Changes to New Yearâs Eve celebrations impacts businesses
People celebrating differently By Hannah Tiede | January 1, 2021 at 12:32 AM MST - Updated January 1 at 12:39 AM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - On a New Yearâs Eve like no other, instead of a huge crowd enjoying a cheerful party downtown, a cautious celebration was held at Hotel Congress ahead of the 10 p.m. curfew.
Even though
Hotel Congress canceled its famous Tucson Taco Drop, champagne was still poured as people toasted to a [hopefully] better year.
âItâs a dramatic difference,â said David Slutes, the entertainment director at Hotel Congress. âWhen you go from 10,000 people to 100 . thatâs a big scale change!â
When the cloud of COVID-19 lifts and the long-shuttered Fox Tucson Theatre reopens to audiences and artists, Executive Director Bonnie Schock imagines there will be an outflowing of emotion from her staff and audiences filling the nearly 1,200-seat historic theater.
âThe push to get back there, it feels Herculean some days,â said Schock, who has led the Fox through the pandemic. âGetting to that point is going to be an extraordinary emotional release, and I think that will be true for audiences, too.â
But that day wonât come for months. Schock, who took over the Fox just days before city and state officials ordered businesses to close, said she anticipates it will be late summer or early fall before the Fox will return to live concerts.
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