| I've worked with restoration of several theater houses and I've learned that each seat within any given row can have subtle width differences. The variance can be 1, 2, or 3 inches per seat in a given row. This is how the aisles line up so nicely. An architect with the seating company will receive blueprints of the theater and indicated on the drawings will be where the aisles will fall. On paper the seating company will go in and draw row by row and determine just how many seats per row and what width size each seat should be so that they line up at the aisle nice and evenly. This is also done in order to carefully stagger seats going back. The seating company usually has the width of the seat discreetly marked on the bottom of each seat, usually indicated by an "A", "B", or "C". When the seating rep finishes their paperwork the result would be indication that, for example, row A needs 9 "A" seats, 3 "B" seats, and 2 "C" seats. The next row might be 7 "A" seats, 4 "B" seats, and 3 "C" seats. It is barely visible to the eye but if you were to go to an empty row and move from seat to seat to seat you will quickly notice the width differences. |
