Outsports has obtained a copy of a letter sent from the City of Cleveland to the Cleveland Synergy Foundation stating that the Federation of Gay Games is terminating Synergy’s license agreement for Gay Games 2014 and the City is halting all payments to Synergy. The letter, dated July 7, 2010, is from Tracey A. Nichols, director of the Department of Economic Development for the City of Cleveland. The letter reads:
On July 6, 2010, The Federation of Gay Games, Inc. (FGG) notified Synergy that FGG was exercising its right to terminate the license agreement…. In light of the notice given to Synergy by the FGG, the City hereby notifies Synergy that it is suspending any further payments to Synergy until the outstanding issues between the FGG and Synergy are resolved….
Read the full letter after the jump.
An email to Synergy requesting a comment was not returned.
The FGG again offered no comment on the letter. FGG spokesman Kelly Stevens did say: “We look forward to coming to Cleveland for Gay Games IX in 2014.”
You can see the full letter here: Synergy_Fdn_Letter_7JUL10
The upcoming Gay Games open in Cologne in less than two weeks.
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 11:50 AM
bring the games back to chicago for 2014! now that we have this infrastructure and such from the Olympics we didn’t get …
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Or… bring the games to the Twin Cities!
We have awesome August weather and we just successfully hosted the Bingham Cup. Come for sport but stay to check out and enjoy our beautiful state.
We have first-class sports venues and the people here are pretty cool, too!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 7:24 PM
This is the kind of non-story that gets all the Midwest yokels licking their chops. Of course the city officials have to legally clear itself of financial obligation to Synergy if the Games pull a fast one and capitulate to all the D.C./Boston queens splitting their over-moussed hairs about the selection process — A YEAR AFTER THE FACT. However, Cleveland and Akron city officials have REPEATEDLY gone on record stating they still will support (financially and otherwise) the games in Northeast Ohio, with or without Synergy.
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 2:13 AM
i usually hate it when people leave comments like this, but … if you are calling me (or someone from the Twin Cities) a “Midwest Yokel,” well, FUCK YOU. Really. Who the fuck are you to call anyone a fucking “yokel,” dickhead?
(sorry, Cyd and Jim, I just had to. Yokel, my ass.)
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 4:02 PM
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on Jul 21st, 2010 at 2:23 PM
As one yokel to aother, James, don’t be so thin-skinned; it makes it seem more obvious.