The Lodge Room talent buyer Raghav Desai catches up with Billboard one year into the coronavirus pandemic.
With the Los Angeles venue's slate of in-person shows wiped clean, Desai was able to focus on his mental health and struggles with addiction.
The venue basically has been surviving. We received money from the initial PPP loan. The venue owner Dalton has been handling almost all of that, but he did tell me that we received some money. We've applied for the [Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, which] is in the works of being reviewed and all of that.
I think in the last six months, there was a collective acceptance in the music industry that “We're not gonna do a show in 2020. It's just not going to happen.” And it became, “We're probably not going to do a show in the first half of 2021.” And now, I feel like people are a bit more optimistic.[Ed. Note: Since this interview took place, the Lodge Room has scheduled aWatch, I say that now, and I'm going to eat like 10 crows.
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