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/