Boston 2024 Olympics could see $5 bln economic boost -study

(Adds quotes, details throughout) By Scott Malone BOSTON, March 18 (Reuters) - A 2024 Olympic Games in Boston could be an economic boost for the city and eastern Massachusetts, bringing $5 billion in new spending to the region over about seven years, a University of Massachusetts analysis of the bid revealed on Wednesday. Researchers tried to factor out money that would have been spent anyway, such as existing transportation projects, and also to account for business lost because of the Olympics