ASSP Safety 2027 · June 7–9, 2027 · Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans
ASSP Safety 2027 booths in New Orleans where safety managers try the gear
Your booth lets a safety manager pull on the glove, fit the harness and read the standard rating in the minutes between sessions. At the Morial Convention Center, Louisiana's right-to-work rules let your staff set up, while drayage, electrical and rigging stay with the official contractor's union trades.
- June 7–9 · Morial Center
- 6,164 attendees in 2025
- Install June 5–6
Every last fee listed upfront, in full, on paper. 3,000+ exhibitors · 10,000+ booths built · 4.9★ client rating · Since 2015
Hard hat, gloves and fall-protection harness
01 Purple at ASSP Safety 2027
What makes ASSP Safety different, and how we build for it
Safety is the annual conference of the American Society of Safety Professionals, and its expo is where EHS leaders shop for the year ahead: ASSP's audience survey shows 99% of attendees visit the hall and 74% have more than 10 years in the field. Expo Exclusive Time in the schedule clears sessions so attendees walk the floor. At Safety 2026 the hall ran its own program around the booths: Runway, the Safety Apparel and PPE Fashion Show, Flash Sessions and Tech Talks, the Career Advancement Center, the ASSP Resource Center and Marketplace, and the Parade to Prizes game. A booth has to explain a product and let people handle it in a few minutes.
Products they can put on, fit and test, with clear standard ratings and someone who can answer how the item performs on a real site.
A seated conversation about programs, software and multi-site rollouts, with proof of results and a demo that runs on a real screen.
Quick, credible information on training, compliance and loss control they can recommend to clients, plus literature to take away.
Your team in New Orleans
Two shops, one project manager, every hall
We build in our own production shop in Fishkill, NY, and our Las Vegas hub, ship to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, and install with our own project manager on the floor and vetted local labor. Predictable 30–45-day turnarounds, secure storage and pre-show QA.
Your team walks into a lit, stocked booth. You just show up.
02 Booths & pricing for ASSP Safety 2027
Popular booth sizes at ASSP Safety
The Safety expo is mostly 10×10 and 10×20 inline space, with the larger PPE manufacturers, distributors and software companies on islands. Space runs $36 per square foot, so a 10×20 costs $7,200 before the booth. For try-on products we recommend a 10×20 with a product wall and fitting counter; for live fall-protection demos, a 20×20 island.
Product walls by hazard, head, hand, eye, hearing or fall, with a try-on station and a standing demo counter.
Shown: Bucher Unipektin, a Purple inline booth
See 10×20 rental booths →
Three bays keep the hazards from competing: glove and eyewear try-on counters with mirrors, a harness display on a mannequin, and a software screen with a seated table for program conversations with directors.
Shown: Evodrop / Sulzer, a Purple inline booth
See 10×30 rental booths →
An island with a fall-protection or equipment demo zone, a software kiosk and a small table for program conversations.
Shown: SunUs, a Purple island exhibit
See 20×20 rental booths →
Several hazard zones, a live demo area with rigging or equipment, a theater for short talks and a meeting room for distributors.
Shown: dimi, a Purple island exhibit
See 20×30 rental booths →In Purple's price
- Design and a 3D rendering, revised until it is right
- Structure, printed graphics, counters and storage as specified
- Lighting and power distribution inside the booth
- Installation and dismantle, with our project manager on the floor
- Every show-service order and deadline tracked for you
Billed by the show and its contractor
- Booth space (paid to the organizer)
- Material handling / drayage, where the space rate does not include it
- Electrical service, internet and rigging
- Booth cleaning and any union labor the venue requires
Rates to plan with for ASSP Safety:
- Booth space $36 per sq ft, 2027 rate source
- Drayage About $155 per cwt, 200 lb minimum, 2026–27 planning rate
We estimate every one of these on your proposal, so the total is on paper before you sign.
Prices are all-in 2026 rental ranges for design, structure, graphics, installation and dismantle; custom builds are quoted per project. Get an exact number for ASSP Safety with the booth cost calculator or read the 2026 booth cost guide.
Send the show, your booth size and what the space needs to do. We reply within one business day and send a rendering and a fixed proposal, usually within a week. No charge.
