Who here does venues like this? Rick Ryan?
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I see more and more places using the fabric draped from the ceiling.
I love the look.
I believe the "stars" are simple focused halogen lights mounted in the ceiling...
or some sort of string lights hanging above the fabric.
I love the look.
I believe the "stars" are simple focused halogen lights mounted in the ceiling...
or some sort of string lights hanging above the fabric.
Yea, I've got one venue that looks a lot like this. Rarely get to work there thought because they have a "house DJ".
Wow. Very nice Bob. May I ask - is that a tent with draping on it (self supporting structure) - or are things suspended from the ceiling? How long was the setup?
Looks like the light is sitting on the basketball hoop?
Looks like the light is sitting on the basketball hoop?
Yeah, turning that gym into the tent look was a GREAT idea. Looks awesome.
The perimeter is pipe & drape, the "roof" is voile supported by a steel cable.
Bob, I have to give you kudos for that display. Outstanding work and you're giving me all kinds of ideas. I want to pick your brain on how you pulled that one off. I got the cables part but did you put the cables in place first or did you spread the fabric over the cables and then lift the cables into the air? Also, I assume you used flame retardant fabric? Mind sharing how much the fabric runs? Did you have to use a cherry picker or ladder? I wouldn't want to get into this for mobile events but it sure would dress out a warehouse space to use as a wedding venue.
Rick, the venue I was in was outdoors, and at least semi permanent..... it had 4 sets of sliding doors, or maybe even 6.... it also had 2 "real" bathrooms in it...... so it really felt like a permanent installation, though I doubt it could withstand winters like the one we had this last winter.
Frame tents are semi-permanent structures that are typically leased to seasonal venues or facilities with large outdoor patios for an entire season or longer. Some are heated super-structures that can be used in the winter as well. It's not unusual for them to be dressed out with fabric liners, lighting brackets, HVAC, and even commercial glass door frames for entry and exit. It's a faster return on $$$ for a hotel/venue to add a tent that can be modified when needed than to add-on to the facility with permanent infrastructure that will need to be heated/cooled even when not in use. Leasing a large tent also increases your capacity without increasing your commercial RE taxes.
Yeah...a nice elegant hardwood floor! Tough on these knees though...
Yes, some do. I've only seen a couple in this area that are left up all year, and they can take the snow as well as high winds. (The anchors are permanent footings) Don't forget that the roof of a structural tent is often convex and very steep - so, any snow buildup tends to slide off before any kind of meaningful weight adds up. The underlying structure is heavy aluminum beams and rafters unlike a canopy/pole tent.
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It's not necessarily a consistent process, each venue has it's own problems or advantages. It all depends on how you manage to resolve the rigging and whether your fabric is raw off the bolt or pre-sewn to fixed lengths.
At this one the fabric ridge is only 15'-16' off the floor so easily reached with a step ladder. Cable first - deal with hiding the hoops, forming the end sections, then the drapes, then the main ceiling run. Voile is $350-$600 /bolt (100 yards, 10ft wide) and Pleats to 50% coverage. There's probably 2 1/2 bolts on the ceiling and 270 lin. ft. of drape (The opposite end has a draped in DJ booth under the hoop masking the kitchen access behind it, plus a lead in at the entrance from the lobby. Yes, it should all be fire rated and commercial venues will want proof.
Thanks, good info. I'm certainly not thinking of adding this to my mobile services. I don't mind tacking some simple P&D rigs but to do that for mobile......no way. I'm thinking more about a perm install (my own venue). If I took a simple warehouse space, used your guidelines and drape the entire insides, uplight/downlight it, I'd probably have less than $2k and would have a stunning look that nobody else in Nashville is currently doing.