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Performing arts venues, suffering under pandemic shutdown, struggle to move forward
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
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There is a joke among concert promoters that since they have nothing to do, the government should put them in charge of distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Everyone would get a wristband and head into a post-vaccination VIP meet-and-greet for a picture with Dr. Fauci,” said John Sanders of DSP Shows.
It’s a bit of dark humor. Sanders said he knows that vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the end of the COVID pandemic are the only thing that’s going to allow state and local governments to reopen venues across New York state and New England where he does business places like The Academy of Music and Pines Theater in Northampton or Springfield Symphony Hall. Otherwise, he’s left organizing a few online performances from Daryl’s House a club owned by Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates in Pawling, New York.
Despite ample reason for skepticism given historical health care injustice, Virginia's minority groups can have confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine, Virginia Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Norman Oliver writes.
Letters from readers: A new hotel built without Curry
Letters from readers
A new hotel built without Curry
Just opening in Jacksonville Beach is the Margaritaville Beach Hotel. The $50 million 202 room hotel includes restaurants with ocean views, retail space, meeting space, dedicated parking for 215 cars in addition to being oceanfront. The design and construction paid for by the developer and/or the owner with no taxpayer assistance.
Unfortunately for Jacksonville Beach and the hotel owner(s), they didn t have Lenny Curry and his administration looking out for their best interests. Had they, the city of Jacksonville Beach would have given the developer the property for nothing, a 50 year no-interest loan, credit the owner 75% of the property taxes for the next 20 years, and then give the developer millions of dollars just for completing the project.