ACEP Scientific Assembly · McCormick Place, Chicago

ACEP Trade Show Booth Rentals

7,500 emergency physicians, one exhibit hall — and a clock that’s already running.

Fixed-price ACEP exhibits — design, fabrication, graphics, freight, installation and dismantle in one number that doesn’t move. Pre-built, lit and photo-approved before it ships — and because every booth starts from pre-built inventory, a short runway to show week is a solved problem, not a rush surcharge.

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October 5-8, 2026Show dates · auto-updated
McCormick PlaceVenue
ChicagoCity
Advance orders close ~Aug 10, 2026
7,500+Emergency medicine attendees
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
4–6 wkApproval to show floor, pre-built
1Project manager, end to end
Know the floor before you plan the booth

ACEP isn’t a tech show. Plan for clinicians.

The Scientific Assembly is the world’s largest emergency medicine educational conference — which means the exhibit hall competes with the classroom. Attendees come for courses and credits, and they hit the floor in bursts between sessions. Add McCormick Place’s scheduled docks and union jurisdictions, and the shape of a winning ACEP booth is very different from a generic trade show island.

McCormick Place logistics

Scheduled docks · marshaled freight

McCormick Place is a multi-hall campus where freight is marshaled, docks run on target times, and union jurisdictions govern who may build, carry and plug in what. None of that is a problem if it’s planned — all of it is expensive if it’s improvised. We map your move-in to the venue’s rhythm and file every order early, at advance rather than floor rates.

A floor built around education

Sessions first, aisles second

Traffic at a CME-driven show doesn’t flow — it surges when sessions break and thins when they resume. The booths that win are engineered for the surge: one message readable at a glance, a hands-on demo a physician can complete between lectures, and a quiet corner for the longer conversation. We design for that rhythm, not for an all-day ambient crowd.

A show that moves cities

Chicago now · Boston next

ACEP rotates hosts — Salt Lake City, then Chicago, then Boston, then Las Vegas. Owning a booth means freighting and warehousing crates around the country between editions. Renting means your design files carry forward and we rebuild fresh for each city, priced for that city. The facts strip above follows the show automatically.

What we handle at ACEP
  • Floor-specific design — sightlines planned for your actual placement
  • Layout submission and show approval, filed early
  • Electrical, rigging and material-handling orders filed at advance rates
  • Union labour coordination and on-site supervision
  • 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.

  • 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 should survive show week

A compressed timeline is where exhibit-house invoices go to grow: labour hours over estimate, revisions rebilled as change orders, graphics reprints, supervision time nobody flagged. Our model is the opposite — the number you approve is the number you pay, contractually. 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, powered 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 ACEP

ACEP-ready booths, with real prices

Every booth below is priced for Chicago 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 Chicago pricing.

Working backwards from show week

There’s still time — if the plan starts now

The advance-order deadline lands weeks before move-in — the exact date is in the facts strip at the top of this page, and it updates automatically each edition. Inside a short runway the sequence below runs in parallel rather than in series, and it works because the booth starts from pre-built inventory: what compresses is decision time, not build quality, and the fixed price is the same as it would be on a six-month lead.

TODAYFootprint, budget and goals on one call. Concepts and a fixed quote back within 24 hours.
WEEK 1Design locked from pre-built inventory, customised to your brand. Unlimited revisions until you approve.
WEEK 1–2Advance electrical, rigging and material-handling orders filed before the deadline in the facts strip. This is where late exhibitors bleed money.
WEEK 2–3Graphics produced and applied; booth configured at our 65,000 sq ft facility.
WEEK 3–4Booth stands fully assembled, powered and lit. You approve photographs of the actual build.
WEEK 4–5Freight booked to your dock target time; COI and paperwork cleared.
SHOW WEEKCrew installs in your move-in slot. You walk in at handover.
Take this to every vendor

Five questions to ask anyone quoting your ACEP 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. Our answers 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 price. The quote and the final invoice are the same number, contractually. Printed above · hold us to it
2 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 a week later costs nothing.
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 ships to Chicago. 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. At McCormick Place the advance-versus-floor spread is real money — if a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 What does a short timeline actually cost me? Ours: nothing extra. Because booths are pre-built and photo-verified, four to six weeks from approval to show floor carries the same fixed price as a six-month lead — no rush surcharge. Ask every other vendor the same question and watch the estimate move.
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 ACEP exhibitors actually ask

ACEP booth rental FAQs

How much does an ACEP booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its Chicago price — fixed and all-inclusive: design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, freight, labour coordination and project management. Separately, the show and venue bill you 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 year’s Scientific Assembly?
Not if you move now. Complete pre-built, photo-verified booths from 10×10 through 20×40 go from approval to show floor in four to six weeks — at the same fixed price as a six-month lead time, with no rush surcharge. The binding constraint on a short runway isn’t fabrication, it’s decision time and the advance-order deadline, which is shown in the facts strip at the top of this page. Every day earlier you call converts floor rates into advance rates.
What should I know about exhibiting at McCormick Place?
It’s a multi-hall campus with its own rhythm: freight is marshaled rather than driven to the door, docks run on scheduled target times, and union jurisdictions govern who builds, carries and connects what. Exhibitors who plan to that rhythm find it smooth; exhibitors who improvise pay floor rates for everything. Your project manager maps your move-in to the venue’s schedule and files every order early — none of it lands on your desk.
How is ACEP different from other shows we exhibit at?
It’s an educational conference first and an exhibition second. Attendees are emergency physicians there for courses and credits, so hall traffic surges between sessions rather than flowing all day. That favours booths built for the surge: one message readable at a glance, a hands-on demo that fits between lectures, and a place to sit down for the longer clinical or purchasing conversation. We design to that rhythm from the first concept.
Can the booth power and display medical devices and equipment?
Yes — demo stations, mounts, secure storage and lighting are engineered around your equipment, and the booth stands fully assembled, powered and lit at our facility so you can verify everything works before it ships. Note that electrical service on the show floor itself is ordered from the show, as it is for every exhibitor; we size the order for your equipment load and file it at advance rates.
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 and lit at our facility and you approve photographs of the actual booth, not a render.
ACEP moves to a different city next year. What happens to my booth?
That rotation — Salt Lake City, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas — is the strongest argument for renting. Owning means freighting and warehousing crates between cities and hoping nothing warps in storage. Renting means there’s nothing to store: your design files, graphics specs and layout carry forward, and we rebuild fresh for the next city with pricing for that city. The facts strip at the top of this page rolls to the next edition automatically.
Can I install the booth myself to save on labour?
McCormick Place floors run on contracted union labour, and show 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, with orders 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 ACEP with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint 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 dates in the facts strip won’t move; the earlier you call, the more options you have.

Or call us directly — (800) 379-8451