Las Vegas show & venue guides
Every Las Vegas show
How we work
The run of show.
One team, one schedule, from first call to strike.
Every project runs like a show: eight cues, one project lead, and design, fabrication, and print under one roof. Here's what happens at each step, and what you get.
Eight cues
- Cue 01
Brief
Show, footprint, audience, goals, budget, and the date everything works back from.
- Project brief
- Budget range
- Working schedule
- Cue 02
Concept
The one idea the experience organizes around, explored as sketches and directions.
- Concept directions
- Mood and materials
- Cue 03
Design
Spatial design and 3D renderings detailed enough to approve with confidence.
- 3D renderings
- Floor plan
- Graphics plan
- Cue 04
Approvals
Revisions, sign-off, and show submissions where the exhibitor manual requires them.
- Final design
- Show paperwork
- Cue 05
Engineering
Shop drawings, structure, materials, and the production path.
- Shop drawings
- Production schedule
- Cue 06
Build & print
Fabrication and finishing in our shop; CNC parts from The Job Shop; graphics from Vegas Visual.
- Fabricated exhibit
- Graphics
- Cue 07
Preview
Walk the build in our shop before it ships, while changes are still easy.
- Shop walkthrough
- Punch list
- Cue 08
Show & strike
Install on the floor, a team on call through the show, then dismantle.
- Installed exhibit
- Dismantle
Why one team
| Topic | The usual way | With Innovate 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Who you hire | An agency, a builder, and a print vendor, each under its own contract | One team, under one roof |
| Who owns the schedule | Shared between vendors, each protecting their own dates | One project lead, working back from move-in |
| When design meets fabrication | After approval, when the drawings are handed to the builder | From the first sketch: designers and makers work side by side |
| Graphics | A separate print order, sized and scheduled on its own | Planned with the structure and printed in-house |
| Changes during the build | A chain of emails and revised quotes | A conversation across the shop floor |
| Seeing it before the show | Often not until move-in | Walk the build in the shop before it ships |
| When something goes wrong on site | Figuring out whose problem it is | The team that built it fixes it |
What you can count on
- 01One project lead
One person who knows every detail, from the first call to strike.
- 02One building
Designers, fabricators, and the print house work under one roof, so answers take hours, not days.
- 03No surprises on site
You see the build before it ships, not for the first time on the show floor.
- 04Plan backward from move-in
The real deadline is the move-in window, and the schedule starts there.
- 0524/7 production
When the schedule is tight, the shop runs around the clock.
- 06A reply within 24 hours
Send a brief and we'll get back to you within a day.
The run of show, compressed
Nothing waits on another vendor.
Concept, design, carpentry, upholstery, finishing, graphics, and install all run under one roof. When every cue sits with one team, a tight schedule stays realistic and changes happen in hours, not days.
See the project
Under one roof
Creative agency
Innovate 3D
Strategy, concept, and design for exhibits, experiences, scenic, sets, and events, plus the project management that carries them to opening day.
- Exhibit & activation design
- 3D design & renderings
- Fabrication & install
- Project management
Fabrication
The Job Shop
Our Las Vegas parts-cutting shop, in the same building: CNC routing for plywood, MDF, plastics, and composites, and fiber laser cutting for sheet metal. Upload a design and get a quote online.
- CNC routing
- Fiber laser cutting
- Online quotes
- Pickup or local delivery
Print & graphics
Vegas Visual
Our print and graphics company: large-format vinyl, trade show graphics, wall and floor graphics, SEG displays, and installation.
- Large-format vinyl
- Trade show graphics
- Wall & floor graphics
- SEG displays & install