NIVA calls for urgent govt assistance for US indies
The new independent venue association is asking for further support from US lawmakers to help its members weather the coronavirus shutdown
News By IQ | 23 April 2020
The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), an alliance of US grassroots venues formed earlier this month, has written to members of the US Congress to ask for immediate assistance to a sector it says is facing an existential crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The letter – addressed to House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi, House of Representatives minority leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer – asks for urgent “legislative…
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