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Built to Your Venue
Tell us how many seats you need and what the site looks like, and we will come back with a configuration that fits it — rows, length, guardrails and accessible seating all sized to the venue and to the code that applies to you. No minimum order, quote back within 24 hours.
How many seats, indoor or outdoor, and what the ground is. A photo from where the freight truck would park answers most of the rest.
We work the rows and length back from your capacity, include guardrails and accessible seating to the requirement that applies, and quote it with freight to your ZIP code.
Approve the quote, send a PO or pay by card, and the unit goes into production.
Fill in whatever you know. Anything you are unsure of, pick “Not sure” and we will work it out with you.
Common row and length combinations are already listed on the site and ready to order. These ship freight and typically arrive in 10 to 21 business days.
Around 30 days from approved quote for most units, and longer for larger grandstands or anything with a press box. We will give you the real date for your unit before you commit.
Both quoted separately from the seating. Bleachers arrive in sections on a freight truck and are assembled and anchored on site. Some manufacturers install directly; where they do not we connect you with an installer.
Capacity is planned at roughly 18 inches of bench per person, so a 15-foot row seats about ten. Multiply that by your row count and you have your approximate capacity. These are the standard configurations — anything between them can be built.
| Configuration | Approximate capacity | Typically used for |
|---|---|---|
| 2 to 5 rows, 15 ft | 20 to 50 | Practice fields, auxiliary courts, visitor side, tip-and-roll portable units |
| 10 rows, 15 ft | Around 100 | Small gymnasiums, middle school fields, secondary venues |
| 10 rows, 21 ft | Around 140 | The common high school configuration for a main field or court |
| 10 to 14 rows, 27 ft | 180 to 250 | Main competition venues and varsity home side |
| Multiple units | Any figure | Larger venues are built from several units set side by side rather than one long run |
Give us the capacity you need rather than the configuration. We will work the rows and length back from it and tell you whether one unit or several is the better buy.
Two things get specified alongside the seating itself, and both are far cheaper to include in the original quote than to add afterwards.
Guardrails. Rails along the back and open ends of the seating deck. Whether yours needs them depends on the height of the unit and the code that applies where you are.
ADA accessible seating. Wheelchair spaces with a companion seat beside each one. The number required scales with the total capacity of the stand.
You do not need to work either of these out yourself. Tell us the capacity, the configuration and the state you are in on the form, and the manufacturer sizes both to the requirement that applies to your venue.
Permanent, ground level. Anchored to a pad and left there. The standard for a home side or a gymnasium. Lowest cost per seat and nothing to store.
Portable and tip-and-roll. Smaller units on wheels that tip up and roll to a wall or storage. Useful where the space is shared, where seating follows the season from one field to another, or where a gym floor has to be cleared for other programming. Practical up to about five rows.
Elevated with understructure. The seating deck is raised on a frame so sight lines clear a fence, a track or a crowd standing at the rail. Required on larger stands and anywhere the first row needs to see over something. Adds cost and needs a proper foundation.
If you are not certain which you need, describe the venue and how often the seating has to move. That usually settles it.
Bleachers arrive on a freight truck in sections and get assembled on site. What you have waiting for them matters.
A photo of the site from where the truck would park answers most of this faster than a description.
Yes. Row count, length and capacity can all be built to what the venue needs. Tell us the capacity and the space you have and we will come back with a configuration that fits.
No minimum. A single two-row portable unit is a quote we will write.
Standard configurations listed on the site ship freight and typically arrive in 10 to 21 business days. Anything built to your capacity runs around 30 days from approved quote, and larger grandstands can run longer. We will give you the real date for your specific unit before you commit, not a guess.
It depends on the height of the unit and the code where you are. You do not need to figure it out — tell us the configuration and your state on the form and the manufacturer specifies the rails to match.
It scales with the total capacity of the stand, and each wheelchair space needs a companion seat beside it. Give us the capacity you are planning and the manufacturer sizes the accessible seating into the quote.
Yes, on elevated units. Tell us on the form and we will quote it with the stand rather than as a separate project, which is almost always cheaper.
Bleachers are assembled on site and anchored down, and on anything above a small portable unit that is work for a crew. Some manufacturers install directly. Where they do not, we connect you with an installer who does this work. Installation is quoted separately from the seating, the same as freight.
Yes. Tell us on the form that you will be paying by PO and we will build the quote so your business office can process it. Bleachers are frequently a bond or capital purchase, and we can format the quote for that process.
Know the configuration you want and it is a standard one? Skip the quote and order from the catalog.
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