AHRA Annual Meeting · San Jose Convention Center · July

AHRA Trade Show Booth Rentals

The people who run medical imaging walk one floor, once a year. Your booth gets one pass to earn a stop.

Fixed-price AHRA exhibits — 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 in front of the imaging-management audience has already stood up once.

Booth Finder

Filters the booths below by size and budget — every one is published with its price.

July 25-28, 2027Show dates · auto-updated
San Jose Convention CenterVenue
San JoseCity
Advance orders close ~May 30, 2027
1,600+Attendees on the floor
Medical ImagingOne focused audience
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
1Project manager, end to end
Built for brands that sell to healthcare

The kind of booth an imaging director stops for

AHRA’s floor is walked by the people who run imaging departments — directors, administrators and operations managers who evaluate vendors for a living and have heard every pitch twice. The work below is what we build for companies selling into exactly that kind of room: custom structures designed around the conversation and the demo, not around the furniture, with every project moving through one team from first rendering to dismantle.

Know the floor before you plan the booth

A management conference is a different floor

AHRA isn’t a scanner show. It’s the annual meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management — the audience is the people who run imaging departments, not the clinicians who use the equipment. That changes what wins on the floor: conversations over spectacle, seating over stage lighting, and a message a busy director can read in one pass between education sessions. The venue changes the logistics too.

San Jose Convention Center

Downtown venue · compact footprint

A downtown convention centre with hotels in walking distance is a gift for your team and a discipline for your freight: docks are shared, move-in windows are firm, and there’s no sprawling marshalling yard to absorb a late truck. We book your freight window and dock target time to the venue’s actual calendar, and our supervisor runs the slot so your staff never touches a crate.

A floor that moves in bursts

Sessions drive the traffic

At a management conference the exhibit hall fills when the education sessions break — concentrated waves of exactly the people you came for, then quiet. A booth that wins here is engineered for that rhythm: one message readable at a glance, a place to sit, and a demo that starts in seconds. We design for the burst, not for all-day drift.

The mid-summer calendar

Deadlines land in late spring

A July show means the advance-order window closes in late spring — right when hospital marketing calendars and vacation schedules start colliding. The real deadline for a locked design lands weeks before anyone feels late. The exact advance-order date for this edition is in the facts strip at the top of this page, and it updates automatically.

What we handle at AHRA
  • Venue-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
  • 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 present in winter should survive July

Healthcare marketing budgets get scrutinised like capital requests — which makes the classic exhibit-house invoice a career risk: 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 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 AHRA

AHRA-ready booths, with real prices

Every booth below is published with its price 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 footprint.

Working backwards from July

Your real deadline is in late May

The advance-order cutoff lands roughly eight weeks before the show — the exact date is in the facts strip at the top of this page, and it updates automatically each edition. For a mid-summer show that cutoff arrives in late spring, while half the approvals you need are queued behind other people’s vacations. Work backwards and the comfortable version of this timeline starts in winter.

JAN–MARBrief, concepts and the fixed price locked. Full design freedom.
APRILLayout submitted for show approval — placement confirmed.
EARLY MAYGraphics finalised and sent to production.
LATE MAY–EARLY JUNDesign locked. Advance electrical, rigging and material-handling orders filed. After this window, everything bills at floor rates.
MID-JUNEFreight window and dock target time booked with the venue.
LATE JUNEBooth built, lit and photographed for your approval — before it ships.
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 AHRA 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 in May costs nothing.
3 Will I see my actual booth before it ships — or a render? Ours: the actual booth, fully assembled and lit at our facility, photographed for your sign-off before it ships. 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. The advance-versus-floor spread on electrical, drayage and rigging is real money — if a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 AHRA changes host cities every year. What happens to my booth next year? Ours: nothing painful — it’s a rental. Your design files, graphics and layout carry forward to the next host city and come back as one fixed number, without you warehousing a booth you own for a show that moves. Ask any vendor selling you a purchase the same question.
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 AHRA exhibitors actually ask

AHRA booth rental FAQs

How much does an AHRA booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its 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 and file the orders at advance rates, so the total is known before you sign anything.
When should I book a booth for the AHRA Annual Meeting?
Lock your design by late May. The advance-order cutoff lands roughly eight weeks before the show, and for a mid-summer meeting that means late spring — right when approvals start queuing behind vacation calendars. Start the conversation in winter for full design freedom; the exact advance-order deadline for the current edition is in the facts strip at the top of this page and updates automatically.
What booth size makes sense at a management conference like AHRA?
Smaller than you’d take to a clinical mega-show, worked harder. AHRA’s audience is imaging leadership, and the booths that win are conversation-led: 10×10 through 20×20 footprints with seating, a fast-start demo and one message readable from the aisle. Larger islands earn their keep for enterprise imaging-IT platforms running scheduled meetings. Every size on this page carries a published fixed price either way.
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 65,000 sq ft facility and you approve photographs of the actual booth, not a render.
Can I install the booth myself to save on labour?
Exhibit floors run on contracted labour, and the show’s appointed contractor governs who may build what in the hall. Either way it isn’t your problem to arrange: labour coordination and on-site supervision are inside our fixed price, with the related show 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.
A vendor just fell through. How fast can you deliver an AHRA booth?
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. For a summer show, the earlier in spring you call, the more of that window sits clear of the advance-order cutoff.
AHRA rotates host cities every year. What happens to my booth in the next edition?
That rotation is exactly why renting beats buying for this show. Your design files, graphics and layout carry forward, and the next edition comes back as one fixed number for the new city — freight, labour and venue differences already priced in. You’re never warehousing, refurbishing or re-crating a booth you own for a show that moves.
Do you handle events off the show floor — advisory dinners, hotel suites, satellite meetings?
Yes — hotel suites, meeting spaces and satellite activations around the show run under the same fixed-price model, coordinated by the same project manager as your booth.
Fixed pricing · Pre-built & photo-approved · Full-service support

Exhibit at AHRA with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint and what the booth needs to do in front of imaging leadership. You’ll have design concepts and one fixed price back within 24 hours — including what the show will bill you directly.

Or call us directly — (800) 379-8451