Data from Performing Arts Centres in North America indicate that they are only utilised at 34% of their potential annual capacity, averaging 2.4 shows per week, a figure that is reportedly even lower for Convention centres.
The limitation of most of these facilities is that they are designed for a single type of event with fixed seating for the audience, well suited for conferences or shows, but not for other types of additional events.
In contrast, Kotobuki Seating España offers mobile seating solutions that will allow modular and flexible facilities to suit a wider variety of event programming.
Not so long ago, the complexity of the reconfiguration process (time and labour required to move large banks of seats), combined with storage requirements, prevented most venues from being designed to accommodate multiple types of events.
In the last twenty years, strong Kotobuki Seating Group technological advances have enabled several solutions to be improved, with minimal drawbacks and greater adaptability to facilities of all types and sizes: theatres, concert halls, festival halls, community centres, banquet halls, central office buildings, casino performance halls, educational facilities, convention centres, arenas, parliamentary buildings....
A truly flexible room can easily be converted, for example, from a multi-level seating configuration for a morning business presentation to a flat-floor space for a midday conference lunch, and then to a traditional audience chamber for an evening public performance.
Investing in flexible spaces may increase the initial budget of a venue, but has proven to be strategic over its lifetime, as it is not feasible, let alone sustainable, to build and maintain several single-use venues, each optimised both in terms of size and specific needs for different types of events and audiences.
Furthermore, compared to fixed capacity venues, flexible venues can easily triple the number of offerings per year by remaining full and active throughout the week at different times. The proceeds from these additional events and their corresponding food and beverage revenues have greatly assisted the venues in their efforts to achieve greater financial sustainability.
Apart from the positive economic impact, Kotobuki Seating España offers opportunities for buildings to become more sustainable by saving resources and improving current financial performance, while supporting the mission of a venue as a corporate or community-serving asset.