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NUMBER 1:OVERALL GAMES CONCEPT



December 1, 2014

Mr. Larry Probst, ChairmanMr. 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’scompelling story and our vision for a partnership with the United States Olympic Committee to host the2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Boston is overwhelmingly united in its bid for the 2024 Games because we are a city passionate about thepower of sport. Boston’s public of cials, business and educational leadership and community stakeholdersare all committed to delivering a transformative and sustainable 2024 Games. Boston’s higher educationcommunity will make a profound impact in the lives of Olympic and Paralympic athletes now and through2024. 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 unparalleledexperience for Olympians and Paralympians. Boston developing a sustainable Games model with aresponsible, achievable budget and legacy owners for Olympic and Paralympic venues. Boston’s uniquelywalkable layout with venues clustered around the Waterfront and University Precincts leverages theentire Boston city center as the Olympic Park, and we will put all of our campuses, public spaces andparks, boulevards and waterways to use in hosting the Games. We rmly believe that working in closepartnership with the United States Olympic Committee, Boston 2024 can provide a blueprint for futurehost cities as to the master planning of the Games, delivery of the Games and, most importantly, theexperience of the athletes.

The Boston 2024 bid is an opportunity to engage in a community-wide conversation about our futurevision for our city, not just in 2024, but in 2030, on the 400th anniversary of the founding of Boston andbeyond. The bid is also a catalyst for much of the investment and innovation that will be required to achievethat 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’salready world-class public transit system. Hosting the Games will also strengthen cooperation across thegovernment, 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 isalso a chance to attract new artists, educators, entrepreneurs and builders who are the foundation of ourcommunity’s vibrant and innovative culture.

Thank you again for the opportunity to present our vision for a sustainable and transformative 2024 Olympicand Paralympic Games. We look forward to continuing our partnership with you and your entire team at theUnited States Olympic Committee.

Sincerely,

John F. Fish Dan O’ConnellChairman PresidentBoston 2024 Partnership Boston 2024 Partnership



1 PROPOSE D DATES

1.1 Proposed Dates for the Games 1

1.2 Planned Large-Scale Events 1

2 MAPS + VENUE CLUSTERS

2.1 Map A – Olympic Games Venue Location + Transport 4

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

2.2 Map B – Paralympic Games VenueLocation + Transport 6

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

2.3 Venue Matrices 8

3 MOTIVATION

3.1 Motivation 14

4OVERALL GAMES CONCEPT

4.1 Concept Explanation 20

4.2 Location of Key Infrastructure 25

4.3 Post-Games Legacy 29

5 INTERNATIONALCOMMUNICATIONS NARRATIVE

5.1 International CommunicationsNarrative 32

5.2 Our City’s Vision 35

5.3 Unique and Compelling CityExperiences 36

5.4 Delivery of the Games 37



PROPOSED DATES



Proposed Dates for the GamesState your proposed dates to host the 2024 Olympic andParalympic Games and specify your reasons.

The Olympic Games in Boston would be heldfrom Friday, July 19, to Sunday, August 4, 2024. TheParalympic Games would be held from Wednesday,August 14, to Sunday, August 25, 2024. This periodof time offers the optimal climate for athleticcompetition. The dates are well coordinated withthe international sport calendar and would ensurethat the Games will be the preeminent event inthe United States. Summer holidays for colleges,

secondary schools and teachers allow us to engagea corps of enthusiastic volunteers and individualsand families to attend the Games. In addition, wehave a unique opportunity to engage those whoare away for the summer in the Paralympic Gamesas college students begin to return to campusestoward the end of August.

1.1 PROPOSED DATESFOR THE GAMES

1.2 PLANNED LARGE-SCALEEVENTS

Planned Large-Scale EventsIdentify any other large-scale events that are planned ortraditionally occur during or 30 days before or after theproposed Games period.

The most signi cant event that will occur priorto the proposed start date of the 2024 Games isBoston’s annual July Fourth Celebration on theCharles River Esplanade on July 3 and 4. The eventtypically attracts approximately 500,000 attendeesfor a live performance by the Boston Pops Orchestraand reworks display. In addition, the MassachusettsConvention Center Authority will host an education

event drawing 15,000 attendees between July 2 and9, and a scienti c event during which 17,000 peoplewill participate from August 15 to 23.



MAPS + VENUECLUSTERS



IOC

IBC

MMH

AV

MPC

Opening & ClosingCeremony

Athletics

Boxing

Weightlifting

Handball

Judo

Table Tennis

Wrestling Freestyle

Sailing

Taekwondo

Gymnastics - Trampoline

Gymnastics - Rhythmic

Fencing

Athletes’ Village

InternationalBroadcast Center

Main Media Housing

Archery

Diving

Swimming

Syncronized Swimming

Water Polo

Badminton

Hockey

Tennis

Triathlon

Equestrian - Eventing

International OlympicCommittee Hotels Live Site

Live Site

Live Site Basketball

Canoe - Slalom

Canoe - Sprint

Cycling - BMX

Cycling - Mountain

Cycling - Road

Cycling - Track

Equestrian - Dressage

Equestrian - Jumping

Football

Golf

Modern Pentathlon

RugbyRowing

Shooting

Volleyball - Beach

Volleyball - Indoor

Subway [Existing]

Venue Cluster

Hotel Cluster

City of Boston Limits MotorwayMajor Urban Arterial Network

Light Rail [Existing]

Light Rail [Planned]

Commuter Rail [Planned]Commuter Rail [Existing]

Key Venue/Venue Precinct

Venue

Sailing Event Zone

Waterfront Cluster University Cluster Other Precincts/Stand Alone Venues

Main Press Center

Gymnastics - ArtisticMap Symbols Road Network Line Types

Rail Network Line Types

Equestrian - Cross Country

Light Rail [Existing, Work Req.]

