“The average venue in Colorado right now is bleeding about $45,000 a month, and that s with skeleton crews,” said Levitt Pavilion head Chris Zacher on Tuesday from the stage of his nonprofit amphitheater in Ruby Hill Park. “It s just not sustainable.”
Zacher, who serves as board chair of the Colorado Independent Venue Association and Colorado chair of the National Independent Venue Association, joined United States Senator John Hickenlooper and Colorado musicians, promoters and music-venue managers to speak about how the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant will jump-start the state’s thriving music industry.
“Without us, 20,000 jobs would be lost in the state of Colorado, and that would be devastating to our economy,” Zacher added.
Shuttered Venue Grants Are Coming In April, After A Long Wait
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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The live entertainment industry breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed the bipartisan Save Our Stages Act in December. It created a $15 billion grant program run by the Small Business Administration. But it s now March, and the website to apply for these grants isn t even up and running. The SBA tells NPR they expect the portal to open in early April. But as NPR s Andrew Limbong reports, the uncertain wait is putting pressure on venue owners across the country.
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