Photo Credit: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — While many restaurants and local businesses continue to reopen in Utah, there is still a segment of businesses that remain closed with no clear reopening date in sight. Workers in the live events industry “probably make...
Event professionals can support the Live Events Coalition, which is lobbying on behalf of the industry. The COVID crisis decimating live events has prompted the industry to do something it rarely has before: lobby its elected representatives. The notoriously fragmented event industry—which relies on a spectrum of...
Yesterday the Live Events Coalition put out a Press Release with more than 25 national and international trade organizations to officially endorse the RESTART Act, a loan program that provides funding to businesses deeply affected by the Coronavirus. The RESTART Act was also introduced to...
In the first Pollstar Live! Digital Panel, representatives from throughout the live industry spoke about efforts to help individuals, families and institutions in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Broadcast live on Pollstar’s Facebook page, the participating panelists were Andrea Carter, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility, Atlanta...
The Live Events Coalition has created a letter requesting federal aid for the live event industry, to be sent to government officials including Charles Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Steven Mnuchin, and other federal representatives based on address. Original Story The Live Events Coalition has updated the...
The Live Events Coalition updated its platform April 8 to a four-point plan requesting, among other things, $800 billion in dedicated funds to stabilize the live events industry. Pollstar spoke with Isaac Rothwell, the initial author of the Change.org petition that led to the formation of...
If these were ordinary times, Bill Kozy would be alternating time on the road mixing sound for Cheap Trick with tech crew duties at the Fillmore Detroit. But these are far from ordinary times. Detroit-based sound tech Bill Kozy, who's toured with Cheap Trick for the past...
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While the hospitality community and Meetings Mean Business Coalition lobby the Trump Administration for government relief on behalf of a travel industry decimated by COVID-19, many in the live events world feel left out. To make sure their voice is heard, the live events community formed...