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2.1 MAP A– OLYMPI C GAMES VENUE LOCATION + TRANSPORT

Legend + Symbols



AV

IOC

IBC MPC

MMH

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UNIVERSITY CLUSTER

WATERFRONT CLUSTER

I-93

10KM

BOSTON -LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

I-90

I-93

4MILE

I-95RT-128

I-95RT-128

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Boston 2024 - Olympic Games

VENU E/FACI LITY SPORT LOCATION STATUS CAPACI TY

WATERFRONT CLUSTER

MIDTOWN

OLYMPIC STADIUM ATHLETICSOPENING/CLOSINGCEREMONIES

MIDTOWN TEMPORARY 60,000

UMASS BOSTON/COLUMBIA POINT

ATHLETES’VILLAGE — UMASS BOSTON ADDITIONALTEMPORARY

6,00010,500

PRECINCT: SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT

IBC — BCEC/SOUTH BOSTONWATERFRONT

ADDITIONAL 700,000 SF

MPC — BCEC/SOUTH BOSTONWATERFRONT


BOSTON CONVENTION &EXHIBITION CENTER(BCEC)HALL A

HALL B

HALL CHALL D

GYMNASTICS- RHYTHMICWRESTLING

JUDOTAEKWONDOTABLE TENNIS

VOLLE YBAL L- INDOOR

BCECBCECBCECBCECBCECBCEC

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

8,0008,0008,0008,0008,00015,000

STAND ALONE VENUES

CASTLE ISLAND SAILINGCOURSE SAILING BOSTON HARBOR TEMPORARY 6,500

WAT ER FRON T PAVIL ION WE IG HT LIFT IN G S OUT H BOS TONWATERFRONT

EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 5,000

UNIVERSITY CLUSTER

PRECINCT: BEACON YARDS

TENNIS COMPLEX TENNIS HARVARD PLAYING FIELDS TEMPORARY 20,000

HARVARD STADIUM HOCKEY HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 30,000

NATATORIUM AQUATICS ALLSTON LANDING TEMPORARY 18,500

WATER POLO ARENA WATER POLO ALLSTON LANDING TEMPORARY 5,000

ALBERT H. GORDON TRACK FENCING HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 6,000

PRECINCT: BOSTON UNIVERSITY

AGGANIS ARENA BADMINTON BOSTON UNIVERSITY EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 7,000

STAND ALONE VENUES

MIT ARCHERY RANGE ARCHERY KILLIAN COURT/MIT TEMPORARY 3,000

M AG A ZI N E B EA CH C O UR S E T R IATH LO NSWIMMING- MARATHON

MAGAZINE BEACH TEMPORARY 2,500

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FOLDOUTTOVIEWMAP

2.3 VENUE MATRICES



Boston 2024 - Olympic Games

VEN UE/ FAC IL ITY SPO RT LOCAT IO N STATU S CAPA CITY

OTHER PRECINCTS

PRECINCT: BOSTON COMMON

B EA CH VO LL EY BA LL AR EN A V OL L EY BA LL- BEACH BOSTON COMMON TEMPORARY 16,000

STARTING LINE CYCLING- ROADATHLETICS-MARATHON

BOSTON COMMON TEMPORARY 2,000

PRECINCT: ASSEMBLY SQUARE

BMX COURSE CYCLING- BMX ASSEMBLY SQUARE ADDITIONAL 5,000

VE LODR OM E CYCL ING- TRACK ASSEMBLY SQUARE ADDITIONAL 5,000

PRECINCT: FRANKLIN PARK

WHITE STADIUM EQUESTRIANMODERN PENTATHLON FRANKLIN PARK EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY

)20,000

WILLIAM J. DEVINE GOLFCOURSE

EQUESTRIAN- CROSSCOUNTRY

FRANKLIN PARK TEMPORARY 60,000

STAND ALONE VENUES

TD GARDEN GYMNASTICS- ARTISTIC/ TRAMPOLINEBASKETBALL- FINAL

TD GARDEN EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 18,500

LONG ISLAND SHOOTINGRANGES

SHOOTING LONG ISLAND TEMPORARY 7,000

THE COUNTRY CLUB GOLF THE COUNTRY CLUB EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 50,000

