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Tenting for the pandemic
December 1st, 2020
During a single week in March, L&A Tent Rentals in Hamilton, N.J., had one million dollars worth of event cancellations. Tenting for COVID-19 testing sites helped make up some of the monetary loss. Photo courtesy of L&A Tent Rentals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the tent industry finds new ways to survive. by Jeff Moravec There […]
COVID-19 summer report
August 1st, 2020
Marianne’s Rentals, Oklahoma City, Okla., installed its first backyard tented wedding during the state’s Phase 2 reopening. Photo courtesy of Marianne’s Rentals. The tent and event rental industry continues to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the spring season months of March and April proved to be devastating due to postponed and canceled events, […]
Multilevel structures raise the roof for major events
August 1st, 2019
When there’s nowhere for a tented event to expand outward, multilevel structures help the festivities to go up. by Pamela Mills-Senn When Traube Tents and Structures entered the double-decker market this past spring, the Columbia, Ill.-based rental provider had exactly one contract for the two Losberger Emporium multistory structures it had added to its inventory. […]
Building over a building
December 1st, 2017
A structure tent over an active construction site ends weather delays. Like every other tent rental company, Traube Tents and Structures of Columbia, Ill., is accustomed to installing tents before the decorators are on the scene, and striking them after the guests go home. But with construction sites, it’s not uncommon for tent installers to […]