According to a new poll taken by Gravis Marketing on April 9 and 10, numbers have not moved at all for support of Boston 2024. According to the poll sample of 2,182 Massachusetts residents 37% support bringing the games to Boston and 49% do not with 14% unsure.
According to the new poll, in a question about use of taxpayer dollars to bail out the Olympics The margin is 66%-24% against using public funds.
Poll respondents support a statewide referendum on the 2024 games by a margin of 61%-23% while poll respondents do not think that the Olympics would not benefit the state by a 46%-40% margin.
Gravis Marketing is a non partisan Florida based research firm. This poll was compiled for the Howie Carr radio network.
The other poll taken by WBUR April 10-13 of 509 registered voters living in Boston area inside/along route 128 has support for a Boston games at 40% while 50% oppose. This is an improvement from March poll numbers of 36% supporting the bid while 52% oppose. In the city of Boston support is at 47% while 41% oppose. This is the first time since January more people support the games inside of the city of Boston! Also the poll indicates 90% of respondents think there will be cost overruns.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Monday, April 6, 2015
Olympic updates - AVP Beach Volleyball And Athlete Update
In 2015 all AVP beach finals will be televised by NBC and the NBC Sports Network. There will be 17.5 hours of coverage on NBC's networks. NBC will televise 10 hours while the NBC Sports Network will televise 7.5 hours. Universal Sports will also air the AVP as well. NBC Sports live will stream the finals online. The first AVP Finals televised by NBC will be the New Orleans Open on May 22-24. There are currently 7 stops on the AVP tour in 2015.
The 6 other planned US AVP Tour Stops are:
New York City Open - July 17-19
Seattle Open - Aug. 7-9
Manhattan Beach Open - Aug. 14-16
Chicago Open - Aug. 28-30
Cincinnati Open - Sept. 4-6
AVP Championships at Huntington Beach - Sept. 11-13
Also the AVP will be presenting the FIVB St. Petersburg Grand Slam held from June 15-21.
Athlete Update:
Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang has announced his retirement at age 31. Xiang won gold at the 2004 Athens games in the 110M hurdles. Injuries kept him from medaling at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
The 6 other planned US AVP Tour Stops are:
New York City Open - July 17-19
Seattle Open - Aug. 7-9
Manhattan Beach Open - Aug. 14-16
Chicago Open - Aug. 28-30
Cincinnati Open - Sept. 4-6
AVP Championships at Huntington Beach - Sept. 11-13
Also the AVP will be presenting the FIVB St. Petersburg Grand Slam held from June 15-21.
Athlete Update:
Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang has announced his retirement at age 31. Xiang won gold at the 2004 Athens games in the 110M hurdles. Injuries kept him from medaling at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
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