GILLETTE STADIUM RUGBYFOOTBALL- FINAL

GILLETTE STADIUM EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 68,000

M ER RI MA CK R IV ER C OU RS E R OW IN GCANOE- SPRINT

MERRIMACK RIVER/LOWELL TEMPORARYTEMPORARY

24,000

TSONGAS CENTER BOXING LOWELL EXISTING(W/OVERLAY) 7,800

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2.3 VENUE MATRICES• CONTINUED



Boston 2024 - Paralympic Games


WATERFRONT CLUSTER

MIDTOWN

OLYMPIC STADIUM ATHLETICSOPENING/CLOSINGCEREMONIES

MIDTOWN TEMPORARY 60,000

UMASS BOSTON/COLUMBIA POINT

ATHLETES’ VILLAGE — UMASS BOSTON ADDITIONALTEMPORARY

6,00010,500

PRECINCT: SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT

IB C — BCEC/SOUTH BOSTONWATERFRONT


MPC — BCEC/SOUTH BOSTONWATERFRONT ADDITIONAL 300,000 SF

BOSTON CONVENTION &EXHIBITION CENTER(BCEC)HALL AHALL BHALL CHALL D

BOCCIA JU DOTABLE TENNISSITTING VOLLEYBALL

BCECBCECBCECBCEC

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

8,0008,0008,00015,000

STAND ALONE VENUES

CASTLE ISLAND SAILINGCOURSE SAILING BOSTON HARBOR TEMPORARY 6,500

WATERFRONT PAVILION POWERLIFTING SOUTH BOSTONWATERFRONT

EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 5,000

UNIVERSITY CLUSTER

PRECINCT: BEACON YARDS

TENNIS COMPLEX WHEELCHAIR TENNIS HARVARD PLAYING FIELDS TEMPORARY 20,000

HARVARD STADIUM FOOTBALL/5-A-SIDEFOOTBALL/7-A-SIDE

HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 30,000

NATATORIUM SWIMMING ALLSTON LANDING TEMPORARY 18,500

A L BE RT H . G OR D ON T RA CK WHE ELC H AIR-FENCING HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 6,000

PRECINCT: BOSTON UNIVERSITY

AGGANIS ARENA WHEELCHAIR RUGBY BOSTON UNIVERSITY EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 7,000

STAND ALONE VENUES

MIT ARCHERY RANGE ARCHERY KILLIAN COURT/MIT TEMPORARY 3,000

MAGAZINE BEACH COURSE PARATRIATHLON MAGAZINE BEACH TEMPORARY 2,500

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Boston 2024 - Paralympic Games


OTHER VENUES

STAND ALONE VENUES

WHITE STADIUM EQUESTRIAN FRANKLIN PARK EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 20,000

STARTING LINE CYCLING- ROAD BOSTON COMMON TEMPORARY 2,000

TD GARDEN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TD GARDEN EXISTING(W/ OVERLAY) 18,500

LONG ISLAND SHOOTINGRANGES

SHOOTING LONG ISLAND TEMPORARY 7,000

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

MERRIMACK RIVER/LOWELL TEMPORARY 24,000

VE LODR OM E CYCL IN G- TRACK ASSEMBLY SQUARE ADDITIONAL 5,000

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MOTIVATION



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MotivationOutline your principal motivation for hostingthe Games.

The identity of Boston is one of forward progress,a living legacy of innovation that de nes andmotivates our city to drive forward, to discover, tocreate, to inspire and to be inspired by big ideasfrom every corner of the globe. With our sightsrmly xed on 2030 and the 400th anniversary ofthe City of Boston, we have identi ed our next greatopportunity to inspire and be inspired. Hostingthe 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be

a catalyst to propel Boston forward, calling us toenvision what we strive to become, and motivatingus to work collaboratively in planning andachievement of this vision.

3.1 MOTIVATION



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In Boston, we strive to be ever better. We are a

proud but driven people who intuitively subscribeto the Olympic mantra “Citius, Altius, Fortius” - Faster,Higher, Stronger. Bostonians view the opportunityto host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games asa clear pathway in our pursuit of excellence. Thereis the opportunity to elevate our thinking aboutand expedite our execution of urban planning,transportation improvements, infrastructureupgrades and institutional master planning. Wesee the opportunity to shine a light on and gainincreased participation in our vibrant arts and culturecommunity. And we see the opportunity to engage,educate and inspire our young people to fall in love

with sport, to commit themselves to excellence andto set out for greatness in all they attempt.

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

colleges and universities. This city is where their

energy, optimism and ideas come together to dreamof what’s next. As such, Boston truly embodies theinvitation of the International Olympic Committee,delivered at the conclusion of each Games, for theyouth of the world to assemble.

We believe all of this will result in a world classexperience for the Olympic and Paralympic athletesthemselves, immersed within the city’s rich fabricof innovation and competing within a compactcommunity of overachievers who share a greatbelief in the power of sport. Here in Boston, we arecommitted to an Olympic experience where the

entire city is the Olympic Park, creating a sustainablemodel for serving athletes and celebrating theOlympic Movement for years to come.



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BEACON YARDS

BROOKLINE

SOUTH END

DORCHESTER

CAMBRIDGE

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DOWNTO

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Concept ExplanationExplain how your concept of the Olympic and ParalympicGames ts into your city and region’s long-term planning strategy.

