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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus pandemic in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 26, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Live industry pros have been suggesting for months that venues, especially those with large parking lots, would be ideal for mass distribution of a vaccine.
It took less than 72 hours for the concert industry to come together and draft a letter offering help with President
Joe Biden s plan to vaccinate 100 million Americans in 100 days, but the desire to answer a call to service to assist with the effort had been months in the making.
Live Music Venues Offer to Become COVID-19 Vaccination Sites
One of the industries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic is offering to help get the public vaccinated.
A number of leaders in the music industry have sent a letter to President Biden outlining how they could provide much-needed spaces to aid in the rollout of the vaccine. They say their industry is uniquely suited to help with this effort: These vaccines are our best chance at putting COVID-19 behind us, and our experiences organizing events and managing crowds now put us in the unique position of being the best prepared and most qualified industry to support the vaccination effort and get this country on the road to recovery.
NAMM, NITO, NIVA, OVG, and We Make Events Partner in Support of Public Health
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In a letter to President Biden today AEG, Bandit Lites, Broadway League, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), Live Nation, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), the National Independent Talent Organization (NITO), the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Oak View Group (OVG), and We Make Events formally offered their venues, staff, and expertise to the COVID-19 vaccination effort. The live event industry is in a unique position to help – the pandemic has fully shuttered operations, leaving venues empty and the furloughed crowd-management oriented staff who operate them eager to help out and get back to work.
US live events industry offers to help with coronavirus vaccination effort in letter to Joe Biden
A number of organisations have come together to offer their venues, staff, and expertise
US president Joe Biden. CREDIT: Alex Wong/Getty Images
A number of organisations in the US live events industry have come together in a bid to help with the coronavirus vaccination effort.
In a letter to President Joe Biden today (January 26), the likes of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Live Nation, AEG and others have formally offered their venues, staff, and expertise to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
The live events industry is in a unique position to help – the pandemic has fully shuttered operations, leaving venues empty and the furloughed crowd-management oriented staff who operate them eager to help out and get back to work.