Governor Deval Patrick reportedly signed a bill Thursday to form a commission for a potential 2024 Boston Olympic bid.
The bill would create a panel to look into the aspects and feasibility of hosting the 2024 Games, with a completed report by March.
The commission will analyze the logistics of working with other states in New England, and how the Summer Olympics would impact the Greater Boston area in terms of infrastructure and transportation, lodging, and the total cost of hosting the Games.
In March, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said the idea of bringing the Games to Boston would be “far-fetched”.
Last year an independent group called the Boston Organizing Committee for 2024 was formed, creating a social media push to bring the Olympics to Boston.
USOC chairman Larry Probst said bidding for the 2024 Games will be talked about at USOC meetings in December, when a timetable for the selection of a host city would be created. Probst said in September that if the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) decides to bid it would not be until 2014 and will come from “not a long list of cities, realistically”.
Bidding for the 2024 Games begins in 2015 and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on a host city in 2017.