Pool sales on the rise while pools remain closed

Families are also using vacation funds to buy pools instead.

Waiting new on daybreak new for you on daybreak, today is going to be the hottest day of the year so far... so you're going to want to be next to a pool.

And it seems like a lot of people thought ahead because the swimming pool industry is booming.

Kimt news 3 madelyne watkins joins us live to explain why more families are making those purchases.

Madelyne./// brooke and tyler.

I'm at thatcher pools and spas and let me tell you... i wish i had one of these in my back yard today.

But luckily... a lot of families will because the sales manager here tells me they've never been this busy.

Matthew nelson says there are two reasons behind why they're seeing so many customers right now.

One of them is due to the fact that public pools have yet to open up this summer in minnesota.

And the second one being because families couldn't take their vacations... they're using those funds on swimming pools and hot tubs.

Nelson tells me they had to temporarily close the store... but that didn't stop the orders from coming in.

He says he's happy to be "we're so fortunate and we're glad that we can help out.

I guess the biggest thing is we get so many families come in that are going, 'what are we gonna do?'

And we have a solution for them, which is fantastic."

Nelson tells me he makes sure his customers know chlorine will kill any germs, and the cdc says there's ?

"(no evidence that covid?

"*19 can be spread through pool or hot tub water.

Live in rochester.

Madelyne watkins kimt thank you madelyne.

Now that the store is open, there are markings on the ground to make sure everyone