According to a new poll,听49 percent of voters oppose Boston hosting the 2024 Olympics and only 39 percent support it, 听罢丑耻谤蝉诲补测.
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Support decreased 7.6 percent since the last poll, which was . The new poll, by WBUR, a National Public Radio station in Boston, shows that supporters鈥 attempts to gain traction have not succeeded.
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One possibility for the slip is a report from private group Boston 2024, which is responsible for organizing the bid. The report found that hosting the Olympics would require hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding. The group had previously said the bid would use private funding. Steve Koczela, president of the group responsible for the poll, told the New York Times that the realization 鈥渇ocused people on their worst fears about the Olympics鈥攖he expense, the promises, and that they didn鈥檛 know everything that鈥檚 going on.鈥
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鈥淭ime is passing, support is still slipping, and Massachusetts is ten听points under water,鈥 Koczela told the New York Times. 鈥淭his matters, as the USOC听and Boston 2024 decide how to spend the next few months.鈥
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The U.S. Olympic听Committee听has until September 2015 to nominate a city to host the games.
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