Boston Out As U.S. Candidate For 2024 Olympics

Published July 27, 2015 at 1:06 PM MDT

Now that Boston is out of the picture, the U.S. Olympic Committee wants to explore other opportunities to host the 2024 Games.

In a statement Monday announcing the end of the bid in Boston, USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said the federation was still interested in mounting a bid for the Summer Games.

He didn’t mention any city specifically, though the best bet is Los Angeles would be the candidate.

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti released a statement saying that his office hadn’t had any recent conversations with the USOC but he’d be happy to have them.

The official deadline for the USOC to submit a candidate city is Sept. 15.

Guest

Alan Abrahamson, journalist and founder of 3 Wire Sports, which covers the Olympics. He tweets @alanabrahamson.
Dante Ramos, columnist for The Boston Globe. He tweets @danteramos.