A Guide to Seating
This guide shows the number of people accommodated at event arrangements. When planning for any event, please remember to consider the size needed to accommodate additional items, like a dance floor, gift table, and head table.
| Sq. Ft./Person | ||
| Cocktail parties (stand-up) | 5 to 6 | |
| Cocktail parties (some seated) | 8 | |
| Reception, tea type (some seated) | 8 | |
| Dinner, using rectangular tables | 10 | |
| Dinner, using round tables of 6, 8 or 12 | 12 | |
| Classroom Seating - Divide the "student" seating area (sq.ft.) by 8. | ||
| Theater Seating -
Divide "spectator" seating area (sq. ft.) by 6. - Where food is not required and seating is at one side of the table, allow 36" between tables. While this may vary with degree of aisle comfort required, 36" distance between rows of chairs will suffice. |
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| Banquet Seating - Aside from main traffic areas, allow 54" between round tables for chair and service space and 60" between oblong tables where seating is back to back. This permits 24" service space behind 18" chair depth |
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| Dance area - Square feet | 2 to 4 | |
| Bandstand - Drums | 20 | |
| - Spinet Piano | 30 | |
| - Grand Piano | 100 | |
| Calculating Dance Floor Size | ||
| Never more than 50% of the people dance at any time. Each couple requires nine square feet. If you have a party for 200 people (100 couples), 50 couples will be the maximum number dancing. You need 450 square feet of floor, 28 pieces of 4' x 4' dance floor sections. | ||
| Dance Floor Area | ||
| People | Square Feet | 4' x 4' Pieces | Size Feet |
| 100 | 225 | 16 | 16 x 16 |
| 150 | 337 | 24 | 16 x 24 |
| 200 | 450 | 28 | 16 x 28 |
| 250 | 562 | 36 | 16 x 36 |
| Special Events | |||
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