Licensing Expo · Mandalay Bay Convention Center · Las Vegas · May

Licensing Expo Trade Show Booth Rentals

Every deal at this show starts with how your brand looks across the aisle.

Fixed-price Licensing Expo 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 your licensees, agents and retail buyers walk into has already stood up once, perfectly.

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May 25-27, 2027Show dates · auto-updated
Mandalay Bay Convention CenterVenue
Las VegasCity
Advance orders close ~Mar 30, 2027
15K+Attendees on the floor
Brand LicensingOne industry, one floor
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
1Project manager, end to end
Know the floor before you plan the booth

Licensing Expo isn’t a showcase. It’s a deal floor.

Attendees don’t wander this show — licensees, agents and retail buyers arrive with meeting schedules, and your booth is where those meetings happen. The booths that win at Mandalay Bay do two jobs at once: broadcast the property to the aisle, and give the actual conversation somewhere private to sit down. Design for only one of those and you’ve paid for half a booth.

Mandalay Bay logistics

One convention center, its own rhythm

Mandalay Bay Convention Center sits at the south end of the Strip with its own docks, marshalling and move-in schedule — different from every other Las Vegas venue. Freight windows, dock targets and labour calls all run to this building’s calendar. We plan to Mandalay Bay’s schedule from day one, not to a generic Las Vegas playbook.

The show floor reality

Character walls · meeting rooms · retail context

Licensing floors reward booths that read as the brand itself: character and property graphics at full scale, product displayed the way a retail buyer will shelve it, and enclosed or semi-private meeting space where terms actually get discussed. Open demo-station layouts that work at tech shows leave your negotiations standing in the aisle.

The May calendar

Advance deadlines land in early spring

The show runs in late May — the exact dates are in the facts strip at the top of this page. Working backwards, advance-rate deadlines for show services land in late March and early April, which means your design needs to be locked in early spring. Miss that window and every service order is billed at floor rates.

What we handle at Licensing Expo
  • Booth design built around your meeting schedule and property graphics
  • Layout submission and show approval, filed early
  • Electrical, rigging and material handling calculated and filed at advance rates
  • Union labour coordination and on-site supervision at Mandalay Bay
  • 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, cleaning and internet 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 May

Trade show invoices love to grow: labour hours over estimate, revisions rebilled as change orders, graphics reprints when the style guide shifts, 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 Licensing Expo

Licensing Expo-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 May 2027

Your real deadline is in early spring

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 late-May show that puts the binding deadlines in late March and early April: file after that, and everything the show bills you directly jumps to floor rates.

NOV–JANBrief, concepts and the fixed price locked. Full design freedom.
FEBRUARYLayout submitted for show approval — placement and hanging sign confirmed.
EARLY MARProperty graphics and style-guide artwork finalised and sent to production.
LATE MAR–EARLY APRAdvance orders filed — electrical, rigging, material handling at advance rates. Roughly eight weeks out; after this, floor rates own your budget.
MID-APRFreight window and dock target time booked at Mandalay Bay.
LATE APR–EARLY MAYBooth 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 Licensing Expo 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 new property added to your slate in March costs nothing to accommodate.
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. For a show where the brand on the wall is the product, 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, rigging and drayage is real money — if a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 Where do my meetings actually happen in this design? Ours: in the booth, by design — enclosed rooms or semi-private lounges sized to your meeting schedule, not an afterthought of two stools at a counter. If a vendor’s concept for a licensing show has no deal space, they’ve designed for the wrong show.
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 Licensing Expo exhibitors actually ask

Licensing Expo booth rental FAQs

How much does a Licensing Expo booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its Las Vegas price — fixed and all-inclusive: design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, freight, installation, dismantle and project management. Separately, the show and venue bill you directly for booth space, electrical, drayage, rigging, cleaning and internet; 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 Licensing Expo?
The advance-order cutoff for show services lands roughly eight weeks before the show — for a late-May edition, that’s late March to early April. The exact dates for the next edition are in the facts strip at the top of this page and update automatically. Start the conversation in winter for full design freedom; every week earlier is a week of advance rates instead of floor rates.
Can the booth include a private meeting room for licensing negotiations?
Yes — and at this show it usually should. Enclosed conference rooms, semi-private lounges and double-decker meeting space are all standard requests we build into licensing booths. We start from your meeting schedule: how many conversations, how confidential, how many people at the table — then design the footprint around that, with the property graphics doing the aisle-facing work.
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.
We work with licensed properties and strict style guides. How do you handle brand artwork?
Carefully and in proof stages. Character art, logos and licensed properties come with approval chains, and our graphics workflow is built for them: you (and your licensors, if required) approve print-ready proofs before anything runs, and the finished graphics are photographed on the assembled booth for a final check before shipping. Colour-critical brand work is exactly why we pre-build every booth.
What’s different about exhibiting at Mandalay Bay Convention Center?
Mandalay Bay runs its own docks, marshalling yard and move-in schedule at the south end of the Strip, so freight windows and labour calls work to this building’s calendar — not a generic Las Vegas one. We handle the venue specifics: dock target times, union labour coordination, rigging and electrical orders filed to Mandalay Bay’s deadlines at advance rates.
Can I install the booth myself to save on labour?
Las Vegas show 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, and the show-service orders are filed at advance rather than floor rates.
A vendor just fell through. How fast can you deliver a Licensing Expo 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 you call, the more of the show’s advance-rate window we can still capture for you.
Do you handle events off the show floor — suites, activations, press events?
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 Licensing Expo with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint, your properties, and how many meetings the booth needs to host. 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