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| Seattle will host 2007 World Cyber Games Grand Final Mayor Greg Nickels and the World Cyber Games Committee, WCGC, announced that Seattle will host the 2007 World Cyber Games Grand Final. The mayor welcomed this event to Seattle during a signing ceremony at City Hall. Last year, nearly 700 finalists from 67 countries competed in the Grand Final event in Singapore. Over 55,000 people attended the five-day festival to cheer on their respective countries, participate in new game demonstrations and meet people from all over the world they had previously only talked to online. The WCGC moved quickly in announcing the city's successful bid for the Grand Final in order to give officials the time to properly prepare for an event of this scale. Before making their decision, the WCGC reviewed competitive bids from other candidate cities, including Cologne, Germany; Montreal, Canada; and Busan, Korea. Strict criteria such as location, facilities, infrastructure and promotional efforts all played a role in the committee's decision. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Game News :: home page |