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Morning Update: Paris 2024 is now a thing, Pedro to become a Fenway immortal

The Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. Paris made a decisive step toward a bid for the 2024 Olympics when the city council approved a resolution in favor of hosting the games. AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File

By Jack Pickell @pacmanjack

June 23, 2015

2 minutes to read

Good Tuesday morning, Boston. There’s some brand new competition in the race for the 2024 Olympics, Mayor Walsh is set to open a brand new city shelter, a former Red Sox ace is getting a permanent Fenway honor, and the rest of the news you need to know today.

Look out, Boston, here comes Paris 2024: “Paris declared its candidacy for the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday, becoming the fourth city to enter the race and setting out its vision for bringing the games back to the French capital for the first time in 100 years.

The Paris bid, which has been in the works for months, was formally launched in a ceremony at the headquarters of the French Olympic Committee that was attended by leading French athletes.’’ (The Associated Press)

Shelter expands for homeless displaced from Long Island: “Eight months after abruptly closing the city’s largest homeless shelter on Long Island, city officials on Monday opened a nearly complete new shelter in the Newmarket area of Boston, ending a purgatory for hundreds of men who slept in cramped quarters in a South End gym and at other shelters. The new refuge on Southampton Street, which opened to about 100 men in January, can now house more than 400 in a refurbished city building.’’ (The Boston Globe)

A possible Northern Lights appearance: “Once again we find ourselves in a pattern with the possibility of seeing the aurora borealis. As you may know, this is a very very difficult thing to forecast and makes predicting a snowstorm look easy.

There are some reasons to be optimistic about seeing the aurora. NASA’s latest forecast does indicate a chance of a storm level geomagnetic activity during the next few days. This activity would charge the atmosphere enough to bring an appearance of the aurora into New England. How far south they would appear is nearly impossible to predict.’’ (Boston.com)

‘Wake up the damn Bambino…’ “The Red Sox will retire No. 45 in honor of their former star pitcher during a ceremony on Tuesday, July 28, before a game vs. the Chicago White Sox. Martinez’s number will join Bobby Doerr’s No. 1, Joe Cronin’s No. 4, Johnny Pesky’s No. 6, Carl Yastrzemski’s No. 8, Ted Williams’s No. 9, Jim Rice’s No. 14, Carlton Fisk’s No. 27, and Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 on the right field facade at Fenway Park.

‘To be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame upon his first year of eligibility speaks volumes regarding Pedro’s outstanding career, and is a testament to the respect and admiration so many in baseball have for him,’ Red Sox principal owner John W. Henry said in a statement.’’ (Boston.com)