Stadium Seating Types and Styles

Choose the right stadium seating for your venue
By Emily Lugg The stadium seating in any sports or event venue is crucial to your spectators' experience. You want each guest to be comfortable and be able to enjoy themselves without having to worry about getting comfortable in their seat. There are several stadium seating types and styles that are each designed for certain types of venues.

It is important to asses the number of people your venue will hold before choosing your stadium seating. Also, you need to know if it will be indoors or out? Are you going to need versatility with your seating options? Consider the following when researching stadium seating types and styles:

1. Arena seats can be used as stadium seating for indoors or out.

2. Bleachers are a versatile stadium seating option.

3. Stadium bleacher seats are one of many stadium seating types and styles that can be the right choice to reface the seating in an existing structure.

Use arena style stadium seating for indoor or outdoor venues

The location of your venue - inside or out - warm climate or cold is important to consider when researching stadium seating types and styles. Arena style seats are permanent fixtures and the bottom half of each seat folds up to allow for more space to pass through each row in your stadium. For indoor seating options, this style of stadium seat can be equipped with a seat cushion.
Try:  Irwin Seating has an ergonomically designed chair that can be used indoor or out. Track Seating has several options for indoor sport venues.

Choose bleachers to maximize your stadium seating space

Bleacher seating is versatile and is a great option for maximizing your seating space. Bleachers can be permanent or portable, depending on the size of your stadium. Bleachers are a good stadium seating option if your venue holds a large number of people or if you have the need to reconfigure for different events. Bleachers can also come in small systems with only a few rows, which can make them an easy addition to any stadium.
Try:  Preferred Seating has three- to four-row bleacher systems with wheels for portability. Brown United shows pictures of their aluminum bleacher seating and grandstand options.

Use stadium bleacher seats to redesign your current stadium seating

Stadium bleacher seats can be a cost effective solution for an already existing venue in need of redesign. Stadium bleacher seats can be permanent or portable and can be attached directly to the existing seating. Make sure that your new seats fit the old space before you order and be sure to consider all space requirements before making a huge investment. You may find that it is cheaper to replace rather than reface the existing seating.
Try:  Southern Bleacher has an interlocking stadium bleacher seat option. Harrison Stadium Supplies has been in business more than 20 years and offers several unique options for replacement stadium seating.

• Considering the weather as well as how often the outdoor stadium seating will be used will be important to your choice. If you need durability, search applicable options that withstand the elements and the test of time. If you need temporary options, keep portability and cost in mind.