Wisconsin Dells Convention Hosting Stage II - Short Staffed and Scared

The Village of Lake Delton has given the Kalahari Resort 10 million publicly collected dollars to build a convention center ( 212 thousand square feet) capable of serving large regional - national groups.  This is a public - private partnership forged to create a physical location designed to attract a huge new population of shared customers in to the Wisconsin Dells area.  The challenge will be finding the staff to work in this new convention center location.

The Wisconsin Dells area has a much higher than normal business lease failure rate.

-Question: what is contributing to the much higher than normal business lease failure rate across the Wisconsin Dells area?

-Response: the high cost of having to import our labor from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Program.

-Question: why would the much higher than normal business lease failure rate across the Wisconsin Dells area matter to the visitors?

-Response: because the business they have scheduled to visit on their stay in the Wisconsin Dells area may no longer be operating

-Question: could the people visiting just ask a convenience store clerk or some hotel staff about the Wisconsin Dells area?

- Response: the staff come from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Program and are only in the Wisconsin Dells area for about 90 days- meaning the staff lack local knowledge due to their short stay in the Wisconsin Dells area.

-Question: How many individual workers does Wisconsin Dells need to attract from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Program to operate their local business modals?

- Response: in 2017 the published calculation indicates more than 4500 individuals came from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Program to live in Wisconsin Dells and help with tourism efforts.  That calculation is much higher today.

So the economic function of the Wisconsin Dells area is completely dependent upon the Federal J1VISA Programming.  Any changes at the Federal, State, or local level regarding immigration policy communicates fear across the lending institutions, insurance providers, and government service administration participating in the Wisconsin Dells area economy.  The Wisconsin Dells area can be described as short staffed and scared.  The Wisconsin Dells area has entered stage II of the convention hosting industry.