The World Cup has arrived
from The Codcast Hosted by CommonWealth Beacon
Matches in the world’s biggest sports spectacle will kick off this week across North America. With Boston as one of the host cities — seven matches will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, which will be renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup tournament — Massachusetts will be in the spotlight as it hosts thousands of international fans and will need to safely move people between the city and a stadium some 22 miles away by rail. Are we ready? And is hosting these sorts of mega-events even worth it? This week on The Codcast, Chris Dempsey, the former co-chair of No Boston Olympics joins CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jordan Wolman to discuss whether this time is any different from more than a decade ago when Dempsey successfully fought against Boston’s bid to play home base for the 2024 Olympics. Guest: Chris Dempsey, partner at Speck Dempsey and former co-chair of No Boston Olympics Host: Jordan Wolman, reporter for CommonWealth Beacon Further Reading: https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/healey-backs-later-last-call-for-once-in-a-generation-summer/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/economy/the-inside-story-of-no-boston-olympics/
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