Despite a last-ditch attempt to win over the U.S. Olympic Committee with the promise of a shiny new legacy stadium to be built in Oakland, San Francisco has lost its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boston has been selected as the U.S. candidate to host the games.

No word on what role, if any, the “SF No 2024 Olympics” campaign played in the USOC’s decision, but the group definitely made some noise.

The International Olympic Committee will announce the host city for the 2024 Summer Games in 2017. Boston will be competing with Paris, Rome and either Berlin or Hamburg, at the very least.