03 Built by Purple
Booths we have designed, built and installed
Case study · KLEEMANN
KLEEMANN at a industrial technology exhibition
An interactive booth for a global elevator manufacturer: digital simulations, real product showcases and a floor plan that guided visitors from first step to last.
Different industry, same problem: KLEEMANN used real product showcases and simulations to explain safety-critical equipment fast, the job every ASSP Safety booth has.
Read the KLEEMANN case study All case studies →“Purple Exhibits made us look good. The booth was one of the nicest displays in our section of the convention center and generated a lot of positive comments from both customers and industry peers. Their attention to detail, professionalism, and willingness to go above and beyond made a huge difference.”
Kimberly Owens, Brand Manager, Owens Products · more client reviews
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04 Designing for workplace safety, PPE and EHS technology brands at ASSP Safety
Four things we get right for ASSP Safety exhibitors
1Let buyers try the product
Safety managers buy what they can feel. We build glove walls with sizing, eyewear and hearing protection on try-on counters with mirrors, and harness displays on mannequins so a visitor can handle the hardware and see the fit before talking price.
2Engineer fall-protection demos properly
Anchor, lifeline and harness demos need a frame rated for the load and a clear fall zone. We design the structure, pull the rigging and floor-load questions into the exhibitor kit forms early, and keep demo areas inside your footprint and away from the aisle.
Group the booth by hazard
EHS buyers think in hazards and standards, not catalog pages. We organize walls by head, eye, hand, hearing, respiratory and fall, put the rating on every label, and give your software or training offer its own screen so it does not compete with the gear.
Plan for Expo Exclusive Time
When sessions pause, the hall fills in bursts. We keep the front of the booth open for quick try-ons and game-card visitors, put one clear product claim at eye level for the aisle, and set a seated table further back for directors who want to talk about a program.
Concept rendering
Every proposal comes with a rendering like this
You see the booth in 3D before we cut a single panel: layout, graphics, lighting and product positions, revised until it is right. Shown: a Purple concept for Chara.
Start my ASSP Safety concept05 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center · New Orleans
Logistics for ASSP Safety 2027, handled
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center runs about two miles along the Mississippi across divisible Halls A to J, so dock-to-booth distance changes a lot with your hall. Louisiana is a right-to-work state and full-time employees can set up their own booth, but drayage, electrical and rigging stay with the union trades through the official contractor, and the building lends no carts or pallet jacks. Safety installation runs June 5 and 6, with no freight accepted on the Monday morning. We plan drayage at about $155 per hundredweight with a 200-pound minimum, read the exhibitor kit, ship to the advance warehouse and install with our own project manager and vetted local labor.
Hall rules, drayage estimates and freight deadlines for this building are in our Ernest N. Morial Convention Center exhibitor guide.
Hall guide
The Morial Center is one long building on the Mississippi with exhibit halls, a Great Hall and a theater. These are the halls this building uses for a national expo, and what each means for your booth.
1.1 million sq ft of divisible exhibit space stretching roughly two miles along the river, split into halls sized to each show.
Our advice: Dock-to-booth distance varies enormously across the building, so we plan freight, carts and crew access from your exact hall.
The 60,300 sq ft upriver addition, completed in 2013, with 25,000 sq ft of ballroom and prefunction space plus indoor and outdoor balconies.
Our advice: Used for receptions and general sessions; it sits at the upriver end, closest to the Warehouse District hotels where teams stay.
A 4,000-seat divisible theater and 140 meeting rooms with two ballrooms spread across the building.
Our advice: The theater has its own rigging and AV rules, and meeting rooms suit hand-carry tabletop displays rather than built exhibits.
What Purple handles
- Exhibitor kit, contractor orders and target freight dates
- Rated structures and rigging for fall-protection demos
- Graphics printed in house with hazard and standard callouts
- Freight to the advance warehouse and drayage paperwork
- Installation and dismantle with our project manager and vetted local labor
Timeline, counted back from move-in
We need design sign-off by late March 2027.
- Late March 2027Design sign-off, demo plan and rigging drawings approved.
- April to early May 2027Production in Fishkill, NY; product walls and demo structures built to your gear.
- Mid-May 2027Booth and product cases ship to the advance warehouse for New Orleans.
- June 5–6, 2027Installation; our project manager and vetted local labor build, light and stock the booth.
