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TENTING FOR THE
pandemic
DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE TENT INDUSTRY
FINDS NEW WAYS TO SURVIVE.
by Jeff Moravec
T
here are all manner of seasonal ebbs and ϐlows in the
tent rental industry, but perhaps none as anticipated
as the annual ramp-up to spring, summer and fall
events. Staff is hired, inventory is refreshed and
contracts are checked. Each year is a new beginning.
That is until the spring of 2020, when the spreading COVID-19
pandemic began affecting the rental industry in ways that few could
ever have anticipated.
For example, in New Jersey, on March 16, the governor ordered all
bars and restaurants closed and instituted a mandatory curfew.
" During the week of March 23, we received about a million dollars'
worth of cancellations on upcoming events, " says Brian Richardson,
CEO of L&A Tent Rentals in Hamilton, N.J., a company he started in
1987. " Most of the educational and corporate clients in the area were
shut down by executive orders, and that essentially shut us down. "
" Every event was canceled, from big graduations to reunions, "
adds Michael Lubas, co-owner of Vermont Tent Co. in Essex Junction,
Vt. What has made it particularly difϐicult in Vermont, according to
Lubas, was the governor's order that anyone entering the state must
quarantine for two weeks, which has remained in effect even as other
restrictions have eased.
" There went the tourism and hospitality industries, " says Lubas.
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