Large auditorium with thousands of blue upholstered seats
Markets We Serve

Every Seat Is Somebody's Front Row.

Auditoriums, lecture halls, worship spaces, and conference venues. Fixed and portable seating engineered for sightlines, egress codes, and decades of full houses.

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Fixed & Portable Seating Sightline & Code Review Refurbish or Replace
Assembly Spaces

A thousand seats is a thousand small engineering problems.

Auditorium seating is bought once a generation, so the decisions compound: row spacing, rake, tablet arms, aisle lights, and the code officials who review all of it. Getting it right takes manufacturers who live in this world.

Figueras renovated Belgrade's Sava Centar with more than 4,000 custom seats and rebuilt Princeton's McCosh 50 with 445 hand-crafted oak replicas fitted with laptop tablets. Sedia Systems seated Toronto's Isabel Bader Theatre with 396 J30 chairs in radius rows. That's the bench we draw from.

Theatre auditorium with upholstered chairs in curved rows
Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto · Sedia Systems
Rooms Built for an Audience

Wherever the house lights dim.

Auditoriums & Theaters

Fixed seating with the upholstery, arms, and accessories your program needs.

Lecture Halls

Tiered seating with tablets and power, built for note-taking at scale.

Worship Spaces

Pews, chairs, and theater seating matched to the room's character.

Conference & Ballroom

Stacking, nesting, and ganging chairs that reset a room in an hour.

Training Rooms

Flip-top tables and task seating for rooms that change layout weekly.

Courtrooms & Chambers

Public galleries and fixed seating for civic assembly.

Convention center interior with acoustic ceiling
Colorado Convention Center, Denver · Turf
Behind an Auditorium Quote

The number is engineered, not estimated.

Fixed seating is a construction product as much as furniture. These are the inputs that set the figure.

01
Sightlines & rakeFloor slope and stagger decide seat placement before any catalog opens.
02
Row spacing & egressCode sets minimums for rows, aisles, and exits. We design to them, not around them.
03
Fixed vs. portableBolted rows, beam-mounted, or movable seating change both cost and flexibility.
04
Tablets, power & accessoriesWriting tablets, USB, aisle lights, and row letters are decided per seat.
05
Floor & anchoring conditionsConcrete condition, risers, and existing anchors verified on site before fabrication.
06
Refurbish vs. replaceReupholstering sound frames sometimes beats new. We price the honest comparison.
Venue Questions

Events & Auditoriums FAQ

Can you reseat our hall without a full renovation?+
Often, yes. If floors and anchoring are sound, new seating installs over a break or off-season. We verify conditions on site before promising anything.
Historic building. Can the seats match the room?+
Yes. Manufacturers like Figueras build replica and custom seating for historic halls, including Princeton's McCosh 50, where new oak seats reproduced the 1907 originals.
How does public purchasing work for venue seating?+
Several of our seating manufacturers hold cooperative contracts, and we hold state and cooperative vehicles ourselves. Universities, schools, and municipalities usually have a pre-bid path.
Can you handle ADA and companion seating?+
Yes. Accessible positions, companion seats, and transfer arms are laid out with the seating plan and documented for your code review.
What lead time should a venue plan for?+
Fixed seating is engineered to order, so plan in months, not weeks. We confirm current manufacturing slots at quote and schedule installation around your dark dates.
After the Applause

Neighboring markets.

Markets We Serve

All Markets

Eight sectors, one project team. See where our work lands.

 College computer lab

Education & Higher Ed

The rest of the campus, beyond the lecture hall.

 Cinema lounge seating

Hospitality & Restaurants

Cinemas and venues where the seat is the product.
Historic university lecture hall with wood auditorium seating
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Tell us the house count. We'll draw the rows.

Send plans, photos, or the seat count you're targeting. Based in Upstate NY, supporting venues nationwide.

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Photography courtesy of Parlor City Furniture manufacturer partners: Figueras · Sedia Systems · Turf · KI · Boss Design.

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