In Sainte-Adresse near Le Havre, red alert on events at the Palais des Régates

It is in this context that it has decided to support the “Red Alert” operation launched by the National Union of scenic and event audiovisual providers (Synpase). Last Wednesday evening, in collaboration with the MTCA audiovisual company, the Palais des Régates was thus illuminated in red in order to raise awareness among public authorities of the operating losses suffered since the start of the health crisis and to demand a specific support plan. .

In Caen, Lille, Tours, Paris, Quimper, Orléans and even Reunion Island, hundreds of entrepreneurs have played the game by lighting private or public places. Colossal losses: « Between March and September, I lost 80 to 90 % of my turnover, notes Benjamin Dero. Of course, I was able to benefit from the aid offered by the State, but in a few months things are likely to become very complicated, the business not being able to restart because of the sanitary conditions. “ With this in mind, the Norman calls on the government, urging the latter to assume its responsibilities vis-à-vis the events sector: “Either we are helped with real subsidies, or we are left to die », he hammers. With billions of euros in lost turnover and thousands of jobs already lost since March, the events sector is one of the hardest hit by the current health crisis. If a resumption of activities was expected at the start of the school year, the poor pandemic figures have forced the authorities to continue banning, canceling or postponing demonstrations, raising fears for the sector of an economic and social tragedy. « The worst is to have no visibility on the future », continues Benjamin Dero who hopes for a quick gesture from the authorities and the discovery of a vaccine for 2021.

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