[SML] Designated aisle seats

[Richard Niederberg]

What I have done in designing Theaters is to place the FOH sound position
where they should be and designate wheelchair positions closest to the
aisles in the same double-wide rows. The authorities with their ADA
codebooks haven’t stopped me, with the trade offs that I have made.

/s/ Richard
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On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM Bill Conner via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I believe its been 5% of aisle seats for quite a while, which doesnt make
> a Lot of sense because off they difference in counts of aisle seats between
> radial aisles versus side aisle only.
>
> Thanks for reply.
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 4:52 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> I haven't watched the interactions with great detail, but ours do get
>> used by folks transferring from a wheelchair or wheely seat-walker....
>> We only have a few with the flip-up arms. Don't know what the code may
>> have been in 2005 when they were installed, but there are certainly
>> fewer of those than of the dispersed removable seating.
>>
>>  - Jon
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM Bill Conner via Stagecraft
>> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Was in a committee meeting for accessibility standards and the subject
>> of designated aisle seats came up, the seats with flip up (or swinging or
>> removable in a few cases) arm rests on the aisle.  In particular who are
>> they for?  People using wheelchairs who want to transfer to a theatre seat
>> or people with some disability that makes getting going into a row
>> difficult or not possible, whether that's using a walker or simply a knee
>> that won't bend? I do know house managers rely on them for people who don't
>> fit in a regular seat.  Just curious of experiences and observations of
>> others.
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