Guys, this is wonderful news: the Gay Games is a colossal flop. I talked with Mark Konkel of the Sun-Times and he said the 30K attendance figure he reported for the opening ceremonies at Soldier Field included the athletes, who
apparently had to pay! Based on the GG estimates of 10-11,000 athletes, that means the "Games" got only 20,000 spectators on Saturday after saturating the Chicagoland area with ads. This number seems to be confirmed by the fact that they're hoping for only 20,000 to attend the final ceremony this Sat. at Wrigley (see WBBM story).I personally heard or saw at least 10 GG ads leading up to the event. Wonder how much they spent?
Only the liberal media, smitten by all things homosexual, could not have predicted this: Nobody who's not a participant or gay or a friend/family member cares about the Gay Games. It's hard enough to sell tickets to the real Olympics, much less an athletic competition for homosexuals in the middle of the summer (with the competing "Outgames" athletic competition for homosexuals in Montreal coming up soon).
It appears the only way these games are going to stay in the black (escaping the fate of previous GG's, which all were financial disasters) is due to the huge corporate gifts. It appears that corporate America is the the new financier of homosexuality in America, even if it means throwing its $$$$ down the lavender drain.
Pro-family citizens have got to get engaged and tell these corporations to get out of the gay propaganda business.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Pete LaBarbera: "Gay Games is a Colossal FLOP!"
From our friend Pete: