baron-pierreIV Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 "Boston Strong = World Strong" Huh? What the hell does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cslopes54 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Some slogan ideas were posted on the Boston Facebook page . My favs : " Rise and Shine " " Rise Together " " Harbor the World" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR2028 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Some slogan ideas were posted on the Boston Facebook page . My favs : " Rise and Shine " " Rise Together " " Harbor the World" I love "Harbor the World"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Eh. All of those are very trite, tired and cliched. Needs a breakout slogan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Beanz Meanz Gamez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Banned in Boston is more edgy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR2028 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 what about "The Games are coming" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Meh, me like the new - "the Italians are coming!! The start of a new revolution"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord David Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 ^^ How about the Irish are annoyed!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Beanz Meanz Gamez Like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boston_2024 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Massachusetts Senate votes to create commission to study feasibility of Massachusetts hosting 2024 Summer Olympics. State House bill S.1623 passes Senate this afternoon 39-0 in favor. Now to the House for a vote and Governor Patrick for his signature. Big news for the 2024 movement in Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisValentine Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Huh? What the hell does that mean? 'Boston Strong' has been a local expression since the Marathon Bombings, so it the saying would tie the resolve of the city to... the resolve of the world? I guess. Needs a little work, but I say its extolling the common solidarity of humanity in the face of adversity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stark Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Personally, Boston is an excelent choice (only work on minor issues). Only Boston or San Francisco sound sexy for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR2028 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 They both deserve a hot at this. I want to see that torch being carried down The Charles River: or maybe it's the feels this picture gives me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisValentine Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I gotta say, from perusing the thread and the icons of various members, this idea really seems to have picked up a lot of steam in the past few months, hasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR2028 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Yes I believe it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I don't know about "picking up steam." The traffic has been driven by one poster. I wouldn't assume too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I don't know about "picking up steam." The traffic has been driven by one poster. I wouldn't assume too much. If this is picking up steam, they need a lot more steam. Look at this thread. It started back in January with the state senate filing a resolution to form a committee to study the feasibility of hosting an Olympics. Here we are nearly 7 months later and only now has that commission been approved. That is all that has happened in this time. And in the interim, you have the USOC actively seeking out potential candidate cities and a mayor whose only real comments on the record on the matter are to register his skepticism. I don't doubt that Boston could make a good pitch for an Olympics (although they'd need a suitable plan for it, which is far easier said than done), but the clock is ticking and if this is how slowly they're making progress, I don't think 2024 is in the cards for them and maybe they should start targetting 2028 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cslopes54 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 ^ yea the clock is ticking. So what other US cities are ahead of Boston? LA? Ok what else? and what should be ready by this time? honestly someone answer me bc i dont know . The bid is coming together and exposed to media, I haven't heard anything from the other cities . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamRik Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 No one is truly ahead of anyone until it's in the hands of the USOC, if you were to go by Social backing it would be Philadelphia they have nearly 14,000 facebook followers however their page was created in late 2009. And they have bid 4 previous times.Boston has nearly 2,000 and has been up for less then 1 year... (12 days away from 1yr)...in 2010 Maine created a fan page to bid and although the page has been inactive by moderators since 2010 they have OVER 15,250 fans that could be possible conversions over to Greater-Boston Personally I think our biggest foreign contenders are Paris and South Africa although they have considered not bidding due to the health of Nelson Mandela... and Dubai dropped outBut if Tokyo & Madrid loose to Istanbul (fingers crossed on my end) then they would be the favored candidates to bid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisValentine Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 If this is picking up steam, they need a lot more steam. Look at this thread. It started back in January with the state senate filing a resolution to form a committee to study the feasibility of hosting an Olympics. Here we are nearly 7 months later and only now has that commission been approved. That is all that has happened in this time. And in the interim, you have the USOC actively seeking out potential candidate cities and a mayor whose only real comments on the record on the matter are to register his skepticism. I don't doubt that Boston could make a good pitch for an Olympics (although they'd need a suitable plan for it, which is far easier said than done), but the clock is ticking and if this is how slowly they're making progress, I don't think 2024 is in the cards for them and maybe they should start targetting 2028 instead. Regarding the Mayor, he's on his way out, for what its worth; retiring at the end of his term, and the election's this fall. But my point was that there seems to be less skepticism on here and more support than back in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 No one is truly ahead of anyone until it's in the hands of the USOC, if you were to go by Social backing it would be Philadelphia they have nearly 14,000 facebook followers however their page was created in late 2009. And they have bid 4 previous times. Boston has nearly 2,000 and has been up for less then 1 year... (12 days away from 1yr)... in 2010 Maine created a fan page to bid and although the page has been inactive by moderators since 2010 they have OVER 15,250 fans that could be possible conversions over to Greater-Boston Personally I think our biggest foreign contenders are Paris and South Africa although they have considered not bidding due to the health of Nelson Mandela... and Dubai dropped out But if Tokyo & Madrid loose to Istanbul (fingers crossed on my end) then they would be the favored candidates to bid Disagree with you there. If Tokyo and Madrid lose, it's unlikely they will bid again and even if they do, they won't match up well against Paris, Durban, USA, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Well, these things are probably what will help the USOC make up their minds about whether to bid or not. While maybe L.A. (or supposedly Dallas) could be ahead of Boston, if they USOC feels that some of these cities are just dragging their feet, then how could they even come up with a winnable plan to convince those fastideous IOC members. Especially when the competition will throw everything at it but the kitchen sink. Yes, time is a running out. And if someone is very serious about going after this, they need so seriously start showing what they got to offer now, not way later. Like the USOC told the 2016 domestic candidates - "show us some 'skin' in this game"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamRik Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I concur... I sit here watching all this and scream at the computer LOL... There should be an army of people working on this and I know of many soldiers interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 When you're being taken apart from inside there’s little time or money for games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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