
Gov. Steve Bullock on Wednesday said he’ll direct $10 million in relief funds to help Montana’s live entertainment industry, which has been decimated by coronavirus closures, resulting in hundreds of unemployed workers and tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue.
Last week, a handful of U.S. Senators, including Sen. Jon Tester, announced their plans to introduce a similar relief measure in Congress to aid the live entertainment industry and the cost it now faces in ticket refunds stemming from cancelled acts.
“Essentially every other business type has been able to reopen in some capacity, and has seen some portion of their normal revenue at this point, except for…