- June 7–9, 2027Expo days; a Purple project manager is on call throughout.
- June 9–10, 2027Dismantle from the 1 PM close, product packed to your return plan.
Purple planning timeline. Official move-in, freight target and order deadlines come from your exhibitor kit and assigned schedule; we confirm them against your booth when you book.
Printable budget & deadline sheetASSP Safety exhibitor questions
Questions exhibitors ask us before ASSP Safety
How much does a booth at ASSP Safety 2027 cost?
Booth builds start at $3,500 for a 10×10 rental, run $7,500 to $15,000 for a 10×20 rental and $50,000 to $120,000 for a custom 20×20 island. Rigged fall-protection demos and product fixtures move the number most. ASSP bills the floor space separately at $36 per square foot, and the official contractor bills show services.
When do we need to decide on an ASSP Safety 2027 booth?
Installation runs June 5 and 6, 2027, and no freight is accepted on the Monday morning before the expo opens. Working back, we need design sign-off by late March 2027 for a 30 to 45 day build and a mid-May ship date. Rigged demos need engineering time, so start earlier if you plan one.
Can we rent a booth for ASSP Safety, and what is included?
Yes. A rental includes the frame, your printed graphics, product walls, try-on counters, lighting, installation and dismantle, with our project manager on the floor. Many PPE brands rent the structure and own their product fixtures, so the fixtures travel to the next show while the rental frame returns to us.
Can we set up our own booth at the Morial Convention Center?
Yes, within limits. Louisiana is a right-to-work state, so full-time employees of an exhibiting company may set up their own booth. Drayage, electrical and rigging stay with the union trades through the official contractor, and the building lends no carts, dollies or pallet jacks, so heavy product cases go through material handling.
When is the ASSP Safety 2027 expo open?
The expo opens Monday, June 7 from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Tuesday, June 8 from 8:30 AM to 4 PM and Wednesday, June 9 from 9 AM to 1 PM. Expo Exclusive Time pauses sessions so the hall fills in bursts, and the short Wednesday leads straight into dismantle from 1 PM.
What does drayage cost at ASSP Safety and who pays it?
You pay it, through the official contractor's material handling order. Our planning figure for the Morial Center is about $155 per hundredweight for 2026 and 2027, with a 200-pound minimum per shipment; the Safety exhibitor kit carries the exact tariff. We weigh your crates and product cases and put the estimate on the proposal.
Can we reuse our ASSP Safety booth at other shows?
Yes. Safety brands often follow the same structure to the NFPA Conference & Expo in San Antonio a week later and to FDIC International in Indianapolis, with graphics swapped by audience. We build modular frames that reconfigure between inline and island footprints and store the booth between shows.
Which hall will ASSP Safety use at the Morial Convention Center?
The Morial Center splits 1.1 million square feet of exhibit space into Halls A to J, stretching about two miles along the river. Dock-to-booth distance changes a lot from one end to the other, so once your booth number places you in a hall, we plan the dock, freight route and crew parking around it.
Do you handle the official contractor orders for ASSP Safety?
We read the Safety exhibitor kit and order electrical, rigging, material handling and labor through the official contractor, file the freight paperwork for product cases and demo equipment, and send you one list of every order, its deadline and its cost before the discount dates pass.
Before you sign with anyone
Five questions to ask any exhibit builder for ASSP Safety:
- Is every fee on the proposal, including what the show contractor bills?
- Who builds the booth: your own shop or a subcontractor?
- Will your project manager be on the floor for install and dismantle?
- What exactly is in the rental, and what is billed by the show?
- Where does the booth go after the show, and what does storage cost?
Common situations
Already own a booth? We refresh the graphics, repair what is worn, ship it, install it and store it between shows. You keep the structure you paid for.
Exhibiting from outside the US? We are your team on the ground: freight to the advance warehouse, show-service orders, installation and storage, with one project manager answering your emails in your time zone.
Short on time? A rental with your graphics can be ready in two to three weeks. We tell you on the first call what is realistic for your date.
Get a proposal
Tell us about your ASSP Safety booth
What happens next
- We reply within one business day with questions about your products, goals and footprint.
- You get a concept rendering and a fixed proposal, usually within a week. Every last fee listed upfront, in full, on paper.
- We build in 30–45 days, ship to the advance warehouse and install before the hall opens.