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Updated on December 28, 2020 at 7:57 pm
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Local entertainment venues are eagerly awaiting funding from the recently signed COVID relief package, even though they still can’t host an audience.
The “Save Our Stages” Act, which is included in the package, is expected to provide $15 billion to eligible live entertainment venues, performing arts organizations, museums, and motion picture operators across the country that have been shut down during the pandemic.
This includes The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford whose seats have been empty for more than nine months.
That’s when they had to close their doors indefinitely because of the pandemic.
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