The real capacity of any venue. In seconds. Before you sign anything. WIFT’s AI-powered capacity engine factors in your stage, screens, audio, and aisles, then shows you the floor plan that proves it.
Hotels make their money on guest rooms, food & beverage minimums, and catering. The meeting space isn’t an end in itself. It’s the vehicle for that revenue, so the incentive is to put the biggest possible number on it. More people in the room means more rooms sold and more food sold.
Your priority is an event that works: seats people are comfortable in, a stage they can see, screens they can read, and room to move. Those two priorities are not the same. It’s not a scandal. It’s an incentive. WIFT is built around the event you actually need, with no other revenue riding on the number.
Published banquet capacity.
12 people per 6-foot round, no AV, wall to wall. Their math checks out.
10 per round, still no AV. 270 seats gone just to be comfortable.
Rear-screen production, room turned for the best fit.
544 fewer people than the chart. That gap changes the rooms you book, the space you use, and your hotel room block.
Classroom or rounds. Theater or crescents. Front screen or rear screen. Choices that seem small change what a room can hold by hundreds of seats, and you can see every one of them before you commit.
Anatole Grand Ballroom, no AV. Comfort alone changes the count.
Anatole Cortez Ballroom. Switching between front and rear screen moves capacity by 80 seats.
Turn production elements on one at a time and watch the seat count drop. Play it now →
Social Tables and Vectorworks are great floor plan tools, and they have their place: after the sourcing decisions are made. WIFT answers the question you need answered before you open them: will this room work, and what will it actually hold?
You don’t need training or a blank canvas. Enter the dimensions, choose the seating style, and click generate. You’re a better planner the second you sign up.
Room dimensions, an attendee count and seating style, or a specific room in a specific venue.
Stage, screens, FOH, camera positions, and aisles are placed for you. No manual setup.
A production-ready capacity and a 2D floor plan you can edit, save, and share as a PDF.
Run every room on your shortlist before you sign. Know what it fits for your production before you call your AV company, before you open Social Tables, and before the deposit goes out.
Already committed to the venue? WIFT still works for you. See exactly which setup fits based on table sizes, seating style, and equipment, then adjust it by hand. Save the floor plan and share it with your team as a PDF.
The next time a venue tells you a number you don’t believe, open WIFT and show them why.
Right now the venue holds all the cards and you negotiate against their number. With WIFT, they negotiate against yours. Get on the call with your CSM or your AV team, share your screen, and show them what actually works.
That’s how you avoid rush fees and change orders from your AV team, and the scramble to find more space after you’ve spent months planning a room.
Regularly $59.99/month. Exclusive to the BoldPush community, limited to the first 200 planners, and available through November 30, 2026.
One capacity myth debunked, one data point, one planner tip. Plus first access to the WIFT Score and venue matching when they launch.
Send us a room you’re considering and our team will run the production-ready number for you. First 50 requests.
A printable capacity checklist, our 15-page hotel contract exclusivity guide, and the annotated Encore IPO prospectus.
We’re giving away 3 for your next site visit. Every BoldPush sign-up is entered. US residents 18+. Official rules.
We’ve been on the other end of the call when the room doesn’t fit. We built WIFT so planners hold the real number first. Questions? Email Kris directly at kris@wift.ai.
“It's very frustrating. You can ask the question multiple times. Press them further. And still once the contract is signed suddenly you get different numbers because they say they interpreted your question differently.”
“Projection tends to be the biggest ‘seat eater’ when building room diagrams, especially when rigging is not an option. I always recommend clients have their technical partner create an initial layout to confirm realistic seating capacities with production elements included.”
“There's a clear distinction between a banquet diagram and a production diagram. Venue event managers aren't the enemy — they're doing their job. But that gap is real, and it falls on the planner to catch it before contract.”
Yes. Apply your code at sign-up and you pay $19.99/month for your first 12 months instead of $59.99. The offer is limited to the first 200 planners who redeem it, and the code must be redeemed by November 30, 2026.
Edit it. Take out seats where the buffets go, remove sections for aisles, or drag anything on the floor plan wherever you want. The capacity updates as you go.
No. WIFT is the one-minute answer you need before you open them: will this room work, and what will it hold? Keep your floor plan tools for the detailed design work that comes after.
Yes. WIFT’s capacity engine lays out the production in your room automatically, and its built-in AI assistant answers questions about your room as you plan.
WIFT doesn’t just hand you a number. It gives you a 2D floor plan that shows exactly where the seats, stage, screens, FOH, and aisles go, so you can check it yourself. Try it on a room you already know.
WIFT works in your phone’s browser today, so you can run a room before you leave the site visit. A native mobile app is coming soon.
Our monthly email for planners: one venue capacity myth debunked, one data point, and one planner tip for the sourcing process. Subscribers also get first access to the WIFT Score and venue matching when they launch. No product pitch, and you can unsubscribe with one click.
Everyone who claims a BoldPush code by November 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time is entered. We’ll select 3 winners on or about December 1, 2026. Open to legal US residents 18 and older; no purchase necessary. See the official rules, including a free way to enter without the form.
$19.99/month for your first year, exclusive to the BoldPush community.
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