Aluminum bleachers offer a great opportunity to generate additional revenue by adding sponsor banners

The reflection of aluminum bleachers wrapping around a well-groomed field is a thing of beauty.

Looking out over your own venue likely gives you a similar sense of satisfaction, with freshly maintained grounds and bleachers all ready for the next round of rowdy fans.

But even though they're full on game days, the field and bleachers tend to see little action in between.

Oh, there are the normal practices on the field, perhaps

The National Fire Protection Association has created codes and standards for aluminum bleachers and wooden bleachers

By Gerald Dlubala

Looking out over your stadium, it can be picture perfect as the shiny angles of the aluminum bleachers frame the manicured field.

It's the perfect venue, just the way it was all envisioned.

But are there hidden dangers within your venue?

Those bleachers will be tested in every conceivable way, and because they will be the home for every fan that comes through that turnstile, they need to be safe. They're expected and assumed to be safe whether they're stepped or jumped on, climbed or crawled on, or even just sat on as intended.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) updates their

The new $145 million spring training home of the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals in Palm Beach County Florida. (Photo courtesy of The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches)

Filling bleachers with baseball fans is big business in South Florida and with the addition of a new two-team stadium, just goes to show the economic impact of sports in any community.

Starting in March, spectators will be singing "Take me out to the ballgame" in a brand-new facility in Palm Beach County - The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches - that will be the winter home for the

A family of four cheers on their favorite football team while sitting in aluminum bleacher

College baseball. High school track. Little league. Fall sports. Spectators for all those sports need a place to sit and in the next few months it's going to be a scramble to get those aluminum bleachers up and ready.

Top ten tips to know when ordering aluminum bleachers Order early. Generally, experienced manufacturers know how to keep up with the demand and supply so shipping is not a problem. But things happen. There might a shortage of aluminum planks or other unforeseen circumstances that is out of manufacturers control. Murphy' law. Anticipate delays. Just ask the

Kaohsiumg National Stadium with dragon-shaped desig

By Gerald Dlubala

It's true, we love and are extremely passionate about our sports teams and for many Americans, sitting in stadium bleachers on the weekend is like visiting a vacation resort.

For that reason, the sports industry in America was said to be worth over $60 billion in 2015, and is estimated to top $73 billion by 2019. But the competition isn't always on the field. Sometimes, it IS the field, with the stadiums and venues taking on identities of their own.

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