Room layouts · 5 min
Counting banquet hall chairs from the floor plan and the largest event of the season
How many chairs does the ballroom need?
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Setting a banquet room, round by round
How many rounds fit, where the head table goes, and how many chairs the cart has to carry. These articles work through banquet style seating, banquet tables with their chairs, and banquet hall chairs, with counts you can take straight into a plan.
Start with the room and the hour
A banquet room plans at about 10 to 11 square feet per seat, a restaurant at 12 to 15. Give each guest 18 to 24 inches to push a chair back, and servers about 36 inches of aisle. Save each setup as its own property plan, so the morning and evening counts stay apart.
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Room layouts · 5 min
Rows or rounds: planning banquet style seating in the ballroom
"Rows or rounds?" The banquet manager asks it the week an event is booked, and everything else follows from the answer.
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Room layouts · 6 min
Counting banquet tables and chairs from the round outward
How many chairs does Saturday need? The banquet manager asks it on Monday, and the honest answer starts with the tables.
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Property plans
Save finished configurations room by room, then copy a property plan for the next function room or the next hotel.