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Archer: “That was crazy. David Lee Roth, he performed on the barge, and it was really high in the water because it had been storming. I remember he wore ballet slippers on stage to do his jumps, and I thought, ‘Are you sure this is safe?’” Tuttleman: “I wish I had a more defined audience, but it ended up being whoever had a pulse. You can’t be a one-trick pony. We were kids’ Sundays with Barney to lingerie shows, Latin dancing to Jimmy Buffet. We were what we needed to be to attract. And we did. At one point we were tracking over one million guests a year. We did over $80 million in business. In Wilmington, Delaware. Show me the last person who did $80 million in entertainment in Delaware, or brought Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes. Show me.” Carroll: “It just seemed to be like we were hitting every target. The young kids were workin’ the nightclub, the 30-somethings would be in the Red Room, the families in the restaurant, and all ages on the deck. It really did thrive for a long time.”
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Newly built condominiums near the Christina threatened a noise ordinance, and David’s father, Stanley Tuttleman, fell ill. In November, 2006, Kahunaville abruptly closed its doors. Baxter: “The end of Kahunaville was like a bad divorce. People were angry, they didn’t know why it closed. I was at the grocery store when I got the call from David. He said we tried to pull it together, but we couldn’t.” Tuttleman: “We were the victims of our own success. I always understood that we were violating the noise code, but no one was complaining. With the development of the Riverfront, and the new residential condos, they came after us. At the beginning, I was the only show in town and there was parking everywhere. Because of success, people wanted a piece of that action. The city, the state, the fire department were concerned. It got to a point where it was bothersome to bring crowds of people in. There was a real feeling that it was just too big, too overwhelming.” Purzycki: “There was going to be some pressure from people who bought here. I think that was inevitable. The coexistence of people ►
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