By: Francisco Rendon Paras Griffin / Getty Images Fox TheatreThe marquee at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta reminded the world on March 13, 2021 that it had been one full year since the venue was able to host a live show. Independent venues and other businesses throughout the industry were able to submit applications for Shuttered Venue Operators Grants from the Small Business Administration on April 26 after a failed first attempt at opening the process on April 8. After a first attempt marred by technical errors, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s second opening of the applications portal for its Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program on April 26 was met with a much more widely positive response.