Venues that offer live entertainment have faced numerous challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. Gathering people in a large room and then having some of those people projecting their voices or playing instruments is considered especially risky. Capacity limits make it difficult for these venues to reopen even when they can.
The Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City, Michigan, faces these challenges, but the facility’s managers decided to turn this into an opportunity by upgrading its HVAC system. This was done in part out of need to ensure a safe reopening and in part to address to some old issues.