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I found a real fancy white event tent in the wild! I was recently doing a walk through at Strathmore Mansion, and I stumbled upon the skeleton of a big tent. It was in the process of being taken down. I couldn’t help but snap a few pics to better show you the nuts and bolts of all this tent mumbo jumbo I’ve been spewing at you! This tent was done by the wonderful Sugarplum Tent Company. If I had to hazard a guess, I would say it was 140 feet by 50 feet, a white-topped Navitrac frame tent. So a max capacity of 700, but if this was for a gala, there would have been a dance floor and bars, so let’s say it was a party for 400-500 people. I wonder what restrooms they used.
By the time I got there, the side walls were down, but the doors were still up. It was so big, I had to take two photos to capture it.
To the right of the guest entrance to the tent:
To the left:
A close-up look at the Navitrac frame:
Real Tent Accessories
A leveled floor with about a 4.5 foot grade:
A close up look at how the guylines are staked into the ground. If your wedding guests are going to be walking near these at your backyard wedding, these are a trip hazard. I recommend using lighting or decor by the stakes to help guests avoid them.
The tent floor was big enough so that the AC units were outside of the tent. This saves precious space inside the tent for guests. It also helps keep the noise of the AC units from annoying the guests.
The leveled floor here might not have been fully wrapped as the guests would not have seen this side of the tent.
A sneak peek at what leveled flooring looks like underneath the skirting:
Real Tent Entrances
I would guess that this was the main entrance to the tent, and they added a slight ramp to accommodate the grade in the ground:
The main entrance was not wheelchair accessible, so this side ramp and door was used:
Kind of fun to look at tents from this perspective. I hope you enjoyed all my awesome iPhone 5 photos.
Check out my foundational home wedding blog posts about: backyard wedding tents, wedding tent flooring, professional lighting for your backyard wedding, restrooms for your backyard wedding, utilities for your backyard wedding, and making a smart transportation plan for your backyard wedding.
