Oregon's Music Venues Are Just as Unsure as You Are About What Reopening Will Look Like wweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
We re losing shows, daily : Concert venues ask state for guidance on long-term reopening plans
With COVID risk levels changing often, entertainment venues and festivals are having a tough time planning for the summer. Author: Katherine Cook Updated: 11:18 PM PDT April 5, 2021
PORTLAND, Oregon Watching a video from an outdoor concert can feel like watching something from 10-years ago. But as more people get the COVID-19 vaccine, concert venues are trying to plan how to bring back live, outdoor events. Many feel like they re doing so without the state s guidance.
“There s none of that groundwork, so right now we re losing shows, daily,” said Beau Eastes, marketing director for the Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend. “People are saying, ‘We ll route our tour around Oregon because we don t know what the parameters are going to be.’”
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Oregon Insight: Brewers were soaked by pandemic
Updated Apr 04, 7:45 AM;
Posted Apr 04, 7:45 AM
If you prefer to see the stein as half full, there are good reasons for optimism about the months ahead.
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The pandemic upended many of the things we think of as distinctively Oregon – festivals, restaurants, hotels, theater. And beer.
Employment at Oregon breweries tumbled 43% in the first months of the pandemic. While many of those jobs bounced back over the summer as the state gradually reopened, brewery jobs remained down nearly 29% a greater fall than at restaurants and bars, overall.
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