WI Venues, Businesses Requiring Vaccination Cards: List

WISCONSIN — Wisconsin venues, restaurants and businesses are announcing vaccination card requirements this summer as the COVID-19 delta variant spreads.

One of the latest businesses to require its customers to be fully vaccinated is Draft & Vessel, which has locations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Shorewood.

"This gives us the best shot at protecting staff from getting sick or having to quarantine," Draft & Vessel's owners said in a statement Monday. "You may have heard there is a staffing shortage in this industry and if we lose anyone to quarantine, it could mean shutting down for multiple days."

Businesses have to make decisions that will keep them open and keep their staff safe during the coronavirus pandemic, the owners said. Their decision is to require vaccination for anyone who enters.

Health officials say that getting vaccinated is the best way to prevent illness, hospitalization and death.

“COVID-19 is continuing to spread and mutate into highly transmissible variants like the Delta variant. Fortunately, the science and data are showing us that we can protect ourselves and our loved ones by getting vaccinated,” Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake said in a statement.

Different businesses will have different methods to enforce vaccination requirements. Draft & Vessel said it would have people prove their vaccination status on an honor system. Meanwhile Summerfest will require visitors to show a valid COVID-19 vaccination card or proof of a negative test when entering in September.

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Summerfest Will Require Vaccine Proof Or Negative COVID Tests

Here's a list of places so far that require their customers, workers and patrons to be fully vaccinated.

• Summerfest in Milwaukee will require visitors to show a physical COVID-19 vaccination card, a printed copy of one, a phone screenshot of one or a negative test.
• The Pabst Theater Group in Milwaukee requires visitors to prove they're fully vaccinated or otherwise show a negative test before entering the the Pabst Theater, Riverside Theater, Turner Hall Ballroom or the Back Room at Colectivo Coffee.
• FPC Live, which owns the Madison venues High Noon Saloon, Majestic Madison, Orpheum Madison, and The Sylvee, will require fans to provide printed proof of a negative test or full vaccination at all events.
• The Alliant Energy Center in Madison said it would require proof of vaccination for all indoor ticketed Coliseum events, NBC15 reported.
• The Oriental Theater in Milwaukee will require visitors to show hard copy or photo of a vaccination card or negative test to enter, the theater said.
• The Cactus Club in Milwaukee will take a vaccination card, clear photo of a card or a photocopy of a card for entry, the club said.
• The Anodyne Coffee Roasting Company in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood will require proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID-19 test 72 hours before every live music show, the company said in a statement.