 Chicago had planned to host 20,000 participants and 250,000 spectators in its 2001 bid for the games.The seventh edition of the Gay Games had been awarded to Montreal, Canada, in 2006, but the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) removed its sanction after differences arose between it and the Montréal 2006 organizing committee.For more information on the change of host cities, see the Schism in LGBT sports communities over Gay Games VII section of the Gay Games article.