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The 1st World Outgames took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 26, 2006 to August 5, 2006. The international conference was held from July 26 to the 29. The sporting events were held from July 29 to August 5. ==History== The event evolved out of a dispute concerning spending for the 2006 Gay Games (formally called Gay Games VII), which Montreal had been awarded. However, the Gay Games sanctioners (Federation of Gay Games) and Montreal 2006 quarrelled over the budget and scale of the Games and the amount of control each party would exercise; subsequently, the FGG parted company with Montreal, awarding the games to Chicago. This is the second major multi-sport sporting event that Montreal has hosted since the Montreal Olympics in 1976. It used facilities from the Olympics and those from the 2005 World Aquatic Championships, the previous major multi-sport event in Montreal. The 2006 World OutGames were larger than the 2006 Gay Games in number of events and amount spent but not in the number of participants. The event was held concurrently with Divers/Cité, the city's primary LGBT pride festival.〔"Divers/Cite shares pride week with first Outgames". ''Montreal Gazette'', June 21, 2006.〕 The increased number of LGBT tourists in town for the Outgames had been expected to be a financial boon for Divers/Cité, but ironically the event's attendance and revenues actually ''declined'' from previous years;〔"Divers/Cite attendance plummets by 20%: Outgames 'weren't good for us financially'". ''Montreal Gazette'', August 9, 2006.〕 according to Divers/Cité director Suzanne Girard, "even if there were more people than usual, there were 10,000 more things to do."〔 Later in the year, as a result of the financial impacts of the Outgames, Divers/Cité dropped its pride programming and repositioned itself as an arts and music festival, leading to the creation of the new Fierté Montréal to take over as the city's pride festival.〔"Gay pride parade is alive, well and marching". ''Montreal Gazette'', June 28, 2007.〕 A Quebec government audit revealed 5.3 million (CDN) deficit for the 2006 Outgames on a 15 million total budget on November 13, 2006. On December 7, 2006 Montreal Outgames filed for bankruptcy protection. of the deficit, 3.1 million is loans from the government of Montreal and Quebec. Another 2.2 million is due to private companies and individuals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 World Outgames」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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