Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe pandemic has crushed the live-entertainment business, and concert venues in particular, all over the world — but New York’s may have been hit the hardest in the U.S.
Due largely to the density of the city and its mass-gathering-based culture, the virus struck New York first and fastest, and has claimed nearly 33,000 lives.
Consequently, the city has some of the most strict social-distancing rules in the country, and the road to the return of its concert business is a complicated one.But the virus’ devastating impact isn’t the only factor making the return of live entertainment such a daunting prospect.
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