The demise of Boston's '24 Games bid is dominating the news cycle in the region, with headlines and cover images placing the onus for the failed effort on bid organizers and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh. Boston Business Journal: "This is a story about the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. It’s about an A-list brigade of gunslingers whose aims and aspirations were at once inspiring and altogether self-defeating."
Boston Globe, A1 above the fold, “Games Over” … Boston Herald, A1, “Bid Adieu” … Lowell Sun, A1 above the fold, “Boston’s Bid For Olympics KO’d” … Attleboro Sun Chronicle, A1 above the fold, “Boston’s Dream Denied” … Springfield Republican, A1 bottom rail, “Bid For 2024 Olympics Dropped” ... L.A. Daily News, A1 above the fold, "L.A. Gets Second Shot At Olympics" ... L.A. Times, A1, "2024 Games: L.A. Is A Player Again"
CSN New England’s Mike Felger said, “I wanted the Olympics here but I didn’t want it to be a bad deal.” The Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy: “It was never going to happen. It was a flight of fancy” (“Sports Tonight,” CSN New England, 7/27).
