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After months of uncertainty and cross accusations, the city council and the organizing channels announced that the Viña del Mar Festival is suspended for the first time in its history.
The executives of TELEVISION Y Channel 13 met during this day with Mayor Virginia Reginato and the City Council to reach an agreement, which has yet to be ratified by the council itself and the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic “in order to give legal certainty to all parties.”
Specifically, the solution aims to postpone the 2021 event by one year, that is, the 62nd edition of the event will take place in the summer of 2022 and not next February. Subsequently, the 63rd edition of the Festival will pass to 2023, the year in which the current concession contract would end.
Further, will sign an agreement to support local commerce and tourism through a promotional campaign and the realization of a television program whose protagonist is the city of Viña del Mar. For now, no details of this production have been given.
“We trust in the experience and professionalism of both channels, but above all, we believe in the love and commitment to Viña del Mar and the thousands of families from Viñamar that have been affected by this pandemic,” said Mayor Reginato.
Channels: It obeys the interest and concern for people
The channels that produce the event issued a joint statement, highlighting that the decision “It obeys the interest and concern of all the actors to take care of the health and well-being of the people”.
“The sanitary conditions of the pandemic that make it impossible to carry out of a massive event of these characteristics under the terms established by the current concession awarded “, they detailed Channel 13 Y TELEVISION.
Therefore, “once the suspension has been formalized and the corresponding modifications to the concession contract have been made, TELEVISION Y Channel 13 will evaluate alternatives for promoting tourism in the city of Viña del Mar, understanding the relevance of the festival for the region “.
