PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s independent live entertainment industry contributes $138.2 million to the state’s gross domestic product, according to a report by the National Independent Venue Association. The inaugural “State of Live” report examined the 2024 economic contributions of independent venues across the 50 states and Washington, D.C. It details the impact of independent stages,
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Maybe the venues that are unprofitable can start growing soybeans so that they can join the China-feeding farmers in getting a taxpayer handout for Trump‘s failed trade war with China.
Between a venue here in America that is providing entertainment for Americans versus farmers who are feeding our main economic and military competitor, China, for a their own benefit and profit….well it’s an easy choice: I would rather the artists and the venues get the money.