Production Companies, Agencies, Suppliers and More Come Together to Form the Live Events Coalition

On March 12, a collection of live entertainment professionals created a Change.org petition requesting specialized assistance from the federal government due to the impact of the coronavirus. Within 10 hours of posting, the petition garnered 10,000 signatures and is well on its way to its 500,000 mark two weeks in.highlighted a dire need for economic assistance for an industry that has been entirely halted due to the global pandemic and for a united union to fight for the cause.

"This is an extremely varied and complex industry and the ripple effects of those impacted by the postponement and cancellation of events is far reaching," says, Coalition member and senior vice president sports and fan entertainment at PRG/VER.

The online petition, now boasting the support of the Live Events Coalition and its members, is seeking a federal aid package that includes Emergency Medicaid Health insurance to cover our uninsured business owners, contractors and laid off employees, as well as the ability to submit canceled contracts as loss of income on 2020 taxes.

While the federal aid package and building of the coalition stemmed from the COVID-19 crisis facing the live entertainment industry, Valois says this is level of industry-wide communication and advocacy will stretch beyond the virus' impact.

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Companies seek epidemic insurance as coronavirus affects eventsAs the coronavirus continues to spread, many companies and organizations have had to cancel or postpone major events, leading to increased interest in epidemic insurance. Where’s the Insurance policy for the Dollar, federalreserve ? WSJmarkets UniteWomenOrg Do more coverage as to why ventilator production isn't being ramped up. Nobody gives a crap about the events. :( Closing the barn door after the cows are already out.
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