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What canopies and shelters suit hospitality, leisure and sports venues?

The right structure depends on the venue and on who it needs to protect. This table summarises the main options.

Venue Typical canopy or shelter
Hotels, restaurants and bars Entrance canopies that welcome guests, outdoor dining and social canopies, and smoking shelters
Sports clubs, stadiums and pitches Spectator shelters, football dugouts and customised pitch-side stands
Golf clubs and driving ranges Driving range shelters
Leisure centres and fitness areas Covers for multi-use games areas and outfoor fitness equipment, and cycle shelters
Theme parks and leisure estates Tensile fabric canopies, shade sails and polycarbonate shelters for rest, shade and rain cover
Heritage and period settings Timber canopies, pergolas, victorian-style canopies
Sites with several buildings Covered walkways linking existing buildings and facilities

 

How do canopies help hospitality venues?

If hospitality is the business of making people feel welcome, the entrance is where it starts. A canopy gives shelter from the weather, draws people in and marks the beginning of their connection with the brand.

  • More usable space: a permanent canopy turns a terrace, garden or courtyard into space that can be used in poor weather, helping venues keep seats available and capacity up through the year.
  • Welcoming entrances: an entrance canopy creates a focal point and guides guests to the main door, for example at a hotel.
  • Outdoor dining and social areas: covered seating areas let customers enjoy the outdoors while protected from the weather.
  • Staff welfare areas: sheltered spaces for breaks, and designated smoking shelters.
  • Longer stays at events: at sporting events, a shelter supports hospitality by giving visitors the option of staying, and spending, for longer.

For commercial sites with a similar brief, see our commercial canopies.

What shelters are available for sports clubs and spectators?

Sports canopies and shelters create covered areas for any outdoor sports space. Broxap's range includes football dugouts, driving range shelters and spectator shelters, available freestanding or wall-mounted and custom designed to suit any application.

Spectator shelters

Covered seating so supporters can watch from the side-lines all season long.

Pitch-side stands

Customised stands for VIPs, team members or elite sports professionals.

Driving range shelters

A cost-effective way to improve facilities for players of all levels.

Multi-use games areas and outdoor fitness

Covers that keep activity areas usable in all weather.

Which canopies suit theme parks and leisure sites?

Tensile fabric canopies and polycarbonate shelters give visitors somewhere to rest, shelter from the rain or enjoy the shade. They are especially useful at large theme parks and leisure estates, where they can also double up as informal performance spaces. Canopies can cover a play area for all ages, create a designated outdoor area for dining, socialising or smoking, or form a covered link between existing buildings and facilities.

How do you specify a hospitality, leisure or sports canopy?

Specifying a canopy comes down to four choices, which you can filter on in the product range above:

  • Structure: freestanding or wall-mounted.
  • Style: duo-pitch, cantilever and curved roof designs, among others.
  • Material: steel, timber, polycarbonate, glass or tensile fabric, with steel cladding where required.
  • Fixing: base plated or root fixed, depending on the ground conditions and structure.

Broxap canopies use a modular construction that allows a simple fitment process, with optional extras such as lighting and CCTV to tailor the space to your requirements. They are available in a range of colours and are made to suit heavy use and harsh weather. BIM objects are available for selected products to support specifiers.

Can canopies be custom or made to match a venue?

Yes. Whether the site is a heritage location, a family-friendly attraction or a new restaurant, Broxap can design and build a canopy to match the style of the surroundings and create the right atmosphere. Our complete design and build service runs from initial ideas through to installation, and our canopies are manufactured in Staffordshire. Because Broxap also makes street furniture, your canopies and furniture can come from one supplier.

What our customers say

"Installation was carried out efficiently and to programme"

"Broxap were recently contracted to supply and install two cycle shelters for Bracknell Forest Council at the town’s Sports & Leisure Centre. The site survey and design drawings were prepared promptly and accurately and the installation was carried out efficiently and to programme. The operatives were polite and helpful and left the site in a good clean condition."

Ken Wherrell - Bracknell Forest Council