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==Bidding process== Four cities submitted bids. [[Los Angeles]], Chicago, [[Atlanta]] and [[Montreal]]. The decision was made September 2001 in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]].<ref name="AHistory">{{cite book |last=Symons |first=Caroline |title=The Gay Games: A History|date=May 2, 2012|publisher=Routledge|series=Routledge Critical Studies in Sport|isbn=978-0415688666}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mattias |first=Karen |date=September 23, 2001 |title=Los Angeles L.A. Group to Make Bid to Host 2006 Gay Games |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/23/local/me-48914 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=Los Angeles |url-status=live |accessdate=January 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413204158/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/23/local/me-48914 |archive-date=April 13, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/los-angeles-gay-games-bid-group-announces-national-advisory-board-72702807.html |title=Los Angeles Gay Games Bid Group Announces National Advisory Board |date=October 24, 2003 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=www.prnewswire.com |accessdate=January 14, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812041538/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/los-angeles-gay-games-bid-group-announces-national-advisory-board-72702807.html|archive-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name=running>{{cite news |last1=Warren |first1=Ellen|last2=Armour|first2=Terry|last3=Riveda |first3=Karen |date=August 13, 2001 |title=Chicago in the running to host 2006 Gay Games |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-08-13/news/0108130114_1_gay-games-mayor-richard-daley-chicago |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=[[Chicago]] |access-date=November 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123858/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-08-13/news/0108130114_1_gay-games-mayor-richard-daley-chicago |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> This was Chicago's first time bidding for the Gay Games. Chicago, Atlanta and Los Angeles provided opportunities for the Gay Games to return to the United States for the first time since the [[1994 Gay Games]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=running/> Chicago's bid team published a 100-page brochure to impress the selection committee. Chicago's bid promised for "a celebration--a multiethnic, spirited family reunion of sorts." Ideas presented included dying the [[Chicago River]] rainbow in celebration of gay pride.<ref name=scoop>{{cite news |last=Zorn |first=Eric |date=September 4, 2001 |title=City in running for Gay Games, so here's scoop |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-09-04/news/0109040116_1_gay-games-mayor-richard-daley-quadrennial-event |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=[[Chicago]] |access-date=November 9, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710200935/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-09-04/news/0109040116_1_gay-games-mayor-richard-daley-quadrennial-event |archive-date=July 10, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Chicago's bid placed an emphasis on Chicago's status as a hub of international travel.<ref name=running/> Chicago's bid was backed by several corporate sponsors, including [[Miller Brewing Company]], [[United Airlines]] and Third Coast Marketing.<ref name=running/> Chicago's bid planned to feature 30 athletic contests. These included basketball, beach volleyball, flag football, golf, ice hockey, bodybuilding, rugby, soccer, swimming and diving, a variety of track and field events including a marathon, ballroom dancing and figure skating.<ref name=scoop/> Proposed venues in Chicago's bid included [[Soldier Field]] (opening and closing ceremonies), [[McCormick Place]] (volleyball, wrestling, and martial arts), [[Northwestern University]] (diving), and the [[UIC Pavilion]] (figure skating). Events were also planned to be held at the yet-completed [[Millennium Park]].<ref name=running/> Chicago had planned to host 20,000 participants and 250,000 spectators in its 2001 bid for the games.<ref name=Obstacles>{{cite news |last=Zorn |first=Eric |date=November 24, 2001 |title=Obstacles keep '06 Gay Games from Chicago |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-11-24/news/0111240139_1_gay-games-jonathan-franzen-tube |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=[[Chicago]] |access-date=January 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326135612/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-11-24/news/0111240139_1_gay-games-jonathan-franzen-tube |archive-date=March 26, 2016}}</ref> ===Games awarded to Montreal === The seventh edition of the Gay Games had been awarded to Montreal, [[Canada]], in 2006, but the [[Federation of Gay Games]] (FGG) removed its sanction after differences arose between it and the [[2006 World Outgames|Montréal 2006]] organizing committee. For more information on the change of host cities, see the [[Gay Games#Schism in LGBT sports communities over Gay Games VII|Schism in LGBT sports communities over Gay Games VII]] section of the [[Gay Games]] article. Reasons for Montreal's selection over Chicago and the other bidding cities included guarantees for government funding, U.S. ban on HIV-positive foreign tourist, and the relative affordability of Canada.<ref name=Obstacles/> ===Reopened bidding=== After Montreal lost the right to host the Gay Games, Chicago, Atlanta, and LA were invited to submit a re-worked version of their earlier bids. LA and Chicago bid in late January 2004, but Chicago won the right to host the games by March 2004. Three weeks later Chicago had signed the licensing agreement for the game. A downsized Chicago 2006 group had already been meeting with plans to bid for a future Gay Games before these games became reopened to bid on. Chicago's re-submitted bid, in comparison to their original 2001 bid, had a downsized budget, was more focused on the central sports and cultural components of the game, put emphasis on safer revenue, and also proposed a more volunteer-organized event.<ref name=AHistory/>
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