Washington, D.C., will not host the 2024 Olympics. The United States Olympic Committee selected Boston to put forward a bid.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser congratulated Boston and said she is proud of the Washington, D.C. effort.
"We had existing infrastructure and quite frankly I thought it would have been good for us to speed up some of our already planned development," she said. "We are disappointed but I take this time to wish the people of Boston well and we're gonna cheer for them to bring the games home!"
The USOC was also considering San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Proponents of the District serving as host said the area is more than equipped to handle the event, citing the region's hotels, retail space and existing stadiums.
Those who didn't think D.C. was ready to host the Olympics saw Thursday's news as a "blessing in disguise."
"A lot of traffic a lot of influx of visitors which would be hard to deal with, then everything built might just go to waste afterwards," Joshua Millar said.
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The United States hasn't hosted a Summer Games since the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.
The country's last two tries have been flops, with New York (2012) and Chicago (2016) each finishing fourth in voting. The USOC chose not to bid for the 2020 Games, which will take place in Tokyo.
The International Olympic Committee won't announce its finalists until spring 2016. The final winner won't be chosen until September 2017.
