Event Stage Rental: Concert, Mobile, and Outdoor Stages

Stage Rental
Built to the Show

Stage rental from PM1 is the stage, the drawing, the crew, and the engineering, delivered as one service. Concert stages, mobile stages, risers, and runways, designed to your show and your site, then built and struck by PM1 crew. Detroit, DC, Orlando, and worldwide when called.

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Overhead view of a PM1 stage rental build for Riot Games LCS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit
The Build

What Stage Rental From PM1 Includes

Every PM1 stage rental includes the drawing, the delivery, the build, and the strike. The stage shows up designed to the sightlines, the camera plot, and the ground it stands on, not to whatever was on the truck.

  • A scaled CAD layout of the stage, steps, ramps, and camera positions, approved before anything ships.
  • StageRight decking from standard 4' x 8' platforms through curves, wedges, and custom shapes, or a mobile stage when the show needs a roof.
  • ADA access designed in from the first layout: a ramp or a lift, sized to the stage height and the site, with handrails and a clear route to the stage.
  • PM1 crew delivers, builds, and strikes it, with engineering stamped by licensed engineers where the job requires.
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PM1 outdoor stage with a broadcast camera position beside it at sunset
More Than a Platform

One Crew for the Stage and Everything Around It

The stage is rarely the only thing on the truck. PM1 draws the press risers, audience seating, barricade, and ground cover on the same layout, and can run the audio, lighting, and video on top of it. One layout. One load-in. One crew.

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Configurations

Stage Rental Options

PM1 builds eight kinds of event stages. Each one is sized and configured to the show, the venue, and the shot, not pulled from a catalog.

Concert Stages

Deck stages and mobile stages sized to the backline, the talent, and the crowd. Thrusts, wings, loading docks, and the FOH position drawn with the stage.

Mobile Stages

Stageline mobile stages from the SL75 to the SAM750, with a roof, wings, and a rigging plot, plus Apex mobile stages in select markets. Deployed from Detroit and Orlando as part of full production.

Portable Stages

Deck stages from standard 4' x 8' StageRight decks, any size in four-foot steps, indoors or out, with stairs, rails, and skirting.

Outdoor Stages

Stages on grass, sand, asphalt, or a grade, leveled to the ground under them, with a roof sized to the rig and the wind and modular ground cover where the site needs it.

Round and Custom Stages

Round stages, curves, wedges, and custom shapes for theater in the round, product reveals, and award shows.

Runways and Catwalks

Fashion runways indoors, outdoors, on uneven terrain, or over a pool, lit and wrapped to the show.

Automobile Stages

Reveal and display stages built to carry the vehicle, with ramps for drive-on access. Drawn to the car's weight and wheelbase, not guessed.

Risers and Platforms

Rolling drum risers in 8' x 8' and 8' x 12', choir and DJ risers, press risers, and tiered audience risers that raise the room when the back rows sit too far from the stage.

On the Job

Stages PM1 Has Built

Every photo here is a PM1 stage, from arena floors and ballrooms to the National Mall. No stock photos.

Unite for Veterans stage and tents built by PM1 in front of the U.S. Capitol
Round PM1 concert stage with a black truss roof and lighting rig outdoors among palm trees
PM1 stage carrying a large LED screen on a stadium field
Outdoor PM1 stage with a full American flag backdrop at dusk
Outdoor PM1 stage lit pink and purple with scaffold towers and a canopy
Vocalists with a horn and string section performing on a PM1 stage
Unite for Veterans stage and tents built by PM1 in front of the U.S. Capitol
Round PM1 concert stage with a black truss roof and lighting rig outdoors among palm trees
PM1 stage carrying a large LED screen on a stadium field
Outdoor PM1 stage with a full American flag backdrop at dusk
Outdoor PM1 stage lit pink and purple with scaffold towers and a canopy
Vocalists with a horn and string section performing on a PM1 stage
Unite for Veterans stage and tents built by PM1 in front of the U.S. Capitol
Round PM1 concert stage with a black truss roof and lighting rig outdoors among palm trees
PM1 stage carrying a large LED screen on a stadium field
Outdoor PM1 stage with a full American flag backdrop at dusk
Outdoor PM1 stage lit pink and purple with scaffold towers and a canopy
Vocalists with a horn and string section performing on a PM1 stage
PM1 hexagonal stage platform for the LCS Summer Finals at Little Caesars Arena
PM1 ballroom stage for the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum under purple and blue light
22-foot circular PM1 stage lit in a ballroom set for theater seating
Indoor PM1 stage with a curved runway, side screens, and blue light
White custom tiered stage platforms built by PM1
Race car displayed on a custom PM1 riser in front of an LED screen
PM1 hexagonal stage platform for the LCS Summer Finals at Little Caesars Arena
PM1 ballroom stage for the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum under purple and blue light
22-foot circular PM1 stage lit in a ballroom set for theater seating
Indoor PM1 stage with a curved runway, side screens, and blue light
White custom tiered stage platforms built by PM1
Race car displayed on a custom PM1 riser in front of an LED screen
PM1 hexagonal stage platform for the LCS Summer Finals at Little Caesars Arena
PM1 ballroom stage for the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum under purple and blue light
22-foot circular PM1 stage lit in a ballroom set for theater seating
Indoor PM1 stage with a curved runway, side screens, and blue light
White custom tiered stage platforms built by PM1
Race car displayed on a custom PM1 riser in front of an LED screen
The PM1 Way™

