Friday, July 22, 2016
7 Steps to Choosing Right Audience Seating
www.wengercorp.com: We don’t mean street-corner scalping or queuing in the rush line. On the day before the VenueConnect trade show opens in Minneapolis, we’re focused on buying the right audience seating for your venue, whether that’s a performing arts center, auditorium or historic theatre. We tapped our expert – Andrew Forsberg of Wenger – for his seven steps to successful seats
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THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!!!! Literally nothing is worse than sitting down to some crazy long show and realizing that the seats are super uncomfortable. Seats without cushions are the worst, but I suppose if I'm at a small theater with a low ticket price than I can't expect optimal comfort. I'm glad that noise is taken into account in theaters; I hate it when I'm super absorbed in a show and someone near me stands up and the chair creaks super loud. I also like it when venues take into consideration how wide aisles are. I hate it when I get to my seat and someone has to squeeze by me in the 3 inches between my seat and the aisle in front of me. Also, I feel like small isles are unsafe; in the event of an emergency I'd want to be able to leave me seat as quickly as possible.
Who knew seats for a theatre could be so much work, right? Now that I think about it, I have been in some spaces where the seats have been insanely uncomfortable, or the width between each row was too small, and I remembered it. Seating is one of those things that people remember when they leave a performance venue. Of course, because they’ve been sitting there for hours, and if it’s not a comfortable seat, they won’t be paying that much attention to the show. And then when they try to remember the show, they won’t remember all the details because their butt or back was hurting the whole time. So yeah, seating is important. This article has so much good information that some theaters I’ve been to should pick up on. The most important aspect of venue seating is of course comfort. I think the seat should be made of a smooth fabric, have at least a foot of leg room, and have a lot of space between chairs. Some venues have seats practically on top of each other, and it sucks.
I never realized how important picking the right seat is until now. Before I just thought ideally everyone would want the seats at the front of the house, but I know now that it really depends on what you like. Also, when you are attending huge Broadway shows, it's very unlikely that you will have your #1 choice of seating so you have to examine what your next best seating would be. This article does a great job in explaining the importance of time when picking the seat. It's can't be distracting and needs to be comfortable for you and others around you. You will be at a show for usually 2 hours and the experience will be much different when you aren't seated properly. Most of the shows, plays, and concerts I go to, don't require me to scope out my seating ahead of time, but now knowing the importance of choosing, I will be much more aware on the seating options the next performance I go to.
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