Discos, the managers: "We await the green light in October, otherwise we will reopen in any case"

An increasingly difficult situation for the country's discos, still closed due to the Covid emergency and with the only hope of a reopening in October.

“Let's hope it's the right time” said Maurizio Pasca, President of SILB, the Italian Union of Dance Clubs, who spoke to the microphones of the show “What happens in the city” conducted by Emanuela Valente on Radio Cusano Campus.

“After 20 months of uninterrupted closure - explains Pasca - 30% of the premises have now closed their doors for good. Many are trying to sell, naturally at very low costs given the prospects and then you know who the characters are going to buy. Unfortunately, many of my colleagues are unable to continue, having to bear the costs without collections and are forced to sell to the highest bidder, and organized crime often comes forward ”.

“Government aid is absolutely inadequate for the loss of companies - he continues -. A nightclub in Milan, of which I do not mention, pays a rent to the Municipality of 300 thousand euros per year plus VAT, has had refreshments for about 40 thousand euros, how does this company survive? We are waiting for eviction from the Municipality of Milan or someone will buy the company going to manage it in a completely different way. "

"It is inexplicable that this is still the only closed sector", continues Pasca. "We have already presented a protocol on health security to reopen this summer, the CTS has expressed a favorable opinion, but the government has rejected this opinion. Then perhaps c "It is a prejudice towards discos. I see stadiums full of people, as well as squares, restaurants, at this point I believe that some people in the government have prejudices towards discos. We would like to ask these characters why they are there. prejudices against a sector that has been killed. In all other European countries the dance clubs have reopened, without masks, only with the Green pass. If the government does not give the green pass, on October 31 we will reopen all over Italy anyway ".

(Unioneonline / vl)