Olympic plan leaves media homeless
CEO Richard Davey and his Boston 2024 colleagues have a plan for almost everything if the city is picked to host the 2024 Summer Games.
They know where an Olympic stadium would go, where the athletes would live, and where sports like basketball, tennis, and soccer would be played.
However, the key there is “almost everything.’’
According to a Boston Globe report, the current plans don’t include a media center that would be used by 20,000 journalists and broadcasters during the games.
“We feel like there’s a solution that hasn’t presented itself,’’ Davey said.
Initially, Boston 2024 budgeted $500 million to build a media center next to the South Boston Convention Center, but then it hit a roadblock: Complaints from the neighborhood put an end to the proposed 1 million-square-foot project.
Now, the budget is down significantly to $50 million. Davey and company are trying to think outside the box—and also outside Boston. They’re considering ideas like renting space in separate office buildings or even warehouses in the suburbs, The Globe reported.
These ideas aren’t sitting well with veteran Olympic reporters who prefer to be closer to the events, as has been the norm.
“I can’t imagine working in an office park in Hingham,’’ Phil Hersh, a Chicago Tribune sports writer who has covered 17 Olympic Games, told The Globe. “I don’t think that’s going to fly.’’
Read the full Globe report here.
Proposed venues for a Boston Olympic Games
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