Bleachers

A Staple of American Culture

America is home to the oldest professional sports league in the world. That league, of course, is baseball’s National League, dating all the way back to its foundation in 1876. By this point, baseball clubs had been playing on their own for 30 or more years, with the first official baseball game believed to be in a simple park called Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey. This park was far from our modern day baseball stadiums however, without even a chain link fence and therefore, no system for restricting access and selling tickets. In 1903 the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates partnered with Andrew Carneigie to purchase 7 acres of land he intended to build up into a new, concrete and steel baseball stadium, complete with three tiers of bleachers for stadium seating. This stadium, Forbes Field, is now considered the first official baseball stadium.

For reasons like this, simple aluminum bleachers evoke a sense of nostalgia for American past times. American athletes and artists alike can all remember a time they joined friends and family in the sturdy rows of aluminum bleachers. Some of us found our seats within the bleacher rows, hot dogs in hand to watch baseball games in the late summer light. Others of us filed along the aluminum rows in our choir robes to serenade our parents and grandparents.

How To Choose The Right Stadium Seating

Metal and aluminum bleacher seating finds its way into many spectator events and community performances however, not simply field sports. It can be hard therefore to know exactly which seating options might suit your needs best. To make it easier for you to select the right bleachers for your specific event, we’ve collected a few tips to consider:

1.) If you have an indoor environment such as a gym or theater, we can recommend one of our low-rise bleachers with rubber feet to protect your gym or stage floor.

2.) If you have an outdoor park or baseball field, we may recommend our 5-row aluminum bleachers which include a protective chain-link guard-rail, also available with an aisle and handrail.

3.) To help you estimate how many bleacher seats each set includes, we recommend assuming 18” per seat. But if you’d like our help making your decision, don’t hesitate to contact us at (847) 565 2803. We’re eager to help.

4.) Our standard sizing options range from 2-5 rows with lengths from 7.5-24 feet, but if you’re looking for bleachers with an even higher capacity, we have bleachers with 10 rows of seating as well.