Unlike a traditional pole marquee tent which consists of a roof canopy supported by tall centre poles and tensioned using side lines secured by stakes driven into the ground and smaller side poles – a stretch tent is a ‘freeform®’ fabric structure erected under tension. The tent itself is a single square or rectangular piece of specialised stretch fabric. The fabric is rigged by pushing poles of various heights into the fabric under tension. The poles are then pegged into place. When the poles are removed, the specialised fabric automatically recovers its original shape. Effectively, this means that a single tent can be rigged in a variety of configurations, depending on the event requirement or venue. This makes the stretch concept the most versatile event tent option ever!
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