The planning concepts for the 2024 Olympic andParalympic Games are shaped by a shared visionfor Boston 2030 – the 400th anniversary of thecity’s founding.

Boston is a geographically compact city with diversehistoric and contemporary assets. The city boasts anunrivaled waterfront and America’s cleanest urban

harbor, a network of celebrated park spaces andpublic recreation venues, a history of independenceand historic architecture. Boston is also home toworld-renowned academic and medical institutions,a hub of innovation and invention, and a vibrant,expansive economy.

For the past 400 years, this city has consistentlydeveloped and redeveloped its valuable landresources to the maximum bene t of its people andeconomy. The city has undertaken some remarkablylarge and complex projects from early landreclamation to later infrastructure reclamation, andrecent air rights development.

As we look to the future, signi cant demand forexpansion is projected for the innovation economy.The City of Boston anticipates the need in thenext 20 years for 50,000 new residences in Bostonalone and the creation of 100,000 new jobs. Tosustain the innovation economy and to attract thetalent which will ll the innovation jobs, there area number of areas where the city must focus in thenext two decades:

• Continued in ll through infrastructure reorganization• Continued improvements to transportation and

smart mobility• Improved resiliency for climate change• Greater access to waterfront and amenities• Enhanced quality of life for all residents• The marriage of innovation and sports infrastructure to

improve health and wellness

We offer our compact city as a canvas for the

Olympics. In turn, the strategic selection of sites forOlympic venues offers opportunities to unlock landareas which meet multiple objectives for the nextgenerations of Bostonians.

History + GeographyThe City of Boston and its core are a compactgeography of 48 square miles of land. This compactgeography has been consistently developed andredeveloped for the last 400 years through:

• Land Reclamation—more than two-thirds of the city’sfootprint did not exist when the city was founded.

• Highway + Rail Infrastructure—land takings thatpenetrated through the heart of the city.

• Infrastructure Reclamation—the Prudential Centerdevelopment, Copley Place, the Rose KennedyGreenway, Fan Pier and the South Boston Waterfrontand now Beacon Yards have all reclaimed valuable landand made important connections.

This cycle persists as the city continues to densifythe core, building a consistently more livable,sustainable and innovative city. Our proposedvenue sites - especially at Columbia Point, Midtown

and Beacon Yards - represent new opportunitiesfor signi cant in ll development in the core ofthe city. These growth corridors will add densityfor economic development and make connectionsbetween neighborhoods currently separated.

Waterfront + ParksBoston is a waterfront city with 47 miles ofaccessible waterfront. Nicknamed “The WalkingCity”, Boston has one of the highest percentages ofpedestrian commuters in the country. Boston has themost celebrated open space network in the country:

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

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

• The Esplanade makes the Charles River accessible to all.• The Rose Kennedy Greenway reconnects the city to its

waterfront and the cleanest urban harbor in America.

4.1 CONCEPT EXP LANATIO N



Cemetery and Burying Ground

Community Garden

Mall, Square and Plaza

Park, Playground and Athletic Field

Parkway, Reservation and Beach

Urban Wild and Natural Area

Legend - Open Space Type

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Newton

Brookl ine

Cambr idge

Belmont Somervil le

Chel sea

Water town

Winthrop

LoganInternational

Airport

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Land Area Growth Map of Boston (1630 - 1995)Diagrammatic Map

Boston Open Space + ParksDiagrammatic Map




4.1 CO NCEPT EXPLANATION• CONTINUED

Economic + Transportation Hub

As one of the oldest cities in the U.S. , Bostonserves as the major center of economic and culturallife for New England. It is the hub of a regionaltransportation system, with highway and railcorridors radiating outward and deep into NewEngland. Boston is poised to successfully host the2024 Olympics and Paralympics as:

A leader in public transportation:• Built and opened the rst subway system in the U.S.

in 1897.• Hosts the fifth largest public transportation agency

in the country, with a fleet of 2,500 buses andtrains, and almost 900 miles of track and four watertransportation routes.

• Serves more than 1.3 million customers on subway, bus,rail and ferry services each weekday.

• Is situated at the northern terminus of Amtrak’sNortheast Corridor, the busiest high speed rail corridorin the U.S. with a committed billion dollar investmentin enhanced access on the MBTA system.

A compact city that is conducive to walkingand bicycling:• With a robust network of paths and walkways, named

America’s third most-walkable city in 2013.• With a bicycle network that has doubled over the past

ve years to approximately 120 miles.

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

• Excellent interstate and regional highway accesswith the recently completed $15 billion investmentin I-93/I-90 through downtown and to LoganInternational Airport and $3 billion accelerated arterialbridge reconstruction program.

• Served by six international airports in the region,including Boston-Logan International Airport, located1.5 miles from the downtown, with more than 45million passengers annually.

• As a port city which enjoys excellent water access withample ferry and cruise services.

Bringing the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Gamesto Boston is strategically aligned with who we areand 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 andwalkable Games, the City of Boston will be “OlympicPark” — at the heart of the city, at its reinventedwaterfront and in its cherished parks.




