DEF CON 35 · Las Vegas Convention Center, West Hall · August

DEF CON 35 Booth Rentals

The most skeptical audience in trade shows. They test everything — including your booth.

Fixed-price DEF CON 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 the booth built for hackers, pentesters and the CTF crowd has already survived its own stress test.

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August 5-8, 2027Show dates · auto-updated
Las Vegas Convention Center, West HallVenue
Las VegasCity
Advance orders close ~Jun 10, 2027
Hacking & SecurityThe industry on the floor
Vendor HallWest Hall exhibit floor
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
1Project manager, end to end
Know the floor before you plan the booth

DEF CON isn’t a typical vendor hall. It’s run by the community it serves.

DEF CON’s Vendor Hall sits inside the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall, alongside villages, contests and a badge-hacking culture that treats every surface — including yours — as something to be tested. The most expensive DEF CON mistake isn’t a bad booth; it’s a booth that reads as corporate to an audience that can smell it instantly.

LVCC West Hall

Contests, villages & vendor floor share the building

West Hall runs DEF CON alongside its villages and contest areas, which means unpredictable foot patterns and attendees moving between activities rather than a straight aisle walk. We design sightlines for a floor where people arrive from three directions, not one.

A floor that tests you back

Security researchers, pentesters, CTF community

This audience finds the seams in anything — including a booth that oversells. The exhibits that earn attention here are the ones with something real to interact with: a live demo, a working tool, a problem worth solving on the spot. We build for that scrutiny, not around it.

The August problem

Peak Las Vegas heat & summer freight volume

August is peak convention season in Las Vegas — freight docks, labour crews and marshalling yards are working at capacity across several shows at once. The real deadline for a locked design is roughly eight weeks out. Miss it and you’re competing for the same dock time as everyone else in town that week.

What we handle at DEF CON
  • 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 April should survive August

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 DEF CON

DEF CON-ready booths, with real prices

Every booth below is priced for Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas pricing.

Working backwards from August

Your real deadline is in June

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 an August show that cutoff sits in June, right as Las Vegas hits its busiest summer convention stretch — dock time and labour crews get scarce fast.

MAR–APRBrief, concepts and the fixed price locked. Full design freedom.
MAYLayout submitted for show approval — placement confirmed.
EARLY JUNGraphics finalised and sent to production.
MID-JUNDesign locked. Advance electrical and material handling filed. After this, summer dock congestion takes over.
EARLY JULFreight window and dock target time booked for West Hall.
LATE JULBooth 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 DEF CON 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 — a standard this audience will respect more than most.
4 Who files my advance show orders, and at which rate? Ours: we do, at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. In peak Las Vegas summer season the advance-versus-floor spread is real money — if a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 What happens if my booth gets caught behind peak summer freight in Vegas? Ours: August is the single busiest month on the Las Vegas Convention Center calendar — several major shows stack docks and labour crews back to back. We file every order at advance rates and book your freight window early specifically to stay ahead of that congestion. Ask any vendor quoting you for August what their contingency is.
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 DEF CON exhibitors actually ask

DEF CON booth rental FAQs

How much does a DEF CON booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its Las Vegas 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 DEF CON?
Lock your design by mid-June. August is one of the busiest months on the Las Vegas Convention Center calendar, and dock time, labour crews and marshalling windows get scarce fast the closer you get to show week. Start the conversation in spring 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.
Does a rental booth actually read as legitimate to a security-researcher audience, or does it look corporate?
The rental part is invisible — every structure is custom-fabricated in your graphics and layout, not pulled off a shelf. What this audience actually judges is whether there’s something real to interact with. We design toward the demo and the technical conversation first, and the finish follows from that, not the other way around.
My booth is built around a live technical demo — can you handle the power and network needs?
Yes — we spec the electrical load, drop locations and network requirements for your exact equipment, file the advance electrical order, and pressure-test the demo stations during the pre-build at our facility, so the first time your setup runs on show power isn’t the morning the doors open.
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?
LVCC 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 a DEF CON 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. In peak Las Vegas summer season, the earlier you call, the more freight-window options are still open.
Do you handle events off the vendor floor — suites, parties, satellite meetups?
Yes — hotel suites, off-site venues 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 DEF CON with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint, your hall placement 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.

Or call us directly — (800) 379-8451