opportunities for Boston, including:

• Economic Development: Every sector of the Boston and Massachusetts economy can benet from hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. From longneeded infrastructure improvements to enhancements on the campuses of our colleges and universities to transportation upgrades that will help move people and goods throughout the Commonwealth, the Games will be a catalyst for growth and advancement. • Employment: Construction jobs are just the beginning of the employment story. The ve leading industries of the Massachusetts economy—Financial Services, Higher Education, Technology, Technology, Health Care & Life Li fe Sciences, and Travel & Tourism—all have the opportunity to play a role not only in the Games themselves, but also in the preparation for and legacy of the Games, from skills training to innovative product and service development that will be employed through and beyond 2024. • International Tourism: The opportunity to convene the youth of the world in Boston is rivaled only by the opportunity to showcase our city to the hundreds of millions of viewers watching from around the globe. The marketing opportunity of this scale for Boston’s tourism industry is truly once in a lifetime. • Neighborhood Development and Regeneration: With the entire City of Boston acting as the Olympic Park, we have the ability to connect every neighborhood to the benets of hosting the Games. From job opportunities and skills training and the addition of student and workforce housing, to increased increased participation in cultural activities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, the positive impact on Boston’s neighborhoods will be signicant.

• Promotion of Diversity: Boston is proudly a minoritymajority city, where 53 percent of the population is made up of people of color. Hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games presents an enormous opportunity to celebrate our proud diversity and foster a deeper understanding of the communities that make Boston a culturally rich city built on immigrant traditions. • Expansion of Volunteerism: As the hub for 250,000 college students who descend on Boston every year, year, we are uniquely positioned to tap into a magnificent volunteer base. Hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games would motivate us to engage with “Generation Z” years years before they matriculate to their respective universities, excite them about the opportunity to par ticipate and tap into their energy, ideas and inherent ability to connect soc ially. We can inspire them to be early ambassadors for the Olympic Movement. • Education of Youth: Youth: Preparing to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games presents us with a living syllabus. syllabu s. We We have an oppor tunity to employ a statewide Olympic history curriculum in our schools, bring athletes into our classrooms and excite young minds about the past, present and future of Olympism. • Increased Participation in Sport, including of Disabled People: Growing excitement in the years leading up to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Boston will inspire and engage the next generation of youth in sport and athletics. Boston will continue to deliver strong youth sports programs, as well as develop new curricula focused on the Games for athletes of all abilities.

• Improved Infrastructure: The legacy of hosting the Games is most visibly identied by the improved physical character of Greater Boston. Greater Boston will take an exponential leap forward with a new Midtown mixed-use neighborhood in the heart of the city, a new student village at our public university, a renovated public golf course at Franklin Park and the opportunity to transform Somerville into the “cycling capital of America”—in addition to all the major transportation and transit upgrades that are already planned but need a catalyst to complete.

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Our City’s Vision Discuss your plan regarding the development of the narrative of your city’s vision for hosting the Games, indicating in broad terms how your city will benet the Olympic and Paralympic movements as well as the long range plans of your city. Boston is united behind its commitment to delivering a transformative and sustainable 2024 Games. In particular, Boston’s higher education community is ready to make a profound impact in the lives of Olympic and Paralympic athletes now and through 2024. The Commonwealth’s academic institutions will connect Olympians and Paralympianss with educational opportunities to Paralympian help foster their post-competition careers. Boston’s students view the Olympics and Paralympics as the catalyst for a social change c hange movement that inspires the world’s youth. Boston’s colleges and universities are already developing a K-12 and college-level curricula to promote the Olympic values and enhance education through sport. Boston’s research labs, world-class medical centers, and technology-driven economy will bring unprecedented innovation to the planning and delivery of the 2024 Games, as well as an unparalleled experience experience for Olympians and Paralympians. As just one example, Massachusettsbased institutions such as Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, the Institute for Human Centered Design, and MIT’s Herr Lab have served Paralympians for more than two decades and are develo developing ping the next generation of adaptive sports technolog technologyy for the 2024 Paralympic Games. Powered by Boston’s technological leadership, the US Paralympic Team will achieve greater competitive success and the elevated platform for the Paralympics will allow it to achieve greater nancial success.

Boston also has a sustainable Games model with a responsible, achievable budget and legacy owners for Olympic and Paralympic venues. Boston’s uniquely walkable layout with venues clustered around the waterfront and university precincts leverages the entire Boston city center as the Olympic Park. The master plan for the Boston Games places 28 of 33 Olympic venues venues within a 10 kilometer radius. The Harborwalk, the city’s 47

miles of walkable waterfront, provides a unique transportation route for pedestrians and bikers. The Harborwalk also offers visitors with a seamless connection to the Freedom Trail, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, and the Emerald Necklace park system. We rmly believe believe that Boston 2024 can provide

a blueprint for future host cities as to the master planning of the Games, delivery of the Games, and, most importantly, the experience of the athletes. Our bid is also an opportunity to initiate a community discussion around the vision for Boston in 2024, in 2030, the 400th anniversary of the founding of Boston, and beyond. Hosting the Games will be motivation to work collaboratively to plan for and achieve this vision. The Olympics and Paralympics will serve to accelerate investments in transportation and smart mobility as well as affordable housing that are necessary to continue to attract the top talent behind our innovation economy. Our proposed Olympic precincts – especially at Columbia Point, Fort Point, and Beacon Yards – represent new opportunities for development develo pment in the heart of the city that will serve as critical connectio connections ns between currently divided neighborhoods. neighborhood s. Hosting the Games will also showcase Boston as a global hub for education, health care, and innovation. Welcoming the world to Boston for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is also a chance to attract new artists, educators, and entrepreneurs and inspire our own young people who are at the foundation of our community’s vibrant and diverse culture.


