Tenure 18 ft (216") Racetrack Conference Table with Panel Base, 54 Inches Deep, Seats 16-18

It seats 16 with a chair on each rounded end and 30 inches of width per seat along the sides, the seats nearest the ends sitting on the curve, or up to 18 squeezed to 24 inches. At 54 inches deep along its straight sides, the top leaves room for a laptop in front of every seat.

Leave 48 inches from the table edge to every wall so chairs pull out and people can walk behind seated guests: about 26 by 12 1/2 feet for this table. If nobody needs to pass behind a seated person, 36 inches from the table edge works, about 24 by 10 1/2 feet.

Yes. Each of the three wire troughs between the base panels has 12 by 5 and 3/4 inches of clear space inside, room for a power strip and its brick, and the swing door on each base panel lets you reach the plugs.

Yes. Pick one to three power grommets on this page and choose whether they run across or along the table. They are cut into the top before it ships, placed clear of the base panels. Power is picked with the order because it is built into the top, not added to a finished table.

A table whose top runs straight along both long sides and ends in a half-round at each end, like a running track. On this table each end is a half circle 54 inches across, the full width of the top, so the chairs at the head and foot sit on the curves and the top has no sharp corners. A rectangle with rounded corners keeps its flat ends and rounds only the corners, to a 4-inch radius. A boat-shaped top curves along its long sides instead, widest at the middle and narrower at both ends. Because the long sides of a racetrack are straight, it does not make it easier to see down the table; what the rounded ends give a long table is a softer look.

Sections over 96 inches cannot ship by freight, so a 216-inch top comes in three sections, each a two-person carry. They meet at two seams across the table in the room, and on woodgrain colors the grain will not line up perfectly across them.

A racetrack table on a panel base ships by freight, on one or more pallets depending on size, securely wrapped. It arrives in a handful of large, mostly assembled pieces: the three top sections, the four base panels and the three wire troughs that join them go together in the room. It is not flat-pack furniture, so there is no bag of screws and loose panels to build from.