<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">in event management a </span><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">stanchion</b><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is an upright bar or </span><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">post</b><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> that includes retractable belts, velvet ropes, or plastic chains, sometimes in conjunction with wall-mounted barrier devices, barricades, and printed signage and often used for crowd control and engineering people flow and construction site safety.</span>