Boston area could gain $5 billion boost from 2024 Olympics: study

Hosting the Olympic Games in 2024 could be an economic boost for Boston and eastern Massachusetts, bringing about $5 billion in new spending to the region, according to a University of Massachusetts study first reported by the Boston Globe on Wednesday. Boston's bid to host the Olympic Games has met with skepticism, with an organized opposition sprouting up to argue that Massachusetts taxpayers would be responsible for a large share of the event's costs. Boston's mayor, Marty Walsh, has vowed th