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The producer’s desk
Migration guides for the 2026 transition, and the layout knowledge we’ve carried from real load-ins — aisle widths, sightlines, power, and the rest.
September 11, 2026
Conference style seating: boardroom sets and seat counts
Conference style seating is one solid block of tables, chairs all round. Three 8-foot tables seat 18. Measured counts for boardroom and hollow square sets.
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September 11, 2026
U-shape seating: sizes, seat counts and the room needed
A U-shape of eight 6-foot tables seats 19 and needs a room 34 feet square. Measured seat counts for every size, the spacing rules, and U vs hollow square.
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September 11, 2026
Theater vs classroom style seating: capacity and aisles
Theater seats 360 in a 50x80 ft room, classroom 150. What each is for, the row spacing behind both, and the 22% the egress aisles cost that charts leave out.
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September 11, 2026
Cabaret style seating: what it is, and what it seats
Cabaret seating is rounds with the front left open so every guest faces the stage. A 60-inch round takes 5 comfortably, 6 at most. Seat counts and layouts.
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September 11, 2026
Event seating styles: 10 room setups, drawn to scale
The ten event seating styles, each drawn to scale in one 50x80 ft room: theater seats 360, classroom 150, banquet 120, cabaret 90. Real counts, real plans.
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September 10, 2026
What size tablecloth for a 6-foot table? Sizes and drops
A 6ft table takes 90x132 for floor length, 60x102 for a 15in drop, 54x96 for 12in. Only those three hang evenly — here is the arithmetic and the full chart.
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September 8, 2026
Sweetheart table size and dimensions vs a head table
A sweetheart table seats 2 in 36 square feet; a head table for 10 runs 24 feet; a king's table seats 18 in 146. Sizes, who sits where, and which fits your room.
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September 8, 2026
SEO for wedding venues: what 90 page-one venue sites show
I crawled the venue sites ranking on page one for wedding venues in 11 US metros and pulled their Ahrefs data. What they share, what they miss, the checklist.
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September 8, 2026
Venue marketing ideas that start with your floor plan
12 venue marketing ideas, starting with what planners actually search for: your floor plan, capacities and dimensions, and what the big hotel chains already do.
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September 8, 2026
Banquet event order (BEO): what it is, plus a free template
What a BEO is, who reads each section, the twelve places it disagrees with the floor plan, and a free banquet event order template whose room set adds up.
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