Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) Eligibility Requirements — U.S. Small Business Administration
Summary
This SBA table sets out who could receive a Shuttered Venue Operators Grant; a business must meet every requirement for its category. Every applicant must have been fully operational on February 29, 2020 and must show at least a 25 percent drop in gross earned revenue in a 2020 quarter against the same quarter of 2019. It must not be listed on a stock exchange, must not have (or be majority owned by an entity with) venues or agencies in more than one country and more than ten States plus more than 500 employees, and must not be majority owned by an entity that drew more than 10% of gross revenue from federal funding in 2019, and it may not present live performances of a prurient sexual nature. Separate columns set rules for live venues and promoters, motion picture theatres, museums and talent representatives, such as a defined performance and audience space.
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Eligibility Requirements—
Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG)
Eligibility Requirements: (A Business Must Satisfy All Applicable Requirements Per Category)
Requirements for All Businesses
General Requirements • Was fully operational on February 29, 2020.
• Had gross earned revenue during any of the first, second, third, or fourth quarter in 2020 that demonstrated not
less than a 25 percent reduction from the gross earned revenue of such business during the corresponding quarter
in 2019.
Ownership Restrictions • Is not listed on a stock exchange or majority owned and controlled by an entity listed on a stock exchange.
• Does not have, or is not majority owned and controlled by an entity with, all three of the following characteristics:
1. Owns or operates venues, relevant museums, motion picture theatres, or talent agencies or talent management
companies in more than one country;
2. Owns or operates venues, relevant museums, motion picture theatres, or talent agencies or talent management
companies in more than ten States;
and
3. Employs more than 500 employees as of February 29, 2020, determined on a full-time equivalent basis.
• Not majority owned or controlled by an entity that received more than 10% of gross revenue from federal funding
during 2019, excluding amounts received by such business under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act.
Prohibited Activities • Does not (i) present live performances of a prurient sexual nature or (ii) derive, directly or indirectly, more than de
minimis gross revenue through the sale of products or services, or the presentation of any depictions or displays, of
a prurient sexual nature.
Please see for additional eligibility requirements by business type below
Additional Requirements by Business Type
Live Venue Operator or Promoter, Theatrical Producer, or Live Motion Picture Theatre Museum Operator Talent
Performing Arts Organization Operator Operator Representative
Business • One of its principal business activities is operating or using One of its principal business Operates museums that Not less than 70%
Requirements: venues for Eligible Live Events for which (i) a cover charge activities is owning and operating are Relevant Museum of its operations
through ticketing or front door entrance fee is applied, and (ii) at least one place of public as its principal business are engaged in
performers are paid in an amount that is based on a percentage accommodation for the purpose activity. representing or
of sales, a guarantee (in writing or standard contract) or of motion picture exhibition for managing two or
another mutually beneficial formal agreement. a fee. more artists and
Either: entertainers.
• not less than 70% of the earned revenue of the business
is generated through, to the extent related to a live event
described immediately above, cover charges or ticket sales,
production fees or production reimbursements, nonprofit
educational initiatives, or the sale of event beverages, food, or
merchandise; or
• one its principle business activities is making available
for purchaser by the public an average of not less 60 days
before the date of the event tickets to live events described
immediately above.
Operational Has resumed or intends to resume organizing, promoting, Is open or intends to reopen for Is open or intends to Is representing or
Requirements producing, managing, or hosting future Eligible Live Events. the primary purpose of public reopen. managing artists and
exhibition of motion pictures. entertainers.
Facility • Has a defined performance and audience space. • Has at least one auditorium • Has indoor exhibition
Requirements • Has mixing equipment, a public address system, and a lighting that includes a motion picture spaces that are a
rig. screen and fixed audience component of the
• Engages one or more individuals to carry out not less than two seating. principal business
of the following roles: a sound engineer; a booker; a promoter; • Has a projection booth or space activity and which
a stage manager; security personnel; or a box office manager. containing not less than one have been subject
• Requires a paid ticket or cover charge to attend most motion picture projector. to pandemic-
performances and artists are paid fairly (rather than performing • Requires a paid ticket charge related occupancy
for free or for tips, except for fundraisers or similar charitable to attend exhibition of motion restrictions.
events). pictures. • Has at least one
• If owned or operated by a nonprofit entity that produces free • Markets motion picture auditorium, theater,
events, the Eligible Live Events are produced and managed exhibitions through showtime or performance or
primarily by paid employees, not by volunteers. listings in printed or electronic lecture hall with fixed
• Markets performances in printed or electronic publications, on publications, on websites, by audience seating and
websites, by mass email, or on social media. mass mail, or on social media. regular programming
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