The city’s bid to take Fashion Week out of Bryant Park seems to be getting closer to official.

The Daily News reports that whoever wins the back-and-forth bid for the 10th Avenue rail yards is obligated to host New York Fashion Week after its run its course at Bryant Park after the S/S 2011 shows (a far-away date that the CFDA and Mayor Bloomberg have fought to keep despite the city’s campaign to keep Fashion Week from congesting all of Midtown.)

Right now, the bid for the rail yards is still up between a few major city players, including Condé Nast, but whoever comes out in the end (the lucky winner gets to put up $20 million upfront, then an eventual $1.5 billion when all is said and done,) should be announced by the end of this month, if not sooner.

As much as we can’t imagine Fashion Week not centering around Bryant Park, the move would make all those Chelsea/Bumble & Bumble shows a lot easier to get to.

But Fashion Week next to the West Side Highway? Not so chic.