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Will the Florida Theatre's Darkened Stages and Empty Seats Survive Covid?

Title (Dublin Core)

Will the Florida Theatre's Darkened Stages and Empty Seats Survive Covid?

Description (Dublin Core)

One of the oldest performing arts venues in Jacksonville, Florida, is the Florida Theatre, which over time has been an opera house, a movie theater, and a venue for concerts and plays. Even though under Florida law, they can reopen at 50% capacity, the layout of the theater is so small they could only operate at 25% capacity to maintain social distancing. Because of this, they have to remain closed as 25% capacity is not financially viable enough to open the theater. The Florida Theatre is a building rich in local history, and in the past they have stayed open to the public because of the concerts they host. Not only that, it is a major local employer, employing people directly and also contracting work from other local businesses.

Date (Dublin Core)

August 11, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Liza Mitchell

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Elizabeth Sconyers

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

News article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/21/arts/boston-symphony-orchestra-lays-off-50-full-time-administrative-staffers/
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/21/arts/boston-symphony-orchestra-lays-off-50-full-time-administrative-staffers/

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Boston Globe

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.
English Social Distance
English Business & Industry
English News coverage
English Economy

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

employer
Boston Symphony Orchestra
theater
local history
capacity
closed
concert
layoff

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Florida Theatre
Florida
Jacksonville
small business
venue
Save Our Stages Act

Collection (Dublin Core)

Performing Arts

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

COVID-19 Test Results
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

09/02/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

09/08/2020
08/02/2022
09/24/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

08/21/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Greater Boston
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on September 2, 2020 by Elizabeth Sconyers using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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