Location of Key InfrastructureExplain your motivation behind the choice oflocation of key infrastructure (competition andnon-competition venues).

The overall venue plan for a compact Games in acompact city is based on ve simple principles:

• Put the athletes and the sports rst by offering acompact city where 28 of the 33 venues are within a10 kilometer radius.

• Plan for meaningful and appropriate legacy in keyinfrastructure and competitive venues - look forward to

2030 and “look back” to 2024.• Deliver our most precious physical assets 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 Gameswith a series of important venues in between theanchors at the backbone of the city— the Back Bay andthe Charles River.

• Make the Greenway, the Harbor and Fort Point Channelthe heart of the public celebration.

The 2024 Games are planned around two majorclusters and ten precincts — accounting for 28 of 33venues within a 10 kilometer radius.

Waterfront ClusterThe Waterfront Cluster is de ned by a one-mileradius and includes a range of key city assets:

• 11 miles of waterfront and beaches along a cleanBoston Harbor.

• Thriving neighborhoods such as South Boston, theSouth Boston Waterfront, Fort Point Channel artists’district and the South End.

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

New England.• Innovation District and the Boston Convention and

Exhibition Center.• University of Massachusetts - Boston and the John F.

Kennedy Library and Edward M. Kennedy Institute.• Direct access to Interstate 93 and Interstate 90.

UMass Boston / Columbia Point

• Home to the Athletes’ Village and the athletes’ launchfor Sailing in the Boston Harbor.• The Village will enjoy direct access to the South

Boston Waterfront for recreation, a secure 100-acrecompound, being within one mile of the OlympicStadium and nine additional venues, and being withinfive miles of 28 venues.

• Located adjacent to the core of the UMass Bostoncampus, 6,000 to 10,000 of the 16,500 beds will beconstructed prior to the Games as student housing toaccommodate the ambitious vision for Boston’s onlypublic university.

Midtown• Home to a temporary 60,000 seat Olympic Stadium,

Midtown is located at the geographic heart of theurban core with unparalleled access to transit — MBTAand commuter rail; highways — I-93 and I-90; andpedestrian pathways.

• The opportunity proposition is simple: transform atangle of maintenance yards and city public worksbuildings into a platform for entertainment and futurecommercial development that transforms an urban scarinto a meaningful seam between neighborhoods.

South Boston Waterfront Precinct• Includes the expanded Boston Convention and

Exhibition Center — proposed host to RhythmicGymnastics, Indoor Volleyball , Taekwondo, Judo,Wrestling and Table Tennis.

• Adjacent to a permanent waterfront music performancepavilion which will host Weightlifting.

• Home to the International Broadcast Center andMain Press Center in one million square feet of newconstruction adaptable after the Games to the scienceand technology tenants of the Innovation District.

University ClusterThe second anchor for the 2024 Olympic andParalympic Games is the University Cluster locatedon the Charles River at the nexus of HarvardUniversity, Boston University and the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology. With the decommissioningof the CSX rail lines and the planned, compactrecon guration of I-90 (the MassachusettsTurnpike), “found” land will bring the opportunityfor new connectivity between these major researchuniversities and the long term development of a

4.2 LOCATION OF KEY INFRASTRUCTURE




Waterfront Cluster - Boston 2024Illustrative Map

MIDTOWN

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IBC

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SOUTHSTATION

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HOCKEY

FENCING

TENNIS

AQUATICS

WATER POLO

TRIATHLON

ARCHERY

BADMINTONUniversity Cluster - Boston 2024Illustrative Map


I-90

CHARLES RIVER

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

MASSACHUSETTSINSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY

mixed-use research and technology campus. Withimproved transit and transportation and new utilityinfrastructure, the legacy of the University Clusteris a 50-year development of world-class innovation.For the 2024 Games, the Beacon Yards Precinct willhouse Water Polo and Aquatics as temporary venueson Allston landing, Tennis on the Harvard PlayingFields, Fencing in the Albert H. Gordon Track Center,and Hockey in iconic Harvard Stadium.

At MIT, the Archery preliminaries are planned forBriggs Field and the nals for Killian Court, withthe iconic MIT dome as the backdrop on the edgeof the Charles River. And at Boston University,the existing Agganis Arena will be the home forBadminton.

Other PrecinctsBetween these two major clusters is the heart of thecity — the Back Bay, Boston Common, Public Gardenand the Charles River. The Boston Common Precinctwill host Beach Volleyball on the oldest public parkin America with the entire Common as gathering

and “watch” areas. Immediately adjacent on CharlesStreet - between the Common and Public Garden— will be the start lines for both the Marathon andRoad Cycling — in the heart of historic Boston.

Franklin Park will be home to Equestrian events.With a course laid out on the William J. DevineGolf Course, Franklin Park offers varied terrain,water and exceptional viewing areas. The secondoldest public golf course in America, currentlyin need of reinvestment, will be rebuilt after theGames. Franklin Park will also house the ModernPentathlon in a rebuilt White Stadium, scheduled tobe signi cantly improved in the next two years asthe home of Boston public school football, track andeld and the Boston Scholar Athletes program.

