Credit Tulsa PAC
The Tulsa Performing Arts Center still doesn’t know the status of its application for COVID-19 relief funds set aside for theaters and other entertainment venues.
More than $16 billion was made available through the Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which opened in April and has been plagued by delays. So far, the SBA has made a decision on almost 90% of the more than 15,000 applications received to date, but the agency has notified less than half those applicants.
Tulsa PAC CEO Mark Frie said he knows there’s plenty of money left. The SBA has awarded just $5 billion so far.