Venue Seating To Transform Your Cultural Event Space

More about the actual seats

At a venue holding a cultural event, a retractable seating system can be installed, offering venue managers greater flexibility in myriad ways. But opting for a high-tech seating system mechanism (or, indeed, a manually manoeuvrable telescopic seating system) will not be enough if the actual seats themselves are simply not comfortable to sit on. And, don't forget, with the arrival of the Digital Age, unhappy spectators can quickly write and post online a poor review of seating at a venue, if they've paid good money to see a show only to find the evening or afternoon an ordeal from beginning to end, simply because their provided seat was uncomfortable or felt unstable and insecure.

Opting for specialist-designed entertainment venue seating means taking a huge step towards avoiding such potentially damaging criticism. Make a smart investment in wooden, upholstered or leather seats that:

• Can be customised to suit a venue's dimensions and design characteristics
• Are aesthetically appealing yet tough enough to withstand extensive usage in a charming theatre, state-of the art cinema, plush auditorium, or other type of venue that holds events all-year-round
• Can have seat and row letters added in suitable styles
• Are practical, being easy to clean and requiring no or little maintenance
• Can be retractable or fixed, have wooden or upholstered arms, timber outer panels, and other excellent features that can all enhance audience experience
• Are durable but will retain their new look and comfy feel in a dedicated cultural event space for years to come

About venue seating lighting

At an entertainment venue, the manager's number one priority shouldn’t be maximising potential revenue, but safety – and that means safety of staff as well as paying customers at cultural events. On retractable bleachers, and other types of seating systems, safety can be managed well primarily by ensuring there are excellent lights marking the aisles, as spectators move around in the semi-darkness. Aisle light options include:

Photo luminescent aisle lights on stair edges – This amazing system is low velocity and will even operate in a power cut. Why? Because it doesn't rely on an electricity supply. Imagine that. Conditions allowing, get ambient lighting for up to three hours, from innovatively designed charged strips.

Aisle lights using LEDs built into the stair nosings – This option is hugely popular, simply because it can suit just about any indoor cultural event venue anywhere. Whatever the hall lighting level, colour or behaviour, these rows of blue LEDs mark the edge of the stairs perfectly, providing clear visibility, and therefore keeping spectators safe before, during and after a performance.

LED aisle lights built into the risers – Some venues require a determinedly simple and discrete aisle lighting option; this 'built into the risers' vertical lighting choice is perfect for that. Get subtle (yet safety providing) blue LEDs that emit just the right amount of light in the semi-darkness, but without impacting upon the hall light level or the performance-related atmospheric effects created by those on the stage.

And last but certainly not least:

Aisle lights using LED lighting modules – These vertically-installed remote controlled LED lighting modules give out light without time limitations to worry about/plan for – ideal for particularly long events, such as operas or plays with multiple acts.