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LED walls and AVat the San Diego Convention Center

Booth walls, flown walls and meeting-room screens at the San Diego Convention Center, trucked from our own warehouse in Anaheim and built and run by our own crew. The prices and the venue’s rules are on this page.

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A 24 m flown wall above a booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2025
A 24 m flown wall above a booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2025
  • The folded wall, Comic-Con 2025
  • Two processors live, two on standby
  • Another booth of ours

Comic-Con 2025: a 24 m wall, flown

The wall on its truss, just off the floor, before it was flown
The wall on its truss, just off the floor, before it was flown

For a video game booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, we designed, supplied and ran a flown wall for glasses-free 3D: 24 m long and 3 m high, folding round two corners at 135°.

The venue’s appointed rigger supplied the points, truss and hoists; we designed the hanging structure and sent the drawings. Together we spent six hours bringing the folds from about ±10° to the ±1° the 3D effect needs.

Show
San Diego Comic-Con 2025, San Diego Convention Center; show days July 24–27, move-in from July 20
Our part
LED, processing, playback and sound for the booth, through an exhibition agency
LED
Gloshine MV Pro 2.6, 7680 Hz; 288 cabinets, 24 × 3 m: an 11 m main screen and two 6.5 m wings at 135°
Rigging
Hanging design and drawings by us; points, truss and hoists by the venue’s appointed rigger
Processing
Four NovaStar MX40 Pro, two live and two on hot standby, on fiber; sync generator
Playback
Hirender S3 media servers, client’s 3D content
The wall on its truss, just off the floor, before it was flown
The wall on its truss, just off the floor, before it was flown
The main screen and a wing meeting at 135°
The main screen and a wing meeting at 135°

PixelPro Productions supplies and runs LED walls, sound and playback for booths and events at the San Diego Convention Center, trucked from its warehouse in Anaheim. At San Diego Comic-Con 2025 it designed, supplied and ran a 24 × 3 m glasses-free 3D wall flown above a video game booth: 288 Gloshine MV Pro 2.6 cabinets folding at 135°, held to ±1°, hung by the venue’s appointed rigger to its drawings. Under the venue’s own rules, ON Site Audio Visual is the preferred, non-exclusive AV provider, so exhibitors may bring their own; house sound, production rigging and all rigging in Ballroom 6, Ballroom 20 and the Sails Pavilion are ON Site’s, and in the exhibit halls only ON Site or an approved general contractor with an SDCC rigging contract rigs from the grid, under an ETCP-certified supervisor. The center provides no event power: it comes from an approved electrical contractor or the show’s general contractor. Since July 1, 2025, a San Diego ordinance requires safety training for crews working with temporary rigging or portable power of 100 A or more; a fully ground-supported wall does not trigger it. An 11.5 × 6.6 ft wall is $3,490 all-in with a technician; delivery and crew travel to San Diego are quoted.

Walls and prices

Three P2.6 walls at the same prices as in Southern California: an 11.5 × 6.6 ft MR 2.6 wall is $3,490, 14.8 × 8.2 ft $4,990 and 16.4 × 9.8 ft $6,490; the same 11.5 × 6.6 ft wall is $3,780 in PL 2.6 and $4,620 in MV Pro 2.6, each with the processor, setup, strike and an on-site technician. Each further day is half the first day’s price. Delivery and crew travel to San Diego, flown walls and multi-booth jobs are quoted from your drawings.

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Two ways in: a booth, or space from the venue

A booth or a room inside a show runs on that show’s rules and deadlines. A hall, ballroom or room you book from the center runs on the venue’s.

Inside a show

Comic-Con 2025. Booth deadlines are the show’s, in its exhibitor kit.

  1. Before the show

    • The booth builder or agency sends its drawings. We size the wall, its processing and the power to order, and for a flown wall we send the hanging design and weights to the rigger.

  2. Move-in

    • The center accepts no show freight. It goes through the show’s official contractor, and trucks are marshalled off site in Chula Vista.
    • At Comic-Con we moved in from July 20, four days before the show opened, and tested all three screens first. Comic-Con case study →

  3. Show days

    • We ran the wall and its playback through the show, with two processors on hot standby.

Space from the venue

Deadlines from the center’s Regulations (May 2026) and San Diego Fire-Rescue’s guidelines.

  1. 90 days before

    • The event’s insurance certificate and endorsements go to the center.

  2. 30 days before move-in

    • The event gives the center a list of all its contractors, including AV.

  3. 10 business days before

    • The fire permit application for an exhibit, with the floor plan.
    • A permit for any temporary structure over 400 sq ft, such as a stage or a tower holding a video wall.

  4. Move-in

    • Power comes from an approved electrical contractor or the show’s general contractor.

Venue deadlines: San Diego Convention Center, Regulations (rev. May 5, 2026) and Client Pricing Guide 2026–2027; San Diego Fire-Rescue guidelines E-1.3 and E-1.5 (rev. March 2023). Booth steps: our own Comic-Con 2025 job. Confirm dates with your SDCC event manager, or for a booth, with the show’s exhibitor services.

