Word: olympicsized
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"Boston is further ahead than any other U.S. city in thinking about the complexity of the summer Olympics," says Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs James H. Rowe '73.
Bringing the Olympics to Boston and Harvard would be a complex undertaking.
For a summer Olympics, a city must house about 15,000 athletes, coaches and officials. Under the BOC plan, Harvard, MIT and Boston University would provide the nucleus of the Olympic village, converting dorms to house the participants.
'Boston is further ahead than any other U.S. city in thinking about the complexity of the summer Olympics' --Vice President James H. Rowe '73
Rowe says it is "premature" to ask questions about the logistics of hosting the Olympics and the effects such an event would have on Harvard.