ATD International Conference & EXPO · Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center · May

ATD International Conference & EXPO Booth Rentals

Chief Learning Officers remember the experience. Nobody remembers the handout.

Fixed-price ATD booth rentals — design, fabrication, graphics, freight, installation and dismantle in one number that doesn’t move. Pre-built, lit and photo-approved before it ships, so the demo stations introducing your platform to the world’s L&D leaders have already proven they work.

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May 16-19, 2027Show dates · auto-updated
Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition CenterVenue
BostonCity
Advance orders close ~Mar 21, 2027
Talent DevelopmentThe industry this show belongs to
Global L&D AudienceLearning and talent leaders, worldwide
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
1Project manager, end to end
Know the floor before you plan the booth

ATD isn’t a browsing crowd. It’s a buying committee.

ATD’s expo hall sits inside the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, alongside days of concurrent learning sessions — which means the audience arrives having already sat through a morning of content on the exact problem your platform solves. The most expensive ATD mistake isn’t a bad booth; it’s a booth pitching a product to people who came for a solution.

The Boston exhibition floor

A single-hall expo, not a sprawling campus

The Menino Center’s exhibit floor concentrates traffic rather than spreading it across multiple buildings, so booth placement and sightlines matter from the first day. We plan freight, dock timing and install around the hall’s actual footprint, not a generic convention-center assumption.

A buying-committee floor

CLOs, instructional designers, HRBPs together

ATD attendees walk the floor between sessions with a specific gap to fill — a platform, a vendor, a partner. The booths that win aren’t the loudest; they’re the ones with a two-minute demo that answers the exact question the last session raised. We design for that conversation, not for foot traffic alone.

The May problem

Spring is the industry’s busiest fabrication window

May sits inside the heaviest stretch of the trade show calendar, when fabrication shops across the country are running at capacity for shows stacked back to back. The real deadline for a locked design is roughly eight weeks out. Miss it and you’re not late, you’re competing for a production slot everyone else already booked.

What we handle at ATD
  • Hall-specific design — sightlines planned for your actual placement
  • Layout submission and show approval, filed early
  • Electrical, rigging and material handling 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 — 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 Q1 should survive May

Trade show invoices grow the same way everywhere: 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 ATD

ATD-ready booths, with real prices

Every booth below carries a published fixed price and is 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, with the fixed price on every booth.

Working backwards from May

Your real deadline is in mid-March

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. But the binding constraint arrives earlier still: mid-March through May is the industry’s busiest production stretch, and the shops that hit their deadlines are the ones who locked their design before that rush began.

NOV–JANBrief, concepts and the fixed price locked. Full design freedom.
FEBRUARYLayout submitted for hall approval — placement confirmed.
EARLY MARGraphics finalised and sent to production.
MID-MARDesign locked. Advance electrical and rigging filed. After this, spring’s production rush owns your calendar.
EARLY APRFreight window and dock target time booked for your hall.
LATE APRBooth built, lit and photographed for your approval — with time to fix anything.
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 ATD 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 February 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 — the same standard your buyers will hold your platform to.
4 Who files my advance show orders, and at which rate? Ours: we do, at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. If a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 What happens to my timeline once spring’s production rush hits? Ours: nothing — because your booth is built and photo-approved before the March-to-May crunch peaks. Any vendor still fabricating the week before ATD is gambling with a slot they booked late. Ask them directly.
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 ATD exhibitors actually ask

ATD booth rental FAQs

How much does an ATD booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its Boston price — fixed and all-inclusive: design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, freight, labour coordination and project management. Separately, the show bills 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.
When should I book a booth for ATD?
Lock your design by mid-March. Spring is the busiest stretch of the year for exhibit fabrication, and shops that book late get squeezed by shows that reserved production time earlier. Start the conversation in winter for full design freedom; the exact advance-order deadline for the next edition is in the facts strip at the top of this page and updates automatically.
My booth needs to run a live product demo, not just display a banner. Can you design for that?
Yes — that’s most of what an ATD booth needs to do. We design the layout, power and sightlines around a live walkthrough, not a static graphic wall, and pressure-test the demo stations during pre-build at our facility so the first run of your presentation isn’t the morning the expo opens.
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.
Can I install the booth myself to save on labour?
Convention-center floors run on contracted union labour, and the show’s general contractor governs who may build what. Either way it isn’t your problem to arrange: labour coordination and on-site supervision are inside our fixed price, 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 ATD 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. The earlier in the year you call, the more of that window sits outside spring’s production rush.
Do you handle events off the show floor — training rooms, hospitality suites, sponsor activations?
Yes — hospitality suites, breakout rooms and satellite activations around the conference run under the same fixed-price model, coordinated by the same project manager as your booth.
Is Pure Exhibits affiliated with ATD or the Association for Talent Development?
No. Pure Exhibits is an independent exhibit house that builds booths for companies exhibiting at ATD — we are not the show organiser and have no affiliation with ATD or its parent association.
Fixed pricing · Pre-built & photo-approved · Full-service support

Exhibit at ATD with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint, your booth number if you have it, and what the booth needs to demo. 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