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Chicago Gay Games
Powers Up With Exelon
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Parent company of ComEd joins as sponsor of Games
2006-02-24
Exelon’s contribution will help support Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival scheduled for 15-22 July 2006 in Chicago. The event will draw 12,000 participants and tens of thousands of spectators for eight days of sports competitions, arts and culture, and social events.
"Exelon is proud of its commitment to diversity," said John Rowe, Exelon Chairman, president and CEO. "We welcome the opportunity to support the Gay Games, which celebrate both diversity and sport, and enrich the lives of so many."
"Exelon has stepped forward to support the world’s most important gay and lesbian event, set to take place in their home town this year," said Larry Kuhn, director of strategic corporate alliances with Chicago Games, Inc. the local host organization. "The Gay Games will provide an $80 million jolt to the Chicago area economy next year, and will shine a light on Chicago’s deserved reputation as a city that is warm and welcoming to everyone."
About Exelon
Exelon Corporation is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities with approximately 5.2 million customers and more than $14 billion in annual revenues. The company has one of the industry’s largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.2 million customers in northern Illinois and Pennsylvania and gas to more than 460,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.
About Gay Games VII
Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival will take place 15-22 July 2006. Over 12,000 athletes from more than 100 countries will compete in 30 sports ranging from softball to dancesport, swimming to tennis. The weeklong event will include band, cheerleading and color guard performances, chorus, an ancillary arts festival, and a series of community-organized social events and parties. The opening ceremony is scheduled for 15 July at Soldier Field, the lakefront home stadium of American-style football’s Chicago Bears. Closing ceremony will be 22 July at Wrigley Field, the home of Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs, located in the heart of Chicago’s largest LGBT neighborhood.
Gay Games VII Sponsors
Global sponsors of Gay Games VII include PlanetOut/Gay.com; Q Television Network; Walgreens; Centaur Entertainment; Fleishman Hillard International Communications; Orbitz; Sydney New Mardi Gras; Chicago Sun-Times; Olivia Cruises & Resorts; Lambda Legal Defense; McKnight Kurland Baccelli; The New York Times; Human Rights Campaign; Chicago Free Press; Mate, Genre, Pink and Girlfriends Magazines; Windy City Media Group.
Global sponsors are joined by more than 120 business sponsors including: Ann Sather, Chicago Dance, Deaf Communication by Innovation, Howard Brown Health Center, RCN, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Altoids, Between the Lines, Bridgeview Bank, Center on Halsted, Curve Magazine, Envy Man, Gay Chicago Magazine, GayDayS.com, GuideToGuy.com, Harris Bank, Spin, Third Coast Marketing, WXRT, Bottom Line, San Diego Buzz, Chicago House, ChicagoPride.com, Clikque Magazine, CNA Insurance, Desert Daily Guide, GFN.com, Kraft, Lesbians On The Loose, Merrill Lynch, Nuevos Tiempos, Queer Life News, refresh Magazine, Scene Magazine, Side Track, Steamworks, TLAVideo.com, Big City Maps, Chiropractic Health Care Center, IGLTA, LA Police Department, Northalsted Merchants Association, Out & About Nashville, RHS Telecom, ToBe Magazine, Universal Gear.
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