The nal precinct is Assembly Square in Somerville.With a new mixed-use neighborhood spurred by anew Orange Line MBTA station, Assembly Squareis a vibrant live, work and play environment onthe Mystic River. A permanent Velodrome and BMXtrack will be the anchor for an evolving path of bike

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Boston Regional ‘Smart’ Model3D Geospatial Model View

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 historyof hosting important sports events:

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

• Harvard Stadium, built in 1903, is the rst collegiateathletics stadium in the United States and isdesignated a National Historic Landmark.

• TD Garden is the home of the 17-time NBA ChampionBoston Celtics and six-time Stanley Cup ChampionBoston Bruins.

• The Charles River, home to the Head of the Charles, isthe proposed venue for the triathlon.

Each of these venues is steeped in history and wellprepared to accommodate Olympic events.

Transportation

Boston’s existing transportation assets and long-range transportation investment plan support itstargeted economic growth and opportunity zones,which also align with and bene t from the plan forOlympic venues, particularly at the key precincts inthe Waterfront Cluster and at Beacon Yards. Chiefamong these key planned investments include:

• South Station Expansion ($1 B)• Green Line Extension to Somerville and Medford and new

South Coast Rail to New Bedford and Fall River ($1.6 B)• Renewal of overall transit services through the investment in

new vehicles, power and signal systems ($3.5 B)• Enhanced East-West rail capacities between Worcester and

the South Boston Waterfront ($250 M)• New interchange and 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).





4.3 POST-GAMES L EGACY

Post-Games Legacy Describe your expected post-Games legacy.

Hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games inBoston would provide a wonderful opportunity tobuild a lasting legacy not only for our city, but alsofor Olympic Athletes and the Olympic Movement.

Furthermore, bidding for and hosting the 2024Games in Boston is strategically aligned with who weare and where we are going as a city. We see majorlegacy opportunities in hosting the Games, including:

A Legacy for the Athletes:• Developing a national program that would link Olympic

Athletes with the higher education and employercommunities to ensure their professional developmentand long term nancial security.

• Connecting Paralympic Athletes with our life scienceand medical communities to enhance not only theirperformance but their quality of life.

A Legacy for the Olympic Movement:• Educating and exciting future generations about all

Olympic sports through youth programs, academiccurriculum and increased public support forOlympic Athletes.

• Restoring an Olympic tradition of “Games for theAthletes” in scale and appropriate to place.

• Protecting the Olympic brand by delivering aresponsible, prudent and inclusive Olympic Games.

A Legacy for the Community:• Creating 3,000 to 4,000 new units of affordable

workforce housing.• Developing an Olympic health curriculum for our

public schools that would educate children about theimportance of nutrition and exercise.

• Building a world-class regional “smart planningmodel” that informs urban planning and promotessustainability, resiliency and durability on the city andregional scale.

• Accelerating the ambitious plans of our publicuniversity’s Boston campus to become a rst-classresearch university with 6,000 to 10,000 campusresidents in the heart of the city.

A Legacy for the Local Economy:

• Creating jobs and positioning the region for more rapidand sustained recovery from economic downturns.• Accelerating $5 billion of transportation improvements,

including rail connection from the South BostonWaterfront to the Back Bay, with super stations atBeacon Yards and Columbia Point.

• Creating a new neighborhood with commercial andresidential opportunities at Midtown, connected totransit and transportation and linking the South End toSouth Boston.

• Reclaiming under-utilized land at Midtown, at ColumbiaPoint and at Beacon Yards and transforming it intonew linkages between neighborhoods and institutions,connecting innovation and people, and creatingthe infrastructure for smart blocks of mixed-usedevelopment at those same precincts.



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Here in Boston, the Olympic Spirit is in our DNA.

We have many inherent strengths that we believemake us the ideal host for the 2024 Olympic andParalympic Games.• We Are Conveners: Boston gathers the youth of the world

every year when 250,000 students come from around theglobe to our colleges and universities. We know how toharness their energy and inspire their imaginations.

• We Love Sport: Boston is a city obsessed with sports.From professional teams to amateur athletics to youthleagues, we play, we coach, we watch, we cheer and wecelebrate every victory. Whether at Fenway Park, at acollegiate swim meet, in a high school gymnasium or ona youth soccer pitch dominated by enthusiastic ve-

year-olds, we celebrate competition, sportsmanship andathletics 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 squaremile of any city in the world. Our academic, medicaland technology infrastructures are incubators forgreat minds to push the limits of human thinking,resulting in our state’s consistent top ve ranking inannual patent production.

• We Are Compact:Boston is a walkable city, with one ofthe highest percentages of pedestrian commuters in theUnited States. Furthermore, we are connected by highways

and rail lines that connect people through the heart ofthe city and allow us to deliver the majority of Olympicevents within three square miles.

• We Have the Political Will:Led by Boston Mayor MartinWalsh, government leaders from Boston and aroundMassachusetts have indicated that they are supportiveof the bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.Local mayors, state legislators, Governor Deval Patrick andmembers of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegationhave been open to discussion and are interested inmoving forward in the due diligence process.

