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Only a Pandemic Could Take Down the Boston Marathon (Podcast)

Only a Pandemic Could Take Down the Boston Marathon (Podcast)

Bloomberg Business of Sports

November 23, 202023m 22s

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Show Notes

There are few things less viable in a global pandemic than road races, whose business relies on thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of people gathering in close proximity. It's a massive challenge for Dave McGillivray, the director of the Boston Marathon and founder of DMSE Sports. A legend in the business, he joins Jason, Michael and his long-time buddy Lynchie to talk about the economic devastation wrought by a calendar filled with cancellations, the evolution of racing, and its intersection with giving.

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