When you are trying to cram over one
thousand exhibitors into a single room, electricity becomes a scarce
commodity. Each exhibitor wants their display to be the biggest and
brightest, so this article will aim to provide helpful tips with regards
to electricity use and power supply at trade shows.
There are no steadfast rules that convention
centers abide by when hosting trade shows with regards to electrical
power. Each convention center has its own specific set of guidelines
that it imposes on the exhibitors. Because of its sheer size, the Las
Vegas Convention Center is probably the most strict of all the popular
trade show venues. In fact, you cannot even use many types of halogen
lights at the Las Vegas Convention Center because of strict fire prevention
regulations.
Access to electricity is usually tightly
controlled at trade shows. Each exhibitor is assigned a certain set
of outlets that they are limited to, and they are often in inconvenient
locations. For this reason, it is probably a good idea to have extra
power
strips and extension cords on hand. If you desperately need another
outlet, your neighboring exhibitors will often be kind enough to allow
you to use one of their outlets, but I would not recommend that you
depend on such generosity.
Generally speaking, trade show coordinators
work hard to make sure that everyone at the trade show has adequate
access to electrical power, but it never hurts to be prepared.
