A longer white gabled party tent, five arched window panels running down the closed wall and the near side rolled back to show the frame inside

Party Tents

16x32 ft Party Tent Rentals

A run rather than a square — long enough to put service down one side and seating down the other without either getting in the way.

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Specifications

The shape is the reason this size exists.

Sixteen by thirty-two is not a rounder number than the squares either side of it — it is a different job. A company picnic or a market row wants a corridor: food along one flank, tables along the other, people moving down the middle. Put the same 512 square feet into a square and the queue for the buffet ends up cutting through the seating.

Footprint16 × 32 ft — 512 sq ft
Standing capacityPlan on 75 to 85 — an estimate, not a charted figure
Seated, banquet tablesAbout 40 to 48
Top fabric180 g PE, waterproof, UV50+
Walls and door130 g PE, removable, with clear PVC windows
EntranceRoll-up door on dual zippers
FrameSteel, bolted together on site
PerimeterTie-down straps all the way round
AnchoringStakes on grass; we bring ballast for asphalt and concrete

Shaped for these

Six layouts that want a corridor.

  • Company picnics

    Grill and serving tables down one side, benches down the other, a walkway between. Everyone eats under cover without the food and the seating fighting for the same floor.

  • Market rows

    Several traders in one structure, each with their own frontage onto the central aisle. One tent to permit and one to strike instead of six.

  • Buffet plus seating

    The pairing this footprint is shaped for. Roughly 40 to 48 at banquet tables with the service line still inside the tent.

  • Registration into a holding area

    Check in at one end, wait at the other, one direction of travel. A long run does queue management by geometry.

  • Trade and vendor showcases

    Stands facing each other down a corridor, which is how a visitor expects to walk a show floor. Both walls carry windows, so the aisle stays light with the tent shut.

  • Outdoor staff catering

    Feeding a crew in shifts on a build site. Long, covered, quick to clear between sittings.

If the shape is wrong

A square four hundred feet is the other way to do this.

Thirty-two feet of covered length is what this size is for. If what you are laying out is a block with circulation on all four sides rather than a corridor, the 20 × 20 is the cleaner footprint for it: 400 sq ft against 512, about 40 at banquet tables against 40 to 48 here, plus a rounds count the manufacturer actually charts.

See the 20x20 ft party tent
A white gabled party tent with one long side open, three arched clear-PVC window panels set into the wall behind it and a pitched roof over the whole span

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