AAO Annual Meeting · Ernest N. Morial Convention Center · New Orleans

AAO Trade Show Booth Rentals

Every ophthalmologist on that floor has seen a hundred device booths. Yours has one pass to matter.

Fixed-price AAO exhibits in New Orleans — design, fabrication, graphics, freight, installation and dismantle in one number that doesn’t move. Pre-built, lit and photo-approved before it ships, so what stands up at the Morial Center has already stood up once. And yes — with the show weeks away, there is still time. That’s what pre-built inventory is for.

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October 9-12, 2026Show dates · auto-updated
Ernest N. Morial Convention CenterVenue
New OrleansCity
Advance orders close ~Aug 14, 2026
20K+Attendees on the floor
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
65,000 sq ftPre-build & photo-approval facility
1Project manager, end to end
Know the floor before you plan the booth

New Orleans plays by its own rules

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a mile-long building on the Mississippi riverfront, and AAO’s exhibit hall sits inside a schedule built around scientific sessions, not around your freight. The most expensive AAO mistake isn’t a bad booth — it’s a booth planned by someone who has never moved freight through the Morial Center’s docks or timed a demo around a session break.

The Morial Center

One building, very long walks

The Morial Center runs in a long line of contiguous halls along the river — which hall your booth lands in decides your dock, your move-in rhythm and how far attendees walk before they reach you. We plan freight, labour and install to your actual hall assignment, not to the venue’s mailing address, and we’ve built on this floor before.

A physician audience

Sessions first, exhibits between

AAO attendees move in pulses — the hall floods between scientific sessions and empties during them. A booth that wins here is engineered for the surge: a message readable in seconds, demo stations that convert a pulse of traffic into seated conversations, and staff sightlines that let one team work the whole footprint at peak.

The October clock

The advance window is now

Advance-order cutoffs land roughly eight weeks before any show — for this edition, that window is open now and closing. The exact dates are in the facts strip at the top of this page. A late start is compressed but genuinely workable: our booths are pre-built inventory, custom-finished per brand, which is precisely what makes an eight-week runway realistic.

What we handle at AAO
  • Hall-specific design — sightlines planned for your actual placement
  • Layout submission and show approval, filed early
  • Electrical, rigging and material handling calculated and ordered at advance rates
  • Labour coordination and on-site supervision at the Morial Center
  • COI, EAC and exhibitor-manual deadlines mapped to our calendar
  • Dock target times, dismantle, pack and outbound freight
Billed by the show, not by us

Booth space, electrical, drayage, rigging and cleaning are billed to every exhibitor directly by the show and venue — no exhibit house can absorb them and none should claim to. What we do is calculate them for your exact booth before you commit, and file every order at advance rather than floor rates while the advance window is still open.

  • Booth space
  • Electrical drops and floor distribution
  • Material handling (drayage)
  • Rigging, if you’re hanging a sign
  • Daily cleaning · internet
Why a fixed price matters most here

The budget you approve in August should survive October

A compressed timeline is where exhibit-house invoices go to grow: rush surcharges, labour hours over estimate, revisions rebilled as change orders, supervision time nobody flagged. Our model is the opposite — the number you approve is the number you pay, contractually, at the same fixed price whether you booked six months out or six weeks out. Design revisions are unlimited until you approve. The quote and the final invoice are the same document.

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One number, and it holds

Design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, lighting, freight, installation, dismantle and project management in a single fixed price.

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Proven before it ships

Your booth stands fully assembled and lit at our 65,000 sq ft facility, and you approve photographs of the actual build — not a render.

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Show costs, known up front

Space, electrical, drayage and rigging calculated for your exact booth before you commit — so the total is a number, not a range.

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The paperwork is ours

COI, EAC, electrical, rigging, freight windows — filed at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. Nothing lands on your desk three days before it’s due.

We quote higher and cost less. That’s the whole argument, and it’s why every booth below is published with its price rather than hidden behind a “request a quote” form.

Available for AAO

AAO-ready booths, with real prices

Every booth below is priced for New Orleans and available as a custom build for your brand — rented, not bought. Use the finder at the top of the page to narrow by size and budget.

Or jump straight to your footprint

One click — the catalog opens already filtered to your size and New Orleans pricing.

Working backwards from October

Your real deadline is this month

The advance-order cutoff lands roughly eight weeks before the show — the exact dates for this edition are in the facts strip at the top of this page, and they update automatically. With AAO in October, that puts the decision window in mid-August: now. This is not the comfortable end of the timeline, but it is squarely inside what a pre-built inventory model is designed for — the runway below is compressed, honest, and one we run routinely.

NOW · MID-AUGYou are here. Brief us today; concepts and a fixed price back within 24 hours. The advance-order window is open — every day used now is bought at advance rates, not floor rates.
LATE AUGDesign locked from pre-built inventory, customised to your brand. Layout submitted for hall approval.
EARLY SEPTAdvance electrical, rigging and material-handling orders filed. Graphics finalised and sent to production.
MID-SEPTBooth built, powered and lit at our facility — photographed for your approval.
LATE SEPTSign-off complete. Freight window and dock target time booked for your hall at the Morial Center.
EARLY OCTBooth ships to New Orleans. Crew and supervision scheduled to your move-in slot.
SHOW WEEKCrew installs in your move-in slot. You walk in at handover, demo-ready.
Take this to every vendor

Five questions to ask anyone quoting your AAO booth

Put these to every exhibit house you’re comparing — including us. They separate the vendors that stand behind a number from the ones whose estimate is an opening position. On a compressed timeline the answers matter twice as much. Ours are printed here so you can hold us to them.

