Federation remains committed to Cleveland-Akron in 2014

Cleveland Plain Dealer story by Mark Gillespie (Aug 31, 2010).


CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Federation of Gay Games remains committed to holding the 2014 Gay Games in Cleveland and Akron despite the fact that FGG has cut ties with the local group that lured the Games here, an FGG spokesman said Friday.

Rumors have been circulating that Cleveland and Akron might lose the Games because of the group's problems with Cleveland Synergy Foundation, the nonprofit group that spearheaded a successful bid for the 2014 Games.

The spokesman, Kelly Stevens, said those rumors are false. The Federation of Gay Games' General Assembly cast a nearly unanimous vote during the recent Games in Cologne, Germany, on a resolution to keep the quadrennial Games in Cleveland and Akron in 2014, he said.

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