During the New Year holidays, more than 220 thousand
people visited the public spaces of Kazan. The festive winter program “Parks
nearby” was held in parks and squares for them. Marat Zakirov, director of the
MBE “Directorate of Parks and Squares” told about the results of the winter
season at the Business Monday meeting at the Executive Committee of Kazan.
The festive program “Parks nearby” was held in public
spaces from December 19, 2020 to January 11, 2021.
The most popular among the citizens was the main New
Year’s tree at the Kazan Family Center, it was visited by more than 135
thousand people.
Among the popular recreation places was the skating
rink at the Black Lake, almost 90 thousand people visited it during the New
Year holidays.
The mobile music stage Studio Winter, where Kazan
creative groups performed, was very popular this winter. For 6 days, Studio
Winter visited 11 city locations, and its audience was more than 2.5 thousand
people.
According to Marat Zakirov, the residents of the city
liked the “Decadence” performances by the street theater from St. Petersburg.
The performances were held in seven parks, almost 1.5 thousand spectators saw
the performances.
The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin emphasized that the
winter program in the city was organized at a high level according to the positive
feedback from citizens. “This year, after the renovation of parks, we have
received a lot of positive feedback on their activities. It is important that
people not only visit public spaces with their families, but also actively
spend time there – skiing, skating, tubing”, - Ilsur Metshin said.