Boston area could gain $5 billion boost from 2024 Olympics: study — reuters.com

BOSTON (Reuters) - 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. The Games would trigger about $2.1 billion in new construction spending in the state and $2.9 billion in money related to its operations, according to the university's Donahue Institute research center. Those projections do not include money the institute estimated would otherwise have been spent, the Globe reported.

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