• We Are an International Destination:In 2013, Bostonand Cambridge hosted 19,000,000 total domestic and

international visitors, including 1,282,000 visitors fromoverseas.

• We Have the Physical Capacity: A feasibility study of a

2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games began in 2013. Aspecial legislative commission comprised of appointeesfrom the public and private sectors issued a report inFebruary 2014 which found that it would be feasiblefor Boston and Massachusetts to host the 2024 Gamesgiven the alignment between Olympic speci cations andexisting economic development strategies, existing andfuture hotel capacity, planned infrastructure investmentsand workforce housing goals.

• We Are a Living Monument:The Boston Commonbecame our country’s rst public park in 1634. HarvardUniversity, America’s rst institution of higher learning,was founded in 1636. The Boston Public Library becamethe country’s rst free library in 1654. The country’s rstAfrican-American meeting house was constructed herein 1806. The MBTA is the nation’s rst subway system,starting travel in 1897 – the same year the BostonMarathon brought the sport to the United States. FenwayPark, the nation’s oldest Major League Baseball park stillin use, held its inaugural game in 1912. Amidst a urry offorward movement, new construction and future planning,our foundation is a tribute to a series of rsts, dating backto the country’s earliest days.

• We Are a City for the People—for All People:Boston hasthe most celebrated open-space network in the country.The Boston Common, the Emerald Necklace, the Esplanadeand the Rose Kennedy Greenway provide a beautiful

and welcoming way for residents and visitors to connectand enjoy the city’s natural aesthetic. Furthermore,Boston is a disabled-accessible city, with strict new-buildguidelines on accessibility and a commitment to makingeven the oldest existing attractions welcoming to allof our visitors—including Boston’s most popular touristattraction, the Freedom Trail, which is accessible towheelchairs for its entire length.

• We Strive to Be Ever Better—“Citius, Altius, Fortius”:Boston is a proud city that constantly strives to be“Faster, Higher, Stronger.” Yes, we are proud of our rst-rate academic and medical institutions. Yes, we celebrateour hometown sports teams and local heroes. However,we never rest in our constant quest to be better. Weare never satis ed with last year’s success. We are everfocused on driving forward. We know that hosting the2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a catalyst thatwill deliver the next generation of big ideas in ourconstant pursuit of excellence.

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5.2 OUR CITY’S VIS ION

Our City’s VisionDiscuss your plan regarding the development of the narrativeof your city’s vision for hosting the Games, indicating in broadterms how your city will bene t the Olympic and Paralympicmovements as well asthe long range plans of your city.

Boston is united behind its commitment todelivering a transformative and sustainable 2024Games. In particular, Boston’s higher educationcommunity is ready to make a profound impactin the lives of Olympic and Paralympic athletesnow and through 2024. The Commonwealth’s

academic institutions will connect Olympians andParalympians with educational opportunities tohelp foster their post-competition careers. Boston’sstudents view the Olympics and Paralympics as thecatalyst for a social change movement that inspiresthe world’s youth. Boston’s colleges and universitiesare already developing a K-12 and college-levelcurricula to promote the Olympic values andenhance education through sport.

Boston’s research labs, world-class medicalcenters, and technology-driven economy willbring unprecedented innovation to the planningand delivery of the 2024 Games, as well as anunparalleled experience for Olympians andParalympians. As just one example, Massachusetts-based institutions such as Spaulding RehabilitationHospital, the Institute for Human Centered Design,and MIT’s Herr Lab have served Paralympians formore than two decades and are developing thenext generation of adaptive sports technology forthe 2024 Paralympic Games. Powered by Boston’stechnological leadership, the US Paralympic Teamwill achieve greater competitive success and theelevated platform for the Paralympics will allow itto achieve greater nancial success.

Boston also has a sustainable Games model with a

responsible, achievable budget and legacy ownersfor Olympic and Paralympic venues. Boston’suniquely walkable layout with venues clusteredaround the waterfront and university precinctsleverages the entire Boston city center as theOlympic Park. The master plan for the BostonGames places 28 of 33 Olympic venues within a10 kilometer radius. The Harborwalk, the city’s 47miles of walkable waterfront, provides a uniquetransportation route for pedestrians and bikers.The Harborwalk also offers visitors with a seamlessconnection to the Freedom Trail, the Rose KennedyGreenway, and the Emerald Necklace park system.

We rmly believe that Boston 2024 can providea blueprint for future host cities as to the masterplanning of the Games, delivery of the Games, and,most importantly, the experience of the athletes.

Our bid is also an opportunity to initiate acommunity discussion around the vision forBoston in 2024, in 2030, the 400th anniversary ofthe founding of Boston, and beyond. Hosting theGames will be motivation to work collaboratively toplan for and achieve this vision. The Olympics andParalympics will serve to accelerate investmentsin transportation and smart mobility as well asaffordable housing that are necessary to continueto attract the top talent behind our innovationeconomy. Our proposed Olympic precincts –especially at Columbia Point, Fort Point, andBeacon Yards – represent new opportunities fordevelopment in the heart of the city that will serveas critical connections between currently dividedneighborhoods. Hosting the Games will alsoshowcase Boston as a global hub for education,health care, and innovation. Welcoming the worldto Boston for the Olympic and Paralympic Games isalso a chance to attract new artists, educators, andentrepreneurs and inspire our own young peoplewho are at the foundation of our community’svibrant and diverse culture.



