I thought rather than let things totally fall apart, I would ask help. And Drollinger has borne the burden of keeping the venue alive, applying for a PPP loan, and presumably applying for a Save Our Stages grant from the last federal stimulus package. But unlike other LGBTQ spaces with more foot traffic, like those in the Castro, things aren't really looking up for Oasis until the club can open for indoor drinks and entertainment.
Drollinger says that the place lost more money being open at a limited capacity last year than it does being closed, and each pivot has come with startup costs and mostly only resulted in enough to pay his workers, and the entire thing is becoming unsustainable.
The SF Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation creating the Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund, however as reported earlier , this is still a fund in search of funding. Supervisor Matt Haney, who sponsored the effort, has suggested that wealthy tech people and philanthropists should pony up funds to help save some of the cultural fabric in the city before it disappears, but that hasn't happened to date.
Bars and nightclubs have always been the meeting place for our community. Though the pandemic has been a bleak time for many in the drag world, there still remains a firm sense of optimism for the future of queer nightlife in San Francisco. Emily lives life through a viewfinder. She has a hummingbird superstition and spends most of her down time playing the mobile app game called Two Dots, Close Menu.
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