I am looking for the best way to set up contiguity on a facility that is using tables. Here is the layout. Assume that the stage is at the top. Part of the facility has 4 8-top tables. So imagine an excel like grid where table one's chairs are set as the first row being A1 and A2, second row being B1 and B2 final remaing chairs being at C1,2 and D1,2 for a total of 8 chairs. Ideally, I would like if some one purchases 2 chairs that they sit across from each other such as A1 and A2 or C1 and C2. What is tripping me up is if somebody gets a single seat such as A1. My concern would be the if a couple was to purchase after the single, they would end up in being in A2,A3. They should end up in A3,A4. Keep in mind that if sombody gets 4 seats that they end up in to rows next to each other such as A1,A2,B1,B2. This is all done by best seat and not allowed to leave single seats. Is what I want to do even possible?
Thanks,
Marty
HI Marty:Your plan made sense generally, but I tripped over the logic when you pointed out that there was no way to leave a single. There is a possibility of having four rows and 'snaking' the contiguity through the rows. This way you could sell singles, as log as there was more than one seat left. We did this in our boxes and it enabled us to sell pairs in rows that were three seats wide, with seats 3 & 4 behind one another, but the contiguity allowing the sale. I began an new contiguity row in the back row of each box, as those seats are elevated, and don't quite 'feel' adjacent to the seats in front of them.
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Kindly,
Mark SackettBox Office Manager / TreasurerSan Francisco Opera