Company

Our story.

Ovation Seats was formed with a clear purpose: to bring a better approach to spectator seating.

We saw an opportunity to combine proven seating design with the service, flexibility and attention to detail that today's venues demand.

Foundation Chair seating in an indoor arena

But a seat is more than a place to sit.

That vision became Ovation Seats — a company focused exclusively on creating seating environments built around the people who experience them.

At the heart of Ovation is the Foundation Chair, a seating platform designed to deliver comfort, durability and timeless design across venues of every scale.

It's where fans celebrate, students graduate, audiences applaud, and communities come together.

That's why we make seats for more than venues. We make them for the moments that happen there.

Ovation Seats — Made for the moment

Foundation Chair seating following the curve of a performance venue

What we believe

Four things every
installation has to do.

Community

Gathering places first

Schools are gathering places before they are buildings. The seating carries every kind of event they host, not only the ones with a scoreboard.

Performance

Thirty-year thinking

Engineered for durability, safety and long-term use, and supported through the annual inspection ICC 300 requires of the venue owner.

Value

Every project dollar

Efficient designs that maximise value without sacrificing quality — and an honest answer when the scope and the budget do not yet agree.

Future

Today and tomorrow

Modern seating designed for today's facilities and tomorrow's fans, including the accessibility requirements that come with them.

Global pedigree. Local commitment.

The domestic footprint is new.
The chair is not.

The Foundation Chair has been installed at full venue scale across outdoor stadiums, open-air performance venues, indoor arenas, national training facilities and university stadiums — from a 275-seat high school stand to a 29,912-seat sports center.

That record is the evidence behind the product. What is new is the commitment behind it in North America, run out of Louisville.

See the record