Dividers, Barriers & Crowd Control

Shaping how guests move

Every event has places guests should go and places they should not. A clear entrance, an orderly line, a protected stage and a private VIP area all depend on how you divide the space. This collection gives you tools for each, from velvet rope at a red carpet to steel barriers at a street festival.

Lines, entrances and VIP areas

Rope and stanchions come in chrome with black rope or gold with red rope. They frame an arrival, hold the line at a VIP lounge and guide guests in from the door. Retractable stanchions are slimmer and quieter: a line pulls between black posts to shape queues, guard back-of-house doors or keep guests clear of a pool edge. Pair either with a carpet runner for a press line.

Perimeters and public events

Crowd control barriers range from galvanized bike-rack style to solid black stage barricades, for concerts and large activations. Fencing links into continuous mesh runs on weighted feet to mark perimeters and close off service areas outdoors.

Dividers that decorate

Hedge walls and flower walls split a room and give guests a photo spot at the same time. Use them to screen a coat check, frame a step-and-repeat area or close off a lounge for a private group.

Planning crowd flow

• Walk the route a guest takes from the street to the bar, and mark where lines will form.
• Leave room at the entrance for guests to gather before they reach a line.
• Keep fire exits and walkways clear. Ask your venue for its egress plan before you place barriers.
• Match the tone to the event. Use velvet rope for a gala, steel barriers for a public activation.
• Use walls to hide catering, storage and AV areas instead of leaving them open.

See how we set up corporate events and galas, and browse our event backdrop walls.

Where we set up crowd control

In New York City, crowd control is about arrivals: red-carpet entrances at Manhattan hotels and lofts, lines outside brand pop-ups and barricades for street and plaza events across the five boroughs. On Long Island, we rope off VIP lounges at Nassau and Suffolk catering halls, fence backyard tents and pool areas, and build hedge walls for country club receptions, all within reach of our Farmingdale showroom. We also bring stanchions and barriers to the Hamptons, Westchester and the Hudson Valley, Northern and Central New Jersey and Fairfield County, Connecticut. We deliver, set each run to your plan and take it down afterward.