1 Will you put the total price in writing before I sign — and hold it? Ours: yes. Every booth on this page is published with its New Orleans price. The quote and the final invoice are the same number, contractually. Printed above · hold us to it
2 Is there a rush surcharge this close to the show? Ours: no. Because our booths are pre-built inventory customised per brand, a late start changes the schedule, not the price. The fixed number is the same one an early bird would have paid.
3 Will I see my actual booth before it ships — or a render? Ours: the actual booth, fully assembled, powered and lit at our facility, photographed for your sign-off before it leaves for New Orleans. Renders are promises; photographs are evidence.
4 Who files my advance show orders, and at which rate? Ours: we do, at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. With the advance window closing, the advance-versus-floor spread is real money — if a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 Do design revisions become change orders? Ours: never. Revisions are unlimited until you approve, and the price is locked before design starts — a better idea in September costs nothing.
In their words

What event managers say after the show

★★★★★
“They never just build the booth and disappear — I always know I have someone on call and ready to jump in when the unexpected inevitably happens. That level of responsiveness makes a huge difference in high-pressure event environments.”
Amanda Horner · Three years of booth programmes · Google Review
★★★★★
“I’ve worked with Pure Exhibits for almost a year now, and have had such a great experience! They are our go-to for trade shows, and create memorable booths that represent our brand well. The team is incredibly responsive and reliable.”
Lexi von Schottenstein · Google Review
★★★★★
“It’s always a pleasure to work with Utsav. The process is simple, straightforward, and high quality. I have worked with them for 3 years now and will continue!”
Carlos Bautista · Three-year client · Google Review
★★★★★
“Their team is incredibly flexible throughout the design process and truly collaborative in bringing ideas to life. I highly recommend Pure Exhibits to anyone looking for a reliable, thoughtful, and experienced exhibit partner.”
Amanda Horner · Google Review
Questions AAO exhibitors actually ask

AAO booth rental FAQs

How much does an AAO booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its New Orleans price — fixed, covering design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, freight, installation, dismantle and project management. Separately, the show and venue bill every exhibitor directly for booth space, electrical, drayage, rigging and cleaning; we calculate those for your exact booth before you commit, so the total is known before you sign anything.
Is it too late to book a booth for this edition of AAO?
No — but the window is genuinely compressed. The advance-order cutoff lands roughly eight weeks before the show; the exact dates are in the facts strip at the top of this page. Because our booths are pre-built and customised per brand rather than fabricated from scratch, a start this close to the show is a schedule we run routinely: concepts and a fixed price within 24 hours, then a locked design within days rather than weeks.
How fast can you deliver an AAO booth if a vendor just fell through?
Four to six weeks from approval to show floor for complete pre-built, photo-verified booths from 10×10 through 20×40 — at the same fixed price as a six-month lead time, with no rush surcharge. Call first, then compare: the earlier this week you start, the more of the advance-rate window you keep.
Do you know the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center?
Yes — we build for shows across the Morial Center’s calendar. It’s a very long riverfront building, so your hall assignment decides your dock, your freight window and your attendees’ walking pattern. We plan the install to your actual hall, book dock target times, and keep a supervisor on site through move-in.
Will a rental look custom, or will it look reused?
Every booth is fabricated for your brand — custom graphics, layout, lighting and finishes on a modular structure underneath. The builds shown above are rentals. Before yours ships, it stands fully assembled, powered and lit at our 65,000 sq ft facility and you approve photographs of the actual booth, not a render.
Can a booth support live device demos — power, screens, controlled lighting?
That’s most of what we build. Demo stations with dedicated power and data runs, mounted displays, and lighting designed so screens and optics read correctly under hall lights are all part of the design and the fixed price. The electrical drops themselves are ordered from the show at advance rates — we calculate the load, file the order and place every drop on the floor plan for you.
We need private space for surgeon and KOL meetings. Can the booth include it?
Yes — enclosed or semi-enclosed meeting rooms, hospitality counters and storage are standard elements of our custom layouts, at the published fixed price. For medical audiences we typically pair an open demo front with quieter meeting space behind it, so clinical conversations don’t compete with floor noise.
Can I install the booth myself to save on labour?
Show floors at major venues run on contracted labour, and the show’s rules govern who may build what. Either way it isn’t your problem to arrange: labour coordination and on-site supervision are inside our fixed price, and the show-side orders are filed at advance rather than floor rates.
What happens if something goes wrong during move-in?
Your project manager and our install supervisor are on site through move-in and reachable across show days. Because everything was assembled and checked before shipping, the problems that usually surface at this stage — missing hardware, graphics that don’t fit, panels that won’t seat — have already been found and fixed on our floor, weeks earlier.
Fixed pricing · Pre-built & photo-approved · Full-service support

Exhibit at AAO with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint, your hall if you know it, and what the booth needs to do. You’ll have design concepts and one fixed price back within 24 hours — including what the show will bill you directly. The advance window is open now; this is the week to start.

Or call us directly — (800) 379-8451