Live music has returned to New York City, though more with a whisper than a roar.had shut them down for more than a year. But many venues, burdened by capacity limitations, ongoing financial pain and the high cost of reopening, remained closed.only at one-third capacity, or a maximum of 100 people indoors, which some venue managers say isn’t enough to break even.When do you expect to be able to hear live music again? Join the conversation below.
Owners of live-music venues say they are working to adapt to the state’s restrictions for holding indoor events. Changes include maintaining social distancing often by separating groups at tables 6 feet apart,—except when eating or drinking—and keeping their patrons from dancing out of their designated areas.
A nightlife study commissioned by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office of Media and Entertainment found that, as of 2016, New York City had 2,400 venues, ranging from concert and entertainment venues to informal cultural and performance spaces. The 2019 report found that the venues generated close to 20,000 jobs, $373 million in wages and $1.2 billion in economic output.
Justin Kantor, a founding board member of NIVA who is a co-chair of NYIVA and co-founder of Greenwich Village arts venue Le Poisson Rouge said that smaller venues that have capacity of fewer than 100 people and mainly host local artists might look to open before their larger peers, many of which need to have 90% to 100% capacity to break even.
For some of the city’s larger venues, which rely on touring bands and have higher overhead costs, opening at reduced capacity isn’t viable. Anschutz Entertainment Group andglobal corporations that operate many of the larger venues in New York City, including Brooklyn Steel and Irving Plaza respectively, have said they don’t plan to reopen until closer to full capacity can be met.
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