Can it be separated into smaller stand-alone units, reassembled and opened up into a ‘mega stand'? Could it be completely removed and neatly stored away, without a single bead of sweat forming on a venue staff member’s brow? Bien Sûr!
More and more venues are joining La Rétraction Révolution. Effortlessly maneuverable, retractable seating is a globally popular system, one that’s ingeniously seat-creating and space-creating, one that’s as handy and hassle-free as it’s fabulously flexible. It allows venues to grow and prosper as businesses by capitalising upon available space, rather than having to rebuild or even relocate.
What’s more, a tailored modular seating system can be fashioned by seating design and production experts to complement just about any building layout and décor, and can be delivered in sections and assembled on site. Ideal.
It’s all based upon a simple principle: open up event possibilities by releasing or reducing floor space.
Look forward to increased profits by offering a broader range of events
Slick systems. Super-smooth operation. Safe and secure. Sorted!
Smart venue owners who move with the times, investing in retractable seating that functions without ever jamming or becoming otherwise hazardous, enjoy all this:
- A choice when it comes to the number of rows they can make available. At last, their venue can have as many or as few seats as they require
- Also a choice between manual or motorised operation.
- The option to make space to accommodate thousands of standing customers, when necessary.
- Adjustable heights, fluid folding mechanisms, multi-directional and pivotal movement, and the option to swap between grandstand and tiered seating, and all without a battalion of employees being involved in the changeover.
- Modular seating areas that can be temporarily added, quickly removed, fixed or mobile, allowing venues to accommodate a large seated audience one night, and a smaller gathering the next. The system has been purposely designed so that enlarging, reducing, revolving and even entirely removing seating can all be done with minimum effort and disruption.
- Vertical* or horizontal retraction, or both.
- As we've already pointed out, a reconfigurable modular system can be detached into smaller separate stands if required, then reassembled into two equally sized units perhaps, or all joined up to recreate one large stand, without stability or safety being compromised.
* Vertical stands switch from a flat surface to tiered seating for shows with auditorium chairs
At venues large and small, all this can mean a refreshing new start, the sense of breaking through to the next level as a venue, even a feeling of revolution when it comes to the way that event space is used. It can also result in a venue being used more frequently, and all-year-round.
Venue versatility isn’t only for the rich
Where a venue sees myriad advantages to having telescopic seating, but lacks the funds to scrap their current seating and to start from scratch, partial retractable seating can be the perfect alternative.
Can you really go telescopic (and your ticket sales and venue profile ‘stratospheric’!) without breaking the bank? Absolutely. Retain some, or even all, of your existing seating, and have the choice to augment it as needs be, by opening up rows of added retractable seating as and when. Your new, bespoke sections can be bolted on to your fixed or mobile stand. When they’re not needed (and with no damage caused to flooring), simply detach, wheel away and store your retractable sections elsewhere quickly and with ease, until next time.