Learn just how important picnic tables, bleachers and benches are to your park, school, daycare, or other public space. These essential site amenities aren’t only vital to the comfort of your visitors, but they provide an opportunity for visitors to sit, relax and enjoy making memories with friends and family.
Picnic Tables Essentials
When choosing picnic tables, you want to look at everything from its maximum capacity to its color. This helps ensure that you are providing the perfect table for your guests and your space. Let’s start with capacity.
Capacity
First, if you would like to provide picnic tables for smaller groups, you want to purchase a table that seats four to eight people. Small picnic tables are usually round or square. This offers more personal conversation space for your guests.
On the other hand, if you want to offer tables for large groups you’ll want picnic tables that can seat eight to ten people. These will typically be rectangular. This allows for more friends and family to gather around and enjoy lunch, friendly conversation or a board game.
Colors & Materials
Material and color are also very important factors when choosing a picnic table to add to the aesthetic appeal of your space. The majority of picnic tables are made from metal, concrete, wood, recycled materials, and aluminum. These materials can withstand everyday wear and tear and the harsh weather.
Additionally, most outdoor seating is coated in oven fused functionalized polyethylene copolymer-based thermoplastic. In other words, a coating that protects the tables from erosion and keeps surfaces cool to the touch on hot days.
Outdoor Bench Essentials
Much like picnic tables, benches are made from the same materials, thermoplastic coating, and provide a comfortable area where visitors can sit and enjoy the great outdoors. There are two main types of benches; ones with backs and ones without backs. So how do you know which is best for your visitors?
For starters, if you want to put a bench on an exercise trail, in a dug-out, or on a sideline you should buy backless benches. The benefits of backless benches include:
- Allows for more freedom to move about
- Helps players stay alert and prepared during games
- Provides easy access to sports bags
- Supplies they may be stored under or behind the bench
Finally, if you want to provide benches for visitors to relax on and enjoy a view of a lake, pond or the rest of your park, a bench with a back is perfect. The back allows guests to relax their muscles, ease their minds and simply soak up the beauty of your park.
Public Bleachers Essentials
Last, but not least are bleachers. The most important aspect to keep in mind when buying a bleacher is capacity. You want to be able to accommodate all the friends and family who come to cheer on their favorite sports player or team. If you have a large group of fans, you should get a 10 or 15-row bleacher. This will accommodate everyone and provide enough space to remain comfortable throughout the game.
For medium or small groups of fans, it’s best to buy bleachers with 3-5 rows. Of course, if you want to provide bleachers for an indoor game such as basketball or volleyball you’ll want to have portable bleachers, so you can use the gym for other events.
Learn More About Picnic Tables & Other Essential Site Amenities
It’s important to know who you’re providing seating for and for how many, so don’t buy blind. Take this information with you as you purchase seating for your park, playground, fitness trail, sports field or other place of business. If you would like more information or assistance purchasing seating please call BYO Recreation at
