Troubadour Club’s Operators ‘Can’t Foresee Being Able to Ride This Out,’ Ask for GoFundMe Donations

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By Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Among the Los Angeles-area cultural institutions taking to GoFundMe to raise money during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns is the city’s most famous music nightspot, the Troubadour, whose operators tell the Los Angeles Times that the venue “can’t foresee being able to ride this out” without significant help from donors. “It looks tacky,” general manager Christine Karayan told the Times of the GoFundMe, “but it’s a reality at this point.

It’s not a joke. If we’re going to survive this thing — and that’s a big if — we’re going to need all the help we can get, from any direction we can get it. … We know there’s going to be a huge fatality rate as far as how many venues will not be able to open again