WNY venues, theaters receive over $23M in federal relief aid
Artpark, Dipson Theaters, Shea s, Erie County and the National Comedy Center were some of the big recipients of the Shuttered Venues grant Author: Nate Benson (WGRZ) Updated: 11:21 PM EDT July 12, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. After a pandemic that kept them shut down for over a year, venues and theaters across Western New York have received federal aid.
According to data obtained from the SBA website, 28 venues and theaters received $23,934,736 from the Shuttered Venues Operators Grant.
The big winner in Western New York was Shea s Performing Arts Center, which received $10 million from the federal grant program. According to information from the SBA, $10 million was the maximum grant a venue could receive.