CASINO SEATING
Casino seating
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asinos worldwide have fallen in love with Gary Platt Manufacturing’s new and patented Tesla chair model. And with just one
look, it’s easy to see why. Tesla is the latest creation from Gary Platt’s team of renowned artisans, who design, create, and build each chair by hand. That dedication to the craft of chair design has produced groundbreaking and legendary chairs.
Gary Platt Manufacturing has been in the casino seating business since 1996. At its inception, the founders of the company had over 40 years of experience in the casino seating industry in a related company prior to establishing Gary Platt Manufacturing. The company was relocated from Southern California to Reno, Nevada in 1999. Gary Platt produces seating exclusively for casinos including slots, table games, poker, bar-top, sportsbook, and bingo. The company was founded on the concept that a high quality, comfortable chair would increase player’s “time on device” and as a result, casino revenues. By specialising in casino seating Gary Platt has become the recognised leader
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Gary Platt’s Tesla
Casino International looks at some of the industry’s premier seating suppliers worldwide
Tesla’s unique wing-style back
gently hugs players, surrounding them in the unsurpassed comfort that distinguishes Gary Platt chairs from any other. Parallel lines of stitching on the back accent the wing-back design, and the stitching pattern is mirrored on the seat, for an exceptional look.
The seat is filled with Gary Platt’s
proprietary foam for a sit like no other. Gary Platt’s famous attention to ergonomic detail includes a rounded
About Gary Platt Manufacturing
in performance seating by casino customers and casino management. Gary Platt supplies IGT, Bally, Aristocrat, WMS, Multimedia, Aruze and Konami with seating for all of their participation games. Gary Platt chairs are in virtually every casino in the US. In addition, Gary Platt has supplied casino seating directly to casinos worldwide. In 2000 Gary Platt engineered a chair for San Diego’s Barona Casino that introduced state-of-the-art ergonomics to the casino industry. That design became the basis for the X-Tended Play series of seating and shifted the focus of the casino seating industry towards ergonomics. The X2 Series takes the original design to The Next Generation of
Unsurpassed Comfort. Gary Platt’s proprietary foam sets it
apart from any other chair in the industry. The foam is injection moulded with built-in contours including lumbar support to fit the human form with ease. The seat has a waterfall front edge to relieve stress on the player’s legs. The wood is also fully contoured to fit the foam ensuring that neither will break down over time. Gary Platt chair frames incorporate glides that make the chair easy to move making them more user-friendly. All of the frames are built with fully welded construction and are designed to stand up to the heavy demands of 24/7 casino use.
seat front to reduce leg strain and increase comfort even further. The Tesla model has an abundance
of customisable features, including base, legs, finishing, upholstery, and a fully customisable back. Gary Platt’s design teams work
closely with each casino and their design team to create a customized look that perfectly reflects the unique brand of each individual casino. For example, for SAHARA’s poker room in Las Vegas, Gary Platt’s design challenge was to blend the Vegas of the past reflected in the SAHARA brand with the modern comfort and style of Gary Platt’s chairs. The story was similar for San
Manuel Casino in California, where
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