MVT issues arenas warning after report findings
“We cannot go on building more and more arenas with no plan of how to fill the stages they create," says MVT chief Mark Davyd
News By James Hanley | 31 January 2023
Music Venue Trust (MVT) chief Mark Davyd says the UK business “cannot go on building more and more arenas” without safeguarding the grassroots network, amid the findings of a new report.
The MVT, which represents almost 10,000 UK grassroots music venues, is proposing that all new arenas opening in the UK contribute to the security of the wider music sector by investing a percentage of every ticket sold into the grassroots ecosystem.
The organisation has already issued a direct request to…