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Handrail Requirements on Bleachers: Ontario Building Code Updates
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...
When it Comes to Bleachers, SIZE MATTERS!
When it Comes to Bleachers, SIZE MATTERS!
Bleacher Rentals has the largest mobile bleachers available, and we cover the largest geographic area!
Seating for your Fair
Bleachers for Your Fair – What to Consider Do you run a fair? Whether it is a small-town fair, or a huge state fair, you need to consider seating in your planning. Seating is one of the most important commodities for visitors to your fair – they want a place to sit,...
Rental Bleachers made Simple!
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!
Event Planning Timeline
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...
Bleacher Safety Series: Risers and Footboards
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...
Bleacher Safety Series: Railings
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...
Bleacher Safety Series: Stairs on Bleachers
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...
Bleacher Safety Series: Intro
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...
How to Get Vendors for Your Event
Almost every event needs vendors – if you’re organizing an event, you probably are looking for a mix of food and merchandise vendors. But, where do you begin? When planning for vendors at your first event, you likely have a lot of questions… How do you get vendors to...
Creating The Experience
What makes your event stand out? What are you doing that makes people LOVE their experience, tell everyone about it, and come back again? Creating an “experience” rather than just putting on an event is crucial to getting repeat customers and event sponsors. Have you...
Identifying Your Target Market
When planning an event, you NEED to know who your target market is. It is not everyone. A “target market” is the main group of people you are aiming to attract. They will have some similar characteristics, such as age, location, interests or demographics. Are you...
How to Plan a Safe Event – Risk Assessment
When planning an event, it is important to think about and plan for the safety of your guests and staff/volunteers. With the event organizers, brainstorm a list of all possible problems, issues and injuries that could possibly happen…. Everything from people getting...
How to Market Your Event
It’s hard to convince someone you don’t know to come to an event they’ve never heard of. Would you go to the event if you weren’t running it? We usually go to an event because we hear that it is awesome. You don’t have this credibility the first time you run the...
How to Get Sponsors for Your Event
Getting sponsorship is so important! Without it your event will almost certainly lose money. This is one of the most important (and also one of the hardest) things to do for a first-time event. Think of all your favourite events – they probably all have some big...
7 Mistakes First-Time Event Organizers Make (And How to Avoid Them!)
If you read my last post, you will remember that I said the biggest mistake most first-time event organizers make is GOING TOO BIG TOO FAST! We get so full of ourselves and believe we are going to create the most amazing event anyone has ever been to, while making a...