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Unique and Compelling City Experiences Describe the unique and compelling experiences that each of the audiences—including athletes, at hletes, media, International Federations, National Olympic Committees, IOC members, sponsors, dignitaries, spectators, workforce members and volunteers—will enjoy in your city. c ity. These most geographically connected Olympic and Paralympic Games will provide much more than unprecedented proximity to venues and events for each of our many important audiences. With our entire city comprising the Olympic Park, we will facilitate a central hub from which all of Boston’s Boston’s (and New England’s) world-class offerings in culture,

innovation, academics, geographical beauty and more will be accessible and easily within reach. Included in this unique experience, our guests will encounter:

• Boston at Eye-Level: This city is meant to be experienced on foot; there’s a reason we are among the most walkable cities in the U.S. and have one of the highest percentage of pedestrian commuters in the country. Boston is a city that has been physically transformed with the pedestrian in mind, with greenways and bike lanes replacing highways and overpasses. In a single afternoon stroll, our guests can experience the bustle of the South Boston Waterfront and the beauty of our public gardens. They can retrace the steps of our earliest settlers downtown and behold cutting-edge tech breakthroughs in Cambridge. To walk Boston is to prove that, sometimes, it’s about the journey and not the destination. •

• World-Class Cultural Offerings: O fferings: From the stunning collections housed within the Museum of Fine Arts to one of the nation’s largest centers for contemporary performing and visual arts at Mass MoCA nestled at the foothills of the Berkshires; from the vaulted halls of the Boston Symphony Orchestra to sidewalk jazz performances by Berklee College of Music students, and pop concerts overlooking the Charles River at the Hatch Shell and the rolling hills of Tanglewood in Western Massachusetts; from Broadway-caliber theater to incredible street performances—Boston and the broader Commonwealth offers unparalleled cultural excursions and events for all interests and ages. • Access to Academic Institutions: Institutio ns: We will open the doors of many of our prestigious colleges and universities within the greater Boston area, including Harvard and MIT, so that our guests from around the world can experience rsthand the thought leadership, breakthroughs and innovation taking place within our classrooms, lecture halls and labs each day. • Local Culinary Charm: Boston is truly an international city, but at our core we also boast an intensely local identity when it comes to our regional cuisine, inspired by and culled from the vast bounties of sh and shellsh that populate our waters. We want to share the comfort of a cup of New England clam chowder with the world, sit communally at a picnic table and eat lobsters with plastic bibs and host authentic clambakes on the beach. • A Gateway to New England: Within a short road trip or quick train or bus ride, many of the unique natural gifts of New England await our guests and during the precise time of the year when they’re in full bloom: the craggy shores and idyllic countrysides of Maine, pristine beaches and rolling dunes of Cape Cod, lush forests and Green Mountains of Vermont and the majestic harbor and waterfront vistas of Newport. There is nothing quite like summer in New England.

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DE LI VERY OF THE GAM ES

Delivery of the Games Explain the most signicant challenges to the development, management and delivery of Games venues and infrastructure, and Games operations in your city. Our primary planning principle is “Compact Games in a Compact City.” The Boston 2024 Olympic Olym pic and Paralympic Games will be a compact and walkable Games; the City of Boston will be our “Olympic Park.” With that planning objective

The challenges for Games management are again related to the compactness of the venues: the business of the city and all its residents must go on. We have excellent transit and transportation infrastructure in place and a plan for both temporary and permanent improvements that will support the simultaneous essential functions of the city. Our legacy planning model and transport management systems will provide predictable outcomes for mobility, security and emergency services, unparalleled in Games history.

comes a great opportunity and our most signicant

challenges to the development, management and delivery of Games venues, infrastructure and Games operations. oper ations. We have a long track record, r ecord, however,, of delivering context-sensitive however context-sensiti ve design and construction of major infrastructure and redevelopment projects that improve the quality of life and competitiveness of our city, as well as a century of experience hosting major events that attract millions of visitors annually. The vast majority of our competition and noncompetition venues are located on land controlled by public entities and the city’s great academic institutions—minimizing the requirements for private land acquisition. For areas like Midtown, we must relocate key transit and public works functions. While this is a requirement for use of the land, we will demonstrate that these relocations represent opportunities for consolidation of

We will be able to draw on a highly educated and energetic local workforce, including our large college-age populations. We will strive to surpass all previous Olympics in the effective training of volunteers. Our universities have already stepped forward with initiatives for recruitment and training. And, we will deliver. We are “doers” who are focused on the big challenge—with extraordinary extraordinary expertise in technology, the commitment of our great institutions and business leaders and the relentless perseverance of a proud people that embraces the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

facilities, new efciency of operations and the

unlocking of legacy possibilities.


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