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Category: Businesses on the Brink

Posted inBusinesses on the Brink

What do basketball, ballet and parties have in common? All 3 live-event industries are in trouble

James Bikales by James Bikales December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

As pandemic shutdowns intensify, more than a third of jobs in three California industries that rely on events — sports, performing arts and catering — have already disappeared. And they’ve been slower to recover than the state workforce as a whole.

Monica Corona, center, with her sons, from left, Christian, Alfonso and Nicholas, at Washington Manor park near their home in San Leandro on Dec. 19, 2020. Corona and her sons all lost their jobs at Oracle arena in March after the state-mandated shelter in place order went into effect. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inBusinesses on the Brink

Empty seats mean empty wallets for thousands of sports arena workers

James Bikales by James Bikales December 22, 2020December 21, 2020
Posted inBusinesses on the Brink

Not just restaurants: Caterers are suffering even more

James Bikales by James Bikales December 22, 2020December 21, 2020
Marica Kumayama Petrey at her home in Oakland on Dec. 19, 2020. Kumayama Petrey, a film producer and musician, has had much of her work curtailed this year due to the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
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The show must go on. But will it after the pandemic?

James Bikales by James Bikales December 22, 2020December 21, 2020
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