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Outdoor play & recreation
BuySwings.com
Playground, swing, and outdoor recreation products backed by decades of ecommerce experience.
Explore this businessKnoxville, Tennessee · Established 1984
Built to keep evolving.
Creative Play is the company behind a family of operating businesses spanning commercial furniture, outdoor recreation, event rentals, ecommerce, and logistics.
1984Founded in Knoxville
1996Online commerce begins
5Operating brands today
BuySwings.comFoldingChairsandTables.comXL SeriesCreative Event RentalsSF Distributors
Our businesses
Different markets.
One operating company.
Each business has its own customers, expertise, and identity. Creative Play provides the continuity behind them without turning this site into another product catalog.
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Commercial event furniture
FoldingChairs
Commercial folding chairs, tables, and related equipment for venues, organizations, and event professionals.
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Commercial tables
XL Series
A focused commercial table line for customers who need durable equipment for repeated use.
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Event equipment rentals
Creative Event Rentals
Event rental equipment and service for East Tennessee customers, organizations, and venues.
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Logistics & transportation
SF Distributors
Freight brokerage, final-mile delivery, warehousing, and related logistics services.
Explore this businessFour decades of adaptation
Retail was the beginning, not the business model.
Creative Play has changed with its customers and the way business gets done, from local retail to early ecommerce and into today's operating portfolio.
Read the company story1984Founded
1996Online sales
2003Second generation joins
2015Next chapter
TodayFive operating brands
The name behind the businesses
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