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The Crisis Cell Culture wants extra support as soon as possible. ‘We know these are exceptional times, but then we also need an exceptional support package.’ Studio 100 is forced to delete it again.
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Last night, the Consultation Committee made a new tightening of the corona measures for culture, sports, youth work and tourism.
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There will be no complete closure of the cultural sector. However, the distance between spectators must be greater and the capacity will have a ceiling of 200 people per room. Large halls such as the Antwerp Sportpaleis were allowed to deviate from there. But that exception is now temporarily suspended until November 19.
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We know these are exceptional times, but then we also need an exceptional support package
Tom Kestens
Crisis Cell Culture
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“This is yet another setback,” says Tom Kestens of Crisis Cell Culture, a broad coalition of advocates and artists from the subsidized and free sector.
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“We have to sit together as soon as possible for a large support package,” says the spokesman for the culture sector. ‘We know these are exceptional times, but then we also need an exceptional support package.’
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The Crisis Cell demands the extension of temporary unemployment and access to ordinary unemployment. The sector also hopes for a deal with the banks. Kestens emphasizes that the revived performances were not profitable. ‘We just took our social responsibility’.
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Flemish culture minister Jan Jambon (N-VA) announced a support package of 167 million euros on Wednesday. That was in the culture sector on a cold stone because more than 100 million euros goes to infrastructure. “That’s like saving the hospitality industry by building new cafes,” said the sector.
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Studio 100: ‘We will scrap everything again’
CEO Hans Bourlon sees the situation very gloomy for Studio 100, hundreds of employees are again temporarily unemployed. ‘Two hundred people for our big musicals is not profitable. We will scrap everything again ‘, he tells VTM Nieuws.
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‘Our musicals such as Daens, ’40 -’45 and the farewell shows of Samson & Gert have already sold 400,000 tickets, but they can no longer take place. We had already arranged a rebooking for 70,000 people, but we will have to contact them again. ‘
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I understand that at the moment not 5,000 people can come together in one place. But it is inconceivable that 10,000 can congregate in a zoo.
Steve Van den Kerkhof
CEO of Plops
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The closing of the amusement parks will also arrive at Studio 100, with parks such as Plopsa De Panne, Plopsa Coo and Plopsa Indoor Hasselt. ‘I understand that at the moment not 5,000 people can come together in one place. But it is inconceivable that 10,000 people can congregate in a zoo ‘, says Plopsa CEO Steve Van den Kerkhof.
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Plopsa hopes that there will be sufficient support measures to bridge the period. ‘If they want to close us, they also have to ensure that there is sufficient support. It is not true that a large company like Plopsa receives the same compensation as a small company or a small catering business. ‘
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The closure also means a further postponement of the opening of the Plopsahotel in De Panne. ‘An investment of 25 million euros is waiting there. These are not pleasant things, ‘Van den Kerkhof concludes.
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