From Site Walk to Load-Out

Every PM1 job runs the same five steps. One crew carries it from the first site walk to load-out.

Specs

Stage Decks and Heights

Standard decks drawn to the show, the site, and the camera plot.

PM1 stage deck system
SpecValue
Deck systemStageRight AF aluminum-frame decks
Deck sizes4' x 8', 4' x 6', 4' x 4', 3' x 8', 2' x 8', plus curves and wedges
Round stage22.5' round stage on StageRight decks, or two half-round stages
SurfacesGray carpet, custom carpet cut to deck size, black textured fiberglass, plywood that takes scenic screws, aluminum
Heights4" (deck only) to 13' on stocked understructure; entertainment scaffold above 13' to any safe height
Edges and access42" guardrails in 2', 4', and 8' sections, chair rail, stairs and handrails, skirting; ADA ramps or lifts as an option
Load125 psf (4,000 lb per 4' x 8' deck), StageRight's standard rated capacity. Options above the standard rating on request.
Typical buildUnder 1 day (average)

Mobile Stages

Mobile Stages With Roof and Rigging

Stageline mobile stages nationwide, and Apex mobile stages in certain markets, selected to the crowd, the site, and the wind.

Mobile stage models PM1 deploys, by deck size and rigging capacity
ModelStage deckRigging capacitySetup and placement
Stageline SL7520' x 16'4,250 lbUnder 1 day
Stageline SL10024' x 20', expands to 40' x 32'11,400 lbUnder 1 day
Stageline SL26032' x 24'18,500 lbUnder 1 day
Stageline SL32040' x 40'26,000 lbUnder 1 day
Stageline SAM45044' x 38' (76' wide with covered wings)66,000 lb1+ day
Stageline SAM57550' x 38', up to 90' x 56' with wings and backstage94,000 lb1+ day
Stageline SAM75070' x 56'152,000 lb1+ day
Apex 2420 (select markets)24' x 20'8,000 lbUnder 1 day
Apex 2424 (select markets)24' x 24'8,000 lbUnder 1 day
Apex 3224 (select markets)32' x 24'8,000 lbUnder 1 day
Apex 4240 (select markets)42' x 38'58,700 lbUnder 1 day

Setup and placement only. Full installs with side wings, covers, rear and side scrims, banner kits, and additional decking and access take longer.

Questions

Stage Rental FAQs

Stage rental at PM1 covers the design, delivery, build, and strike of the stage, priced by the build. These are the questions planners ask before they book.

Get the guide

Why We Don't Have a Rental Catalog

Why We Don't Have a Rental Catalog, a PM1 field guide

Two bids for the same stage. One is cheaper. This short field guide covers what the catalog price leaves out, and the questions to ask before you sign.

  • Ten-minute read
  • Written for the person responsible for the build
  • Free PDF by email

Call It In

Tell Us What You're Building

PM1 outdoor stage with a red roof and side speakers on a plaza behind a stone fountain

A site address, the scope of what you'd like PM1 to deliver, and a rough count of attendees are enough to start a drawing and an estimate.

  • Concerts and Festivals
  • Corporate and Ballroom
  • Sports and Broadcast
  • Or Something Else

Start the Build

Stage builds start at a $10K minimum investment.

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