 Three weeks later Chicago had signed the licensing agreement for the game.A downsized Chicago 2006 group had already been meeting with plans to bid for a future Gay Games before these games became reopened to bid on.Chicago's re-submitted bid, in comparison to their original 2001 bid, had a downsized budget, was more focused on the central sports and cultural components of the game, put emphasis on safer revenue, and also proposed a more volunteer-organized event.