Political Event Set Up

Bleacher Rentals | Democratic party | Hampton | Hillary Clinton | Illinois | Political Event Set Up | Recent events

Political event setup for Hillary Clinton at Illiniwek Campground in Hampton, IL
ByAaron 09/04/201612/23/2023

Political events tend to always be a last-minute setup. This one located in Hampton, IL (a little over an hour’s drive from Big Ten Rentals in Iowa City) was no exception. We were given just a little over 24 hours’ notice and delivered our 30′ x 10-row towable bleachers plus hundreds of “bike rack” barricades for crowd…

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Barricade or Fence | Bernie Sanders | Bleacher Rentals | Democratic party | Lincoln | Nebraska | Pipe and Drape | Political Event Set Up

Last minute political event setup in Lincoln Nebraska
ByAaron 03/03/201612/23/2023

We know what you are thinking… “But wait, Big Ten Rentals is located in Iowa City, Iowa, not Lincoln, Nebraska, which is about 300+ miles West! It takes a special rental company to deliver multiple bleachers, bike barricades, and black retractable stanchions for crowd control and pipe and drape for the backdrop. We were able to mobilize, deliver…

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Bernie Sanders | Democratic party | Event Space Rental | Event Structures | Iowa | Iowa City | Political Event Set Up | Recent events

Increased event hall capacity by adding double glass door fire exits
ByAaron 01/31/201607/07/2025

What do you do when there are not enough emergency exits/fire exits for a large rally? Add more! Big Ten Rentals supplied two sets of double glass doors to increase the capacity of the U of I Field House by 500 people. Usually these doors are offered as an option on our clearspan tents. We had…

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Bernie Sanders | Democratic party | Iowa | Iowa Caucus | Iowa City | Political Event Set Up | Recent events | University of Iowa

Iowa Political Rally setup with bleachers for the Iowa caucus
ByAaron 01/30/201601/12/2024

Pictures of our 7-row x 32′ long granite bleacher system that seats 168 people with no aisle were great for this political rally in Iowa City. It was set up on a stage to elevate it so the people could see better. Granite bleacher with a packed crowd of people:

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Des Moines | Iowa | Iowa Caucus | Political Event Set Up | President Donald Trump | Recent events | Republican party | Stage

Stage setup for Fox News GOP debate at Iowa Events Center Des Moines, IA
ByAaron 01/21/201607/07/2025

Big Ten Rentals was contacted by our client to set up 160 piece stage with stairs for the last GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses. We set up this stage starting at 6 pm Friday night (changed from its original midnight schedule) and got it ready for this event located at the Iowa Events Center in…

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Bleacher Rentals | Dubuque | Iowa | Pipe and Drape | Political Event Set Up | President Donald Trump | Recent events | Republican party | Stage

Event set-up for presidential campaigning in Iowa
ByAaron 08/25/201507/07/2025

Most political events are usually rush jobs with little lead time, due to security reasons and planning factors. This presidential campaigning event for Donald Trump was no different. We received the call to set up several 5-row bleachers and multiple-sized “pipe and drape” at about noon and had the event set up by late in the…

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Des Moines | Event Structures | Heating | HVAC | Iowa | Political Event Set Up | Recent events | Republican party | Tents

2015 Iowa Ag Summit set-up by Big Ten Rentals
ByAaron 03/05/201507/27/2023

We have designed and put up a portable banquet hall/event structure for the 2015 Iowa Ag Summit being held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Elwell Family Food Center in Des Moines, Iowa. We set up our 18m x 50m Losberger-made clearspan event structure with side walls and double glass doors. Plus our 30′ x 30′ (9m x 9m) Losberger clearspan tent with…

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Bleacher Rentals | Democratic party | Des Moines | Iowa | Political Event Set Up | President Bill Clinton | Recent events | Stage

Political rally setup featuring President Bill Clinton & James Taylor in Des Moines, Iowa
ByAaron 11/01/201407/26/2023

Busy weekend for Big Ten Rentals. We’ve set-up three different political rallies for this weekend (plus one on Monday). Locations included Des Moines at the Brenton Skating Plaza (seen below), Waterloo (see pictures) and Moline (see pictures). The Des Moines, Iowa event is shown below. We set up a second political event in Des Moines on November 3rd…

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Barricade or Fence | Democratic party | Drive-Thru Tent | First Lady Michelle Obama | Iowa | Iowa City | Pipe and Drape | Political Event Set Up | Recent events | Stanchions | Tents | University of Iowa

First Lady Michelle Obama at a political event.
ByAaron 10/21/201407/17/2025

We were called to set up a specialty designed motorcade tent. We started construction of it early morning October 21st 2014. This event was held at the University of Iowa’s campus in Iowa City. It had someone quite important to the nation attending, the First Lady, Michelle Obama. Barricade & Pipe and Drape set-up: Set-up of fully…

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Air Conditioning | Ames | Chairs | Event Space Rental | Event Structures | HVAC | Iowa | Iowa Straw Pole | Michele Bachmann | Political Event Set Up | Republican party | Tables | Tents

2011 Iowa Straw Pole: Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann
ByAaron 08/02/201112/23/2023

August 2, 2011, GOP presidential candidate Minnesota U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s tent for the Iowa Straw Pole. Photo credits: Jessica Miller This air-conditioned 10,000 square-foot clearspan tent was constructed on the grounds of Iowa State University near the Hilton Coliseum by Big Ten Rentals.

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Political Event Set Up

Political event setup for Hillary Clinton at Illiniwek Campground in Hampton, IL

Last minute political event setup in Lincoln Nebraska

Increased event hall capacity by adding double glass door fire exits

Iowa Political Rally setup with bleachers for the Iowa caucus

Stage setup for Fox News GOP debate at Iowa Events Center Des Moines, IA

Event set-up for presidential campaigning in Iowa

2015 Iowa Ag Summit set-up by Big Ten Rentals

Political rally setup featuring President Bill Clinton & James Taylor in Des Moines, Iowa

First Lady Michelle Obama at a political event.

2011 Iowa Straw Pole: Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann

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