ProPark-2025
An urban park located in in a city with a population of over 300 thousand people can be a participant.
2. Best urban park (in a city with the population of up to 300 thousand people)
An urban park located in in a city with a population of up to 300 thousand people can be a participant.
3. Best outdoor amusement park (theme park)
An outdoor private amusement park or theme park (playground) can be a participant.
4. Best indoor entertainment complex (over 2500 square meters)
An indoor entertainment complex (park, activity park, family center, playground, etc.) of any format with an area of over 2500 square meters can be a participant.
5. Best indoor entertainment complex (up to 2500 square meters)
An indoor entertainment complex (park, activity park, family center, playground, etc.) of any format with an area of up to 2500 square meters can be a participant.
6. Best water park
An out-door or in-door water park or water amusement park can be a participant.
7. Best event in a park/ entertainment center
Any event (festival, competition, event, etc.) held in a park or entertainment complex can be nominated.
8. Best manufacturer in the entertainment industry
A manufacturer/supplier of equipment or services for the entertainment industry can be a participant.
9. Best project or solution for the entertainment business
The nomination can include completed projects, innovative products, technologies, attraction developments and other effective solutions for the entertainment business.
10. Expert of the year
The nomination can include a leader or specialist from any company related to the entertainment industry.
11. For the contribution to the development of the entertainment industry
In this nomination, a company (park, entertainment center, production company, etc.) or a particular specialist who has contributed to the development of the entertainment industry in their city, region, or the industry as a whole can participate.
12. Special opinion of the Jury
Participation in this nomination is determined by the members of the Jury from the pool the candidates who submitted applications in other nominations.
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Applications can be submitted until February 01, 2025
If you want to become one of the participants of the ProPark Award, you need to:
1. Fill out and send the Application by e-mail to the Russian Association of Parks and Attraction Attractions (RAAPA) >>>
2. Provide photos and/or video materials illustrating your activities. You can attach additional materials that, in your opinion, will determine your advantage over other candidates in the selected Nomination.
3. Submit a short essay about why your company deserves recognition and the ProPark award this year. We recommend that you briefly reflect the following information in your essay:
For amusement parks, family entertainment centers, water parks: history of the creation of the park, format (concept), area of the park, number of attractions and entertainment, related services, zoning, theming, infrastructure, park attendance per year, events held, organization of staff work, the role of the complex in cultural -leisure activities of the city/region and other distinctive facts about your park.
For manufacturers: history of the company, date of foundation, direction of work, production base, original developments/innovations, number of projects/equipment being implemented, company team, customer reviews.
For events: goals and objectives of the event, theme and plot, originality, target audience, results (attendance, guest reviews, etc.)
For industry experts: personal data, work experience in the amusement industry, areas of activity, geography of work, merits and results, personal developments, projects and achievements that have made a significant contribution to the development of the company, influence on the development of the industry, reviews from colleagues and partners.
Project in the amusement industry: description of the project/product, what is its novelty, technological effectiveness, uniqueness, significance for the park and/or city/region, information about the developers.
4. Sign the Participation Agreement and pay the Registration fee in the amount of 190Euro/200USD for participation in 1 (one) Nomination. If a candidate participates in more than one nomination, an additional fee will be charged for each subsequent nomination. fee – 95Euro/100USD.
Please note:
Select the category in which you want to take part. More details about the nomination can be found in the Regulations on the Prize (link to documents is embedded in the text) and in the “About the event” section on the website www.raapa.ru
Technical requirements:
Materials must be placed in a cloud resource (Yandex drive, Google drive, etc.) on the Internet and a download link must be sent.
All videos should be up to 10 minutes long.
The winners of the Award will be determined by a competition committee consisting of industry experts.
Archive
The regular ceremony of Professional Award in the sphere of amusement industry «ProPark-2024»
The regular ceremony of International Award in the sphere of amusement industry «Golden Pony Moscow-2022» was held within the frames of 24th International exhibition «Amusement rides and entertainment equipment RAAPA EXPO-2022» which took place in Moscow, March 16-18, 2022. The Award was established in 2002 by the publishing house FACTO EDIZIONI (Italy) which publishes the world famous magazine GAMES & PARKS INDUSTRY (www.factoedizioni.it). The annual Award «Golden Pony» is given to the best amusement parks, family entertainment centers, as well as to manufacturers of amusement rides.
The regular ceremony of International Award in the sphere of amusement industry «Golden Pony Moscow-2021» was held within the frames of 23d International exhibition «Amusement rides and entertainment equipment RAAPA EXPO-2021» which took place in Moscow, March 30-April 1, 2021. The Award was established in 2002 by the publishing house FACTO EDIZIONI (Italy) which publishes the world famous magazine GAMES & PARKS INDUSTRY (www.factoedizioni.it). The annual Award «Golden Pony» is given to the best amusement parks, family entertainment centers, as well as to manufacturers of amusement rides.
The regular ceremony of International Award in the sphere of amusement industry «Golden Pony Moscow-2020» was held within the frames of 22d International exhibition «Amusement rides and entertainment equipment RAAPA EXPO-2020» which took place in Moscow, March 12-14, 2020. The Award was established in 2002 by the publishing house FACTO EDIZIONI (Italy) which publishes the world famous magazine GAMES & PARKS INDUSTRY (www.factoedizioni.it). The annual Award «Golden Pony» is given to the best amusement parks, family entertainment centers, as well as to manufacturers of amusement rides.
The regular ceremony of International Award in the sphere of amusement industry «Golden Pony Moscow-2019» was held within the frames of 21st International exhibition «Amusement rides and entertainment equipment RAAPA EXPO-2019» which took place in Moscow, March 13-15, 2019. The Award was established in 2002 by the publishing house FACTO EDIZIONI (Italy) which publishes the world famous magazine GAMES & PARKS INDUSTRY (www.factoedizioni.it). The annual Award «Golden Pony» is given to the best amusement parks, family entertainment centers, as well as to manufacturers of amusement rides.
The regular ceremony of International Award in the sphere of amusement industry «Golden Pony Moscow-2018» was held within the frames of 20 th International exhibition «Amusement rides and entertainment equipment RAAPA EXPO-2018» which took place in Moscow, March 01-03, 2018. The Award was established in 2002 by the publishing house FACTO EDIZIONI (Italy) which publishes the world famous magazine GAMES & PARKS INDUSTRY (www.factoedizioni.it).
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- Placement of the Sponsor's advertising roll-up in the banquet hall (roll-up provided by the sponsor).
- Placement of the Sponsor's logo on invitation cards to the ProPark Award ceremony.
- Placement of the Sponsor's logo on the press wall of the ProPark Award, located at the entrance to the reception hall.
- Mentioning of the Award Sponsor during the ProPark awarding ceremony.
- Participation of a representative of the Award Sponsor in the ProPark award ceremony, presenting the award to one of the nominees.
- The right to provide Prize participants with prizes and souvenirs, promoted products of the Sponsor.
- Mentioning of the Award Sponsor in the post-release of the RAAPA exhibition and the exhibition report in the “Attractions and Entertainments” magazine and on the RAAPA website.
- Posting information about the Award Sponsor on social networks and on the RAAPA website one month before the ProPark award ceremony.
- Providing two invitation tickets to the ProPark award ceremony.
- Demonstration of the Award Sponsor’s video during the ProPark award ceremony. (Video provided by the sponsor. Maximum video length is 1 minute)
- Inclusion of a representative of the Sponsor in the jury of the ProPark Award.