At the end of September, Domain Zangersheide in Lanaken is traditionally the centre of the showjumping world. The international show jumping sport gathers there for the World Championship Jumping for young horses, the Belgian Championship Jumping for seniors, a competition for breeding stallions and an auction of foals and horses of the highest quality.
For the fifth edition in a row, Veldeman provided all temporary accommodation for this prestigious jumping event.
The entrance square was equipped with terrace floors and several pagoda tents for the food and drink stands for the general public. A 15m by 75m aluminium hall, fitted with a combination of pyramid roofs and transparent roof tarpaulins, served as a gallery for exhibitors. The super-high Phoenix arch hall of 20m by 50m was used for the central high-end bar, a real eye-catcher on the visitors’ plaza, with cassette floors all around for the open terrace. A 10m by 60m stage tent was partly used for riders/amazons and partly furnished as a jury tower. Veldeman also provided a ‘foal tent’ for the young horses to be auctioned. Various alu halls were also erected for stallholders, as a kitchen tent, crew tent and restaurant for the grooms.
The VIP tent, 20m wide and no less than 105m long, was equipped with 4 floor levels to give the VIPs an optimal view of the arena. Unique to this edition were the folding curtains that were developed specifically at the customer’s request to make it easier to open the side walls, which used to be pushed aside. Thanks to a pull-up system, this not only resulted in huge time savings (from several hours to a few minutes) but also improved visibility because they were neatly concealed in the tent structure. Also new were the sliding windows built in to allow VIPs to enjoy show cooking with an ofyr.
Veldeman also installed floor levels in the existing auction hall so the VIPs enjoyed optimum visibility of the horses for the auction.
In this beautiful overall project, Veldeman also provided the decoration of our marquee structures through upholstery, carpet tiles and roller carpet. The total of tents for this jumping event, some 10,000 m² in total, was impressive to say the least!
Production, rental and sales of tents and temporary structures – Veldeman
