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# Indie venues on the brink as SBA still not taking SVOG grant applications 7 days after failed launch
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/indie-venues-on-the-brink-as-sba-still-not-taking-svog-grant-applications-7-days-after-failed-launch/
- Published: 2021-04-14T01:31:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-15T13:46:16.000Z
- Description: The SBA portal designed to administer $16.3 billion in Shuttered Venue Operating Grants (SVOG) to struggling independent music venues, promoters, and agents remained closed Wednesday morning, seven days after its. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/04/indie-venues-on-the-brink-as
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Music Business, SBA, SVOG, #saveourstages, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

The SBA portal designed to administer $16.3 billion in Shuttered Venue Operating Grants (SVOG) to struggling independent music venues, promoters, and agents remained closed Wednesday morning, seven days after its failed launch.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/www-hypebot-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/closed-club.jpg)

Technical issues and contradictory instructions forced the US Small Business Administration to [close the new SVOG grant portal](https://www.hypebot.com/sba-shuts-svog-portal-before-taking-a-single-application-inspector-general-warns-more-problems-ahead/) last Thursday before a single application was received for the desperately needed funding.

Even before the portal opened, the US Office Of Inspector General [issued a warning critical](https://www.hypebot.com/sba-shuts-svog-portal-before-taking-a-single-application-inspector-general-warns-more-problems-ahead/) of the SBA’s planning and questioning the agency’s ability to handle the massive grant program.

**Late Tuesday the SBA tweeted this update**:

### MORE: [SBA’s SVOG grant portal still closed as NITO urges caution, crucial changes](https://www.hypebot.com/sbas-svog-grant-portal-still-closed-as-nito-urges-caution-crucial-changes/)