Boston taking land for #Boston2024 less likely scenario than legislature creating quasi-public entity to do the taking

boston.com:

Speaking on the WGBH program Boston Public Radio Friday afternoon, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said the city would not take property by eminent domain to facilitate a 2024 Olympics bid.

“This is the first time I’ve publicly used the words eminent domain, and I am not going to be using powers to remove businesses because of an Olympic bid,” Walsh told hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude. “They (Boston 2024) will either negotiate and work with somebody, or they’ll look at another venue.”

There has been some speculation that the city could take parts of Widett Circle, which organizers see as the site of an Olympic stadium, by eminent domain if Boston were to wind up winning the bid. Members of the New Boston Food Market, a co-operative of more than 20 wholesale companies, have said they are not looking to move from the area, and that they feel shut out from the Olympic planning process.