Banquet chairs for hotels

At seven the ballroom is set for a dinner of 200; by six the next morning it has to be a breakfast room. Every one of these 17 banquet chairs stacks, every one has a padded back, and each can be ordered in vinyl or fabric. Frames are mostly aluminum, so begin with the frame and the shape of the back.

Rounds, rows and the changeover

A banquet chair works hardest between events. Rounds of 60 inches seat eight, so a room of 25 rounds is 200 chairs to set, strike and set again. Twelve of these chairs list how many go to a stack, five high on most and ten on three flex-back frames. Divide the guest count by that figure: 200 chairs at five high make 40 stacks, and you know how much storeroom floor they need. Plan the cart runs as well, because the distance from storeroom to ballroom sets the length of every changeover.

For early planning, a banquet room needs about 10 to 11 square feet per seat, so 200 guests at dinner points to roughly 2,000 to 2,200 square feet. Occupancy limits come before any furniture count, and your architect confirms the numbers against local building, fire and accessibility rules. A theater-style conference in rows packs tighter than a dinner in rounds, which is one more reason to keep a separate plan for each setup the room takes.

Aluminum, steel and the cross back

Nine frames are aluminum, three steel and one stainless steel. Eleven chairs have upholstered backs and two take the classic banquet shape. Two examples carry a cross back on an aluminum frame: the cross-back aluminum chair at $167 and a fuller cross-back chair at $214. Prices start around $106 with the stackable dining chair and reach $230. One chair has arms, a good choice for the head table.

Covers for a full event calendar

Every chair takes a cover from the listed options, in vinyl or fabric. Order upholstery swatches and look at them under the ballroom lights, both at full brightness for a conference and dimmed for a wedding dinner. Seat heights sit mostly at 18 3/4 inches, for banquet tables of standard dining height.

For more chairs that stack, see stacking chairs and Chiavari chairs. Our guides to standard banquet chairs, padded banquet chairs and stacking banquet chairs take widths, cushions and the changeover one at a time. Set the ballroom, its rounds and its aisles in a property plan, then copy it when a second function room needs the same setup. Download the sheet for your banquet captain, and the changeover has a picture to work from.