# Stages overview

> Open, create, copy, or delete seating charts from the Stages page, and understand how these actions affect existing events.

## About Stages

Stages are seating charts in Entase. Open **Stages** from the main menu to view all seating charts that have been added to your account.

The page lists your existing stages. Select a stage item to open it in the [Stage Builder](/organizers/stages/creating-a-stage.md) and edit the chart.

## Create a seating chart

To create a brand-new seating chart, click add button in the top-right corner of the **Stages** page. This opens the Stage Builder for a new chart.

## Copy a stage

Use the copy action on a stage in the list to duplicate that seating chart.

The new chart's **Stage** name starts with the prefix `(Copy)`. Remove this prefix when you edit the chart, because the stage name is shown to customers. Use the **Note** field for notes about why you created the copy instead.

## Delete a stage

Use the delete action on a stage in the list to remove the seating chart.

Events use their own copy of the seating chart. Deleting a stage therefore does not affect events that already use it; those events continue to sell as usual.