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Temporary Seating Options for Indoor Events: Chairs, Mobile Bleachers, and Scaffolding Systems When planning an indoor event, seating is one of the most important considerations. Whether you’re organizing a sports competition, concert, corporate event, or community...

Bleachers are a fixture at sporting events, parades, rodeos and more—but have you ever wondered where they originated? The concept of tiered seating has a surprisingly rich history, stretching back over 2,000 years. From ancient stone amphitheatres to high-tech mobile...

Planning an event is exciting—but also full of details. One of the biggest questions we hear at Bleacher Rentals is: “How many seats do I actually need?” Order too few, and you’ll have guests standing in the aisles. Order too many, and you’ll end up with empty rows...

Do you run a rodeo? An important thing to consider in your planning is the seating. After the actual rodeo performance, the seating is one of the most important things for visitors to your rodeo – they want a safe place to sit, with a great view of the action! The...

Are your bleachers SAFE? Are you making safety a priority at your event? Don't forget to consider bleacher safety!  Having bleachers that don't meet building codes may cause injuries. Have you evaluated the seating your provide? What are some of the major things to...

Ontario Building Code – 2022 Update Regarding Handrails Did you know there are building code requirements for bleachers (both permanent and temporary)? As much as building codes can be a pain, they do serve a purpose … keeping people safe. Building codes are long and...

Welcome to Bleacher Rentals! Our mission is “Uniting Communities, through high-quality mobile bleachers.” We are event organizers too, so we try to keep the rental process as simple as possible!

If you’ve ever planned a large event before (or even your own wedding!), you know that the to-do list is very long! When you are organizing a public, ticketed event, the list gets even bigger and more complex. It can feel overwhelming … where do you even start? What...

I think we can all agree that creating a safe environment for our event attendees should be at the top of our priority list.   Bleachers are an important component of many spectator events, but the safety and structural integrity of aging bleachers is often...

Bleachers continue to be an important part of our community events and a great way to seat large crowds around a central show. But, have we given enough thought to the safety of bleachers?      I run into a lot of event organizers who have the belief, “If it ain’t...

To continue our previous blog about bleacher safety, this one focuses specifically on bleacher stairs. In this blog, I’m going to focus on one of the biggest issues we see with bleachers: stairs.  What are the rules regarding stairs on bleachers? Why don’t all...

Bleachers have been used in events for thousands of years. They are essential for allowing our attendees to view the shows and sporting events we work so hard to produce. The more people we attract to our shows, the more bleacher seats we require, with higher rows to...