Good morning, Boston. Here are all the stories you need to know for the day ahead.

The final draft of Boston 2024’s bid book that was presented to the USOC has been released: Boston magazine obtained the bid book, which differs in key areas from the one released to the public. “Many cost estimates were similarly scrubbed from the public version, including: land costs … construction costs … legacy costs … costs for the International Broadcast Center (IBC)/Main Press Center (MPC), including site preparation, utilities, construction, and temporary overlay.’’ (Boston magazine) Olympic –> soccer stadium? Publicly, Boston 2024 proposed a temporary Olympic stadium that would be removed after the Games. “But one alternative to that idea is to keep the stadium around after the games, converting it into a smaller soccer venue, most likely for the New England Revolution. The idea is seen in a few places in the bidding documents Boston 2024 submitted to the United States Olympic Committee last year.’’ (Boston.com) And how would this all be paid for? “Boston 2024 expects taxpayers to pay 2/3 of the cost of getting a stadium up and running if the Olympics come to Boston.’’ (WCVB-TV) Oh.


Supply and demand: “Although Uber and its on-demand driving services officially expanded to Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard this past Memorial Day weekend, you would have had to a hard time using the app to order a ride. There just weren’t quite enough Uber drivers on the road.’’ (Boston.com)

The human toll of FIFA’s corruption: “In the light of the new Justice Department investigation, Swiss authorities are announcing a new inquiry into the process that gave Qatar the cup in 2010. But as the families of 1,200 dead workers can attest, in many ways the damage has already been done.’’ (The Washington Post)

Living in a winter wonderland: “Lingering snow piles from the historic New England winter continue to plague municipalities in Greater Boston, even as temperatures creep toward the 90s and spring makes way for summer. … ‘It’s vile,’ [Public Works commissioner Michael Dennehy] said. ‘We’re finding crazy stuff; bicycles, orange cones that people used as space savers — the funniest thing they found was half of a $5 bill. They’re looking for the other half still.’’’ (The Boston Globe)

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Rain, rain went away: “After a record-smashing snowy winter, the Boston area has settled into a spring of sun-baked lawns and slow-growing crops. According to the National Weather Service, the region is in the midst of what could be the driest May since 1944.’’ (The Boston Globe)


The Goodbye: Here’s Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace in the new movie The End of the Tour. (Boston.com)