TCT 2027Exhibitor guide: booth costs, dates and deadlines

At TCT the space is the biggest line: CRF charged $42,500 for a 10×20 and $58,000 for a 20×20 island in 2026, with 2.9% off for check, ACH or wire. The booth itself runs $7,500 to $15,000 for a 10×20 rental, or $50,000 to $120,000 for a custom 20×20. Imaging consoles, simulators and see-through structure move our number most.

For the 2026 meeting CRF wanted booth designs by September 16, EAC forms by September 28 and Freeman discount orders by October 2, roughly six weeks before opening. Expect a similar calendar for 2027; with design approval from you by early August 2027, our drawings reach CRF in time to clear its see-through review first time.

A TCT rental comes with an open frame built to pass the 40% see-through rule, fabric graphics, LED lighting, demo counters at clinician height, lockable storage for devices and the carpet CRF requires you to supply, with shipping both ways, setup and teardown priced together on a fixed proposal. Once the hall closes, the rental returns to our shop.

San Francisco is a union city: in Purple's experience at Moscone Center, the main convention complex, union jurisdictions cover installing and dismantling exhibits, while your staff may unpack and place products. CRF also charged $1,000 to anyone building outside official move-in hours in 2026. We file as your EAC and send our own project manager to run the crew.

Hands-on demos in your own space are what the TCT floor is for; a speaker presenting to a seated audience is not, and costs Priority Points. Simulation buses and trucks go on the hall perimeter, alcohol is banned, and any medical testing needs advance written approval from the venue (2026 rules). We design the demo around these limits.

Purple's venue guide plans San Francisco's Moscone Center at roughly $180 for each 100 pounds, 200 pounds minimum, across 2026 and 2027, and the official contractor bills it at its own kit tariff. Consoles, simulators and crated monitors are the heavy items at TCT, so we weigh every crate before shipping and list material handling as its own proposal line.

Only on an island. CRF allows hanging signs and banners above islands alone, with signs, trusses and headers up to 25 feet, while inline booths stop at 8 feet with 4-foot sidewalls (2026 rules). A sign counts toward the 40% see-through test too, so we use open or mesh signs that read from the aisle.

CRF gives 10 points for each past TCT exhibited, 10 to 30 points for last year's booth size and 20 for exhibiting at another CRF meeting such as THT or New York Valves; higher totals pick space first (2026 system). Points come off for early move-out, freight in the aisle or booth construction breaches, so we build to the rules.

We design TCT islands to break down into smaller kits, and one structure can travel on to ACC.27, to Heart Rhythm 2027 (also a San Francisco meeting) or to the AHA Scientific Sessions under fresh graphics. In the months between, we store it, refit the counters for whichever device line goes next and freight it to that meeting's warehouse.

TCT 2027 runs Monday, October 18 to Thursday, October 21, 2027, in San Francisco, per CRF's TCTMD calendar. In 2026 the hall opened on the second day of the meeting, stayed open three days and closed at 2:25 p.m. on day three. The 2027 hall dates are not confirmed yet; we plan crews and freight once CRF posts them.

In San Francisco, California, October 18–21, 2027, per CRF's TCTMD calendar. TCT also met in San Francisco in 2023 and 2025, came to Washington, D.C. in 2024 and ran in Halls C–G of the San Diego Convention Center in 2026. We plan freight, union labor and hotels for whichever hall CRF assigns.

CRF's 2026 exhibitor prospectus puts the audience at more than 10,000 attendees from over 100 countries, with 100+ exhibiting companies on the floor. TCT began in 1988 as a gathering of 150 and now draws more than 100 medical and business reporters to cover its late-breaking trials, which raises the stakes for any device news timed to the meeting.

No. TCT is a professional meeting run by registration, and U.S. physicians give their National Provider Identifier when they register. Exhibitor badges come with the booth: in 2026 a 10×20 carried three full-conference and eight exhibit-hall-only badges. Product information may be handed out only inside your own booth, never in session rooms or hotel lobbies.

Returning exhibitors book and pick space on MapYourShow at a Priority Point appointment; then General Booth Sales open to everyone first come, first served, with full payment due within 90 days of the contract. In 2026 a cancellation before June 26 cost half the booth fee. Pre-revenue startups can apply for CRF's Emerging Technology discounts.