Tent Sizing Guide

There’s a very general rule for estimating seating for a party tent. Event planners and party planners have used this basic rule of thumb for decades, and it will work for you as well in most cases: simply multiply the estimated number of guests for the event by ten, and that tells you how many square feet of tent space you’ll need.

That rule of ten square feet per person allows you to roughly estimate comfortable seating for event guests, assuming each is sitting in a chair at a table. So if you had 180 guests, you’d want to use a 30 x 60 tent. That would make for 1800 square feet (30*60), which is generally ideal for about 180 guests