Performing arts industry faces "utter devastation" amid delay in getting federal aid
By Aimee Picchi
March 5, 2021 / 7:23 AM
/ MoneyWatch
Alex Crothers' Higher Ground once hosted packed crowds for the likes of Phish and Grace Potter, fan favorites at his South Burlington, Vermont, concert hall. After the coronavirus pandemic shuttered his hall last March, he kept busy by organizing online performances and creating a summer series of outdoor concerts.
After almost a year of scrambling to adapt to the harsh new reality, however, Crothers said he worries each day about staying in business. "We were the first sector to close and we will absolutely be the last one to reopen," he said of the arts industry. "We are 348 days into this with zero revenue carrying that same overhead."