Tommy Bartlett Show to close permanently after losing 2020 season to COVID-19 pandemic
CHRIS HUBBUCH
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Tom Diehl, president, general manager and co-owner of Tommy Bartlett Inc., at the Tommy Bartlett Show in Wisconsin Dells, on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.
PHOTO BY MICHELLE STOCKER
Tom Diehl, one of the deans of the state's tourism industry, will not open his Tommy Bartlett Show on Lake Delton this summer, but is hoping to stay afloat with his Exploratory Interactive Science Center. Diehl expects business to be down this season by 50% and for Memorial Day weekend, down 85% to 90%.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Tom Diehl, president of Tommy Bartlett Inc., looks over the vacant amphitheater of the company's water ski show in Wisconsin Dells Wednesday. After losing the 2020 season to the COVID-19 pandemic, Diehl said the Tommy Bartlett Show portion of the business will be permanently closing after a 68-year run.
Memorabilia from 68 years of entertaining vacationers fills the Tommy Bartlett Show's office. For many, the show evoked memories of endless summers from childhood.
Tom Diehl, one of the deans of the state's tourism industry, will not open his Tommy Bartlett Show on Lake Delton this summer, but is hoping to stay afloat with his Exploratory Interactive Science Center. Diehl expects business to be down this season by 50% and for Memorial Day weekend, down 85% to 90%.
Tom Diehl, president of Tommy Bartlett Inc., looks over the vacant amphitheater of the company's water ski show in Wisconsin Dells Wednesday. After losing the 2020 season to the COVID-19 pandemic, Diehl said the Tommy Bartlett Show portion of the business will be permanently closing after a 68-year run.
Memorabilia from 68 years of entertaining vacationers fills the Tommy Bartlett Show's office. For many, the show evoked memories of endless summers from childhood.
