COVID Relief Bill: First Avenue, Sen. Klobuchar Help Secure Billions In Music Venue Funding

CBS Minnesota

December 22, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — First Avenue, Minnesota’s premier music venue, has been closed for 10 months. And for some of those months, it looked like it would never reopen, according to CEO Dayna Frank.

“Staring at, you know, balance sheets and cash projections and realizing that there was no way out,” Frank said.

She decided to fight, helping create the now-3,000 member National Independent Venue Association, which lobbied for help.

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