New entertainment venue order offers glimmer of hope for Ohio music clubs

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Entertainment venues in Ohio are now permitted to host public events for the first time since mid-March. But for music venues, the news may be bittersweet. On Tuesday, Interim Ohio Department of Health Director Lance Himes today signed the Director’s Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Entertainment Venues. Among the mandatory requirements: Indoor venue attendance capped at “the lesser of 15 percent of fixed-seated capacity or 300 people” and an outdoor venue attendance capped at “the lesser of 15 percent of fixed seating capacity or 1,500 people.”