Friday, July 14, 2006

Chicago Tribune Provides Free Publicity for the GAYMES

In a top of the website spread:
...Though skepticism quietly remains, organizers say they are ready and make rosy predictions of 100,000 participants, spectators and volunteers...

[Mayor Daley touts Chicago as a gay-friendly city and] Dorothy Coyle, director of the city Office of Tourism, said the Games represent a chance for Chicago to tap deeper into the lucrative gay and lesbian travel market...

Though the city has long been a gay beacon with its annual Pride Parade and International Mr. Leather competition, the Games could open the city to an even broader gay audience...

...Some observers have worried that these Games won't have the money to pull off their events, let alone make the profit Boyer has predicted...