AGTA GemFair Las Vegas is organized by the American Gem Trade Association and runs typically early June at Strip resort ballroom space during Las Vegas Jewelry Week, drawing the colored gemstone and pearl trade. Las Vegas Exhibit House is the local exhibit house that rents, builds and installs for exhibitors at it.
AGTA GemFair Las Vegas is organized by the American Gem Trade Association and runs typically early June at Strip resort ballroom space during Las Vegas Jewelry Week. Dates follow the show's recurring schedule — confirm against the organizer before you commit freight. We are an exhibit house, not a broker: our own facility is here in Las Vegas, so the exhibit you rent for GemFair ships across town instead of across the country, and the crew that installs it works this building all year.
What separates a working GemFair booth from an expensive one
Loose stones are evaluated under specific, controlled light. Color rendering index and color temperature are not styling choices here — they determine whether a stone sells.
There is a real difference between an exhibit designed for GemFair and a generic exhibit shipped to GemFair. We see the second kind on this floor every year. We would rather build you the first.
Freight, labor and rigging at Strip resort venue
Strip resort conference space — ARIA, Wynn and Encore, Caesars Palace, MGM Grand, Resorts World and The Cosmopolitan among them — carries hundreds of thousands of square feet of ballroom and meeting space each, but it is hotel space first and exhibit space second.
Loose goods carry the highest security burden of any product category on the Las Vegas calendar, with count-in, count-out, insured transport and overnight vaulting all mandatory.
Ballroom ceilings are lower than hall ceilings and frequently interrupted by chandeliers, soffits and air walls, so tall structures and hanging signs often have to be redesigned into the backwall. Resort ballrooms load through service corridors and freight elevators shared with hotel operations, so crate dimensions, panel lengths and delivery windows are governed by the building rather than by the booth design.
Las Vegas labor jurisdiction applies and the show's general contractor publishes the rules for each event. The tradeoff is proximity: attendees walk from their room to the floor, and dwell time goes up.
Sizing the exhibit to the GemFair floor plan
We rent every standard footprint for AGTA GemFair Las Vegas, and every one of them can carry your graphics, your product, your LED content and your meeting space:
10x10 exhibit rental — 100 square feet. An inline space where the backwall is the entire brand statement and the counter has to do double duty as demo surface and storage.
10x20 exhibit rental — 200 square feet. The most common inline upgrade, with room for a demo station on one side and a seated conversation on the other.
10x30 exhibit rental — 300 square feet. A long inline run that lets you sequence the visit — attract, demonstrate, then close — along the aisle.
20x20 exhibit rental — 400 square feet. The first true island, open on four sides, where the center structure carries the brand and the corners carry the conversations.
20x30 exhibit rental — 600 square feet. An island with enough depth for an enclosed meeting room without giving up the open corners.
20x40 exhibit rental — 800 square feet. Room for a full demonstration theater plus private meeting space on the same footprint.
30x30 exhibit rental — 900 square feet. A square island that reads from every aisle, typically built around a central tower and a hanging sign.
30x40 exhibit rental — 1,200 square feet. A major presence with separate zones for demonstration, hospitality and closed-door meetings.
40x40 exhibit rental — 1,600 square feet. A headline footprint where structure, rigging and labor planning become as important as the design.
Custom builds, double-deck structures and LED-led designs are all available for GemFair as well. If your space is an odd shape or an odd size, we build to it rather than forcing a stock kit into it.
Design for the visitor, not for the photograph
Designers, manufacturers and retail jewelers are selecting stone by stone at a table. The booth is a set of well-lit tables with secure storage behind them.
Frequently asked questions about exhibiting at AGTA GemFair Las Vegas
Can I rent a trade show exhibit for AGTA GemFair Las Vegas instead of buying one?
Yes, and for most GemFair exhibitors renting is the better decision. A rental exhibit gives you the same finished appearance as a purchased booth without the capital outlay, the storage cost between shows or the refurbishment bill when the design ages. You get new graphics every time, you can change footprint from one year to the next, and the crate never sits in a warehouse you are paying for. We rent everything from a 10x10 inline to a 40x40 island for AGTA GemFair Las Vegas, and the rental includes the structure, the graphics, the delivery to Strip resort venue, the installation, the dismantle and the return.
How much does a trade show booth cost at AGTA GemFair Las Vegas?
The honest answer is that the exhibit is one line of five. Budget for the space you bought from the American Gem Trade Association, the exhibit itself, the graphics, the material handling and drayage, and the labor to install and dismantle it at Strip resort venue. A 10x10 rental with graphics lands in a very different range than a 20x20 island with LED and a hanging sign, and Las Vegas labor rates and drayage move the total more than most exhibitors expect. We quote all five lines together so you see the real number before you commit, not after the show services invoice arrives.
How far in advance do I need to book an exhibit for AGTA GemFair Las Vegas?
Book as early as you can, and at minimum work backward from the deadlines rather than forward from today. Graphics need artwork approval before output, freight needs a targeted move-in window, rigging and electrical orders carry discount deadlines that close weeks ahead, and hanging signs at Strip resort venue need approved drawings. Exhibitors who come to us three or four months out get the best result and the best price. We take projects much later than that and still deliver, but late work costs more because everything moves to expedited rates.
Do you handle installation and dismantle at Strip resort venue?
Yes. Las Vegas labor jurisdiction applies and the show's general contractor publishes the rules for each event. We coordinate the labor call, supervise the install, stay reachable through show days and handle the dismantle and return freight. You do not need to be in the hall at 6 a.m. watching a crate get opened.
We are shipping from out of state. How does freight to AGTA GemFair Las Vegas work?
Most exhibitors ship either to the advance warehouse or direct to show site, and the right choice depends on your move-in date and your tolerance for risk. Advance warehouse shipping gets the crate into Las Vegas early and delivered to your space by the general contractor; direct-to-show requires hitting a targeted window at Strip resort venue, and missing it is expensive. Either way, material handling is charged by weight and it is one of the largest and least-predicted lines on a show budget. We plan the route, the packaging and the weight with that in mind, and if you rent from us the freight originates here in Las Vegas and a lot of that cost disappears.
Talk to someone who has built at Strip resort venue
Send the show, the space and what you are trying to accomplish on that floor. We will respond with a direction and a single quote covering everything from the first drawing through the return freight.
Call (702) 760-4036 or start a quote. Las Vegas Exhibit House — trade show exhibit rentals, custom exhibits, graphics, LED, freight, installation and dismantle, from a Las Vegas facility, since 2014.