After a strong 2019 in which more than 130,000 people visited Pueblo s Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, the center was off to another hot start in 2020.
Sangre de Cristo CEO Jim Richerson said 2020 started out “just great” for the nonprofit center as it seemed to be firing on all cylinders.
But then came the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Friday, March 13 we got the call from the county and the health department that basically said due to the (COVID-19) pandemic, we’re shutting down,” Richerson said.
“That first weekend was unbelievable how we had to man the phones, just canceling all kinds of things. We had two performances that weekend we had to cancel. We had a wedding. But there was nothing we could do.