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Welcome to Scientific Americans Science Talk posted on August 6, 2015. I'm Steve Murski. For the last couple of years, some interested

parties in Boston have been trying to get their city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Mayor

Marty Walsh was among them. But on July 27th, the mayor suddenly reversed course. He refused to sign

an agreement committing the city to basically cover any

funding for the Olympics that did not come through from other sources. His action basically

ends the Boston bid. Andrew Zimbalist is an economist at Smith College in Massachusetts,

specializing in sports. On February 5th, I went to the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse on East 11th Street here in New York City

to hear Zimbolist talk with clubhouse proprietor Jay Goldberg about why it's almost always a financial

hardship for a city to host the games.

That subject is treated at length in Zimbolist's latest book, Circus Maximus, the economic

gamble behind hosting the Olympics in the World Cup.

So as you listen, keep in mind that the Boston bid was still in play when this audio

was recorded.

I apologize for the noises coming from the chairs the two gentlemen were sitting on every

time they shifted their weight,

but I trust the content of this edited conversation will more than make up for the unfortunate sounds.

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