Exhibiting at Amusement Expo International? The show runs typically March at the Las Vegas Convention Center with the amusement, arcade, vending and family-entertainment trade on the floor. Las Vegas Exhibit House rents trade show exhibits for it, builds custom exhibits for it, and handles everything between the drawing and the return freight.
Amusement Expo International is organized by the Amusement & Music Operators Association and AAMA and runs typically March at the Las Vegas Convention Center. 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 AEI ships across town instead of across the country, and the crew that installs it works this building all year.
The AEI floor, read honestly
Every machine on this floor is plugged in and playing, so the ambient noise is extreme. A booth that relies on spoken conversation without acoustic planning will not work.
There is a real difference between an exhibit designed for AEI and a generic exhibit shipped to AEI. We see the second kind on this floor every year. We would rather build you the first.
Las Vegas Convention Center: the numbers that govern your build
The Las Vegas Convention Center carries 2,452,132 square feet of exhibit space across four halls — West Hall at 601,960 square feet, North Hall at 409,077, Central Hall at 623,058 and South Hall at 818,037 over two levels — plus 225 meeting rooms and roughly 390,000 square feet of meeting space.
Game and vending machines are heavy, need dedicated circuits, and often need to be crated individually. Power ordering by machine rather than by booth is the way to get this right.
Ceiling clearance is not uniform and it decides whether your hanging sign flies: North Halls 1 and 2 reach 35 feet, North 3 and 4 reach 33 feet, the North air-wall track drops to 28 feet and the area below the second level to 12 feet; Central 1 is 25 feet, Central 2 is 20 feet, Central 3 through 5 reach 35 feet and the Central 3 concourse 31 feet; South 1 is 25 feet, South 2 is 30 feet and South 4 is 25 feet. Ground-level halls are rated at 450 pounds per square foot; the South Hall upper level is rated at 300 pounds per square foot, which is the number that governs heavy machinery, vehicles and double-deck footings up there.
Teamsters hold jurisdiction at the Las Vegas Convention Center over unloading and reloading, all material-handling equipment, and the installation, dismantle and first cleaning of prefabricated exhibits. Your own full-time employees may work the booth with proof of employment and photo ID, but they may not use tools of any type at any booth size and may hand-carry only — no dollies, no hand trucks. The halls are linked by the LVCC Loop, and the West Hall holds 328,000 square feet of column-free space, the largest column-free exhibit floor in North America.
From 10x10 to 40x40 at AEI
We rent every standard footprint for Amusement Expo International, 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 AEI 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.
The AEI buyer, and what they came to decide
Route operators and family-entertainment-center owners are buying on revenue per square foot. Put the earnings data next to the machine and let them play it.
Frequently asked questions about exhibiting at Amusement Expo International
Can I rent a trade show exhibit for Amusement Expo International instead of buying one?
Yes, and for most AEI 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 Amusement Expo International, and the rental includes the structure, the graphics, the delivery to Las Vegas Convention Center, the installation, the dismantle and the return.
How much does a trade show booth cost at Amusement Expo International?
The honest answer is that the exhibit is one line of five. Budget for the space you bought from the Amusement & Music Operators Association and AAMA, the exhibit itself, the graphics, the material handling and drayage, and the labor to install and dismantle it at Las Vegas Convention Center. 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 Amusement Expo International?
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 Las Vegas Convention Center 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 Las Vegas Convention Center?
Yes. Teamsters hold jurisdiction at the Las Vegas Convention Center over unloading and reloading, all material-handling equipment, and the installation, dismantle and first cleaning of prefabricated exhibits. Your own full-time employees may work the booth with proof of employment and photo ID, but they may not use tools of any type at any booth size and may hand-carry only — no dollies, no hand trucks. 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 Amusement Expo International 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 Las Vegas Convention Center, 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.
Plan your AEI exhibit with a Las Vegas team
Share the booth number, the size and the objective. We will return a design direction and one all-in quote for the exhibit, the graphics, the technology, the freight and the labor, and we will be in the hall when it goes up.
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.