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

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

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

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...