Gay Games Chicago Statement on Chicago Selection as U.S. Bid City for 2016 Olympics 2007-04-18  Media Center  Contact Info  Press Sign Up  Logo Download  Press Releases  Archived Articles Chicago organizers of the 2006 Gay Games issued the following statement today following the announcement by the United States Olympic Committee that Chicago had been selected as the U.S. bid city for the 2016 Olympics: "We extend our hearty congratulations to Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago 2016 Committee Chair Pat Ryan, and the entire Chicago 2016 Committee on the successful presentation to the USOC. We know from experience the commitment and emotion that goes into a bidding process and we thank them for their vision and perseverance. "Watching the live bid announcement today brought back the memories and emotion of 2 March 2004, the day Chicago learned it had been selected to host the 2006 Gay Games, ironically also over a bid from Los Angeles. Through the cheers and tears, we knew then that Chicagoans of all types would rally around us, culminating in a hugely successful Gay Games. "In the next two years, as the Chicago 2016 Committee works to convince the International Olympic Committee that Chicago is the best site for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, we pledge our ongoing support to our great city and the bid effort. We also urge everyone in Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight-allied community, especially the more than 3,000 Gay Games volunteers, and 2,000 participating Gay Games athletes from Chicago, to lend their unflagging support to Chicago 2016. Let’s make sure that Mayor Daley and the world know that our community is behind this effort 100%."
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