5.3 UNI QUE AND COMPELLING CITY EXPERIEN CES

Unique and Compelling City ExperiencesDescribe the unique and compelling experiences that eachof the audiences—including athletes, media, InternationalFederations, National Olympic Committees, IOC members,sponsors, dignitaries, spectators, workforce members andvolunteers—will enjoy in your city.

These most geographically connected Olympic andParalympic Games will provide much more thanunprecedented proximity to venues and events foreach of our many important audiences. With ourentire city comprising the Olympic Park, we willfacilitate a central hub from which all of Boston’s

(and New England’s) world-class offerings in culture,innovation, academics, geographical beauty andmore will be accessible and easily within reach.

Included in this unique experience, our guestswill encounter:

• Boston at Eye-Level: This city is meant to beexperienced on foot; there’s a reason we are amongthe most walkable cities in the U.S. and have one ofthe highest percentage of pedestrian commuters inthe country. Boston is a city that has been physicallytransformed with the pedestrian in mind, with

greenways and bike lanes replacing highways andoverpasses. In a single afternoon stroll, our guests canexperience the bustle of the South Boston Waterfrontand the beauty of our public gardens. They can retracethe steps of our earliest settlers downtown and beholdcutting-edge tech breakthroughs in Cambridge. To walkBoston is to prove that, sometimes, it’s about the journeyand not the destination.

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• World-Class Cultural Offerings: From the stunningcollections housed within the Museum of Fine Arts toone of the nation’s largest centers for contemporaryperforming and visual arts at Mass MoCA nestled atthe foothills of the Berkshires; from the vaulted hallsof the Boston Symphony Orchestra to sidewalk jazzperformances by Berklee College of Music students,and pop concerts overlooking the Charles River atthe Hatch Shell and the rolling hills of Tanglewood inWestern Massachusetts; from Broadway-caliber theaterto incredible street performances—Boston and thebroader Commonwealth offers unparalleled culturalexcursions and events for all interests and ages.

• Access to Academic Institutions: We will openthe doors of many of our prestigious colleges anduniversities within the greater Boston area, includingHarvard and MIT, so that our guests from around theworld can experience rsthand the thought leadership,breakthroughs and innovation taking place within ourclassrooms, lecture halls and labs each day.

• Local Culinary Charm:Boston is truly an internationalcity, but at our core we also boast an intensely localidentity when it comes to our regional cuisine, inspiredby and culled from the vast bounties of sh andshell sh that populate our waters. We want to sharethe comfort of a cup of New England clam chowderwith the world, sit communally at a picnic table and eatlobsters with plastic bibs and host authentic clambakes

on the beach.• A Gateway to New England:Within a short road tripor quick train or bus ride, many of the unique naturalgifts of New England await our guests and during theprecise time of the year when they’re in full bloom: thecraggy shores and idyllic countrysides of Maine, pristinebeaches and rolling dunes of Cape Cod, lush forests andGreen Mountains of Vermont and the majestic harborand waterfront vistas of Newport. There is nothingquite like summer in New England.



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5.4 DELIVERY OF THE GAM ES

Delivery of the GamesExplain 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 Gamesin a Compact City.” The Boston 2024 Olympicand Paralympic Games will be a compact andwalkable Games; the City of Boston will be our“Olympic Park.” With that planning objectivecomes a great opportunity and our most signi cantchallenges to the development, managementand delivery of Games venues, infrastructure and

Games operations. We have a long track record,however, of delivering context-sensitive designand construction of major infrastructure andredevelopment projects that improve the qualityof life and competitiveness of our city, as well asa century of experience hosting major events thatattract millions of visitors annually.

The vast majority of our competition and non-competition venues are located on land controlledby public entities and the city’s great academicinstitutions—minimizing the requirements forprivate land acquisition. For areas like Midtown,we must relocate key transit and public worksfunctions. While this is a requirement for use of theland, we will demonstrate that these relocationsrepresent opportunities for consolidation offacilities, new ef ciency of operations and theunlocking of legacy possibilities.

The challenges for Games management are again

related to the compactness of the venues: thebusiness of the city and all its residents must goon. We have excellent transit and transportationinfrastructure in place and a plan for bothtemporary and permanent improvements that willsupport the simultaneous essential functions ofthe city. Our legacy planning model and transportmanagement systems will provide predictableoutcomes for mobility, security and emergencyservices, unparalleled in Games history.

We will be able to draw on a highly educated andenergetic local workforce, including our large

college-age populations. We will strive to surpassall previous Olympics in the effective training ofvolunteers. Our universities have already steppedforward with initiatives for recruitment and training.

And, we will deliver. We are “doers” who are focusedon the big challenge—with extraordinary expertisein technology, the commitment of our greatinstitutions and business leaders and the relentlessperseverance of a proud people that embraces theOlympic and Paralympic Games.

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