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Hong Kong Gay Games 2023
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International backers of Gay Games confident Hong Kong event will go ahead in 2023

  • Federation of Gay Games envisions plenty of momentum arising out of the event when it is hosted by the financial hub
  • The Games were originally slated for November 2022 but were postponed due to concerns over Covid-19 travel restrictions

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Organisers originally expected the event to generate about HK$1 billion for the local economy. Photo: Getty Images
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The international organisers behind the Gay Games have expressed confidence the event will go ahead in Hong Kong in 2023 after it was postponed a year over concerns linked to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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The Federation of Gay Games said on Thursday the additional time would allow for more marketing and commended the local organisers for developing contingency plans.

“Smaller events leading up to the Games will now happen over the next two years, so that we can go and get everyone really excited about coming to Hong Kong,” said Sean Fitzgerald, co-president of the federation.

“The momentum coming out of Hong Kong is going to lead us right into the next city … It can help the next host, because the Gay Games will still be on everyone’s minds when they launch.”

The Gay Games Hong Kong team celebrating the start of the two-year countdown to the event. Unfortunately, members will have to wait a bit longer. Photo: Gay Games Hong Kong
The Gay Games Hong Kong team celebrating the start of the two-year countdown to the event. Unfortunately, members will have to wait a bit longer. Photo: Gay Games Hong Kong
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The federation formed a contingency committee for the 2022 Games in 2019, a year after the city won its bid to host.

Since the start of the pandemic, the Gay Games Hong Kong organisers have been meeting the federation’s steering committee on a monthly basis, and they began discussing a postponement in August.

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