The SDCC rules, in seven numbers

From the center’s own guides and the city’s rules, and what each one means for an LED wall.

A flown wall: the venue’s appointed rigger hangs it
A flown wall: the venue’s appointed rigger hangs it
The four NovaStar MX40 Pro in their rack
The four NovaStar MX40 Pro in their rack
Our playback, not the house system
Our playback, not the house system

  • Your pick

    AV company: ON Site is preferred, not exclusive

    Bring your own. Outside gear may not connect to the house sound.

  • ETCP

    A certified rigging supervisor

    In the halls, ON Site or an approved general contractor with an SDCC rigging contract. Ballrooms 6 and 20 and the Sails Pavilion: ON Site only.

  • 100 A

    The city’s worker safety rule

    For temporary rigging or portable power of 100 A or more: OSHA-10 for the crew, OSHA-30 and ETCP for supervisors. A wall on the floor does not trigger it.

  • 400 sq ft

    Bigger structures need a fire permit

    A stage or tower holding a video wall: drawings by a California registered design professional, 10 business days ahead, and an independent inspection.

  • 0

    Freight the center accepts

    Everything goes through the show’s official contractor. Trucks marshal in Chula Vista.

  • 30 ft

    Floor boxes in the halls

    On 30 ft centers, each with 110 V/30 A and 208 V/60 A single phase. The center supplies no event power.

  • $250

    Hall lights off over your booth

    A one-time charge for show hours, so the wall reads better: $250 up to 500 sq ft, $350 to 1,500, $450 above.

Which space fits the wall

SpaceCeilingWho rigsFloor load
Halls A, B, C27 ft 4 in to the truss, 40 ft to the ceilingON Site or an approved general contractor350 lb/sq ft
Halls D, E27 ft 4 in to the truss, 39 ft to the ceilingON Site or an approved general contractor350 lb/sq ft
Halls F, G, H36 ft 4 in to the truss, 64 ft to the ceilingON Site or an approved general contractor350 lb/sq ft
Sails Pavilion27 ft to the lighting housingON Site only150 lb/sq ft
Ballroom 2030 ftON Site only150 lb/sq ft
Ballroom 623 ft 8.5 inON Site only150 lb/sq ft
Meeting rooms, upper level14 ft 6 in or 18 ftON Site preferred150 lb/sq ft

Ceilings from the center’s Capacity Charts and Facility Guide; one page of the center’s website gives Halls F–H as 39 ft 4 in, and 36 ft 4 in is what the charts and the guide say. Hall freight doors: A–C 20 ft wide × 16 ft high, D–H 23 × 16 ft; Hall H’s elephant door is 23 ft wide × 30 ft high. Hazers and fog are not allowed in the Sails Pavilion.

Source: San Diego Convention Center, Regulations (rev. May 5, 2026), Facility Guide (2026), Capacity Charts, Client Pricing Guide 2026–2027 and Exhibitor Services Ordering Guide 2026–2027; San Diego Fire-Rescue E-1.3 and E-1.5 (rev. March 2023); San Diego Municipal Code, Live Event Worker Safety (in effect July 1, 2025). Rules change: confirm with your SDCC event manager.

Our booth work, here and at other convention centers

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Everything else we do in San Diego: San Diego service area

Showing in Anaheim? LED walls at the Anaheim Convention Center

Or in Los Angeles? LED walls at the LA Convention Center

Questions about LED walls at the San Diego Convention Center

Can I bring my own AV company to the San Diego Convention Center?

Yes. ON Site Audio Visual is the center’s preferred AV provider, not an exclusive one. What is exclusive: house sound, production rigging and all rigging in Ballroom 6, Ballroom 20 and the Sails Pavilion (ON Site), and internet and data (Smart City Networks). An event booking space from the center lists all its contractors, AV included, at least 30 days before move-in.

Who hangs a flown LED wall at the San Diego Convention Center?

In the exhibit halls, only ON Site or an approved general contractor with an SDCC rigging contract rigs from the grid, under an ETCP-certified rigging supervisor; in Ballroom 6, Ballroom 20 and the Sails Pavilion, ON Site only. At Comic-Con 2025, the venue’s appointed rigger supplied the points, truss and hoists; we designed the hanging structure and sent the drawings. The center’s rigging policy is available from it on request.

Does San Diego’s live event safety ordinance apply to an LED wall?

Only if the wall is flown or runs on portable power of 100 A or more. Since July 1, 2025, such work needs OSHA-10 training for workers, and OSHA-30 plus ETCP certification for supervisors, with records kept for two years. The city’s own FAQ says fully ground-supported AV equipment does not trigger it.

Does a large LED wall need a fire permit at the San Diego Convention Center?

A ground-supported structure over 400 sq ft, such as a stage or a tower holding a video wall, needs a San Diego Fire-Rescue permit. Its drawings come from a California registered design professional, address the video wall’s effect on the structure, and go in at least 10 business days before building; an independent inspection report is part of the permit. The exhibit itself also needs the show’s fire permit, applied for 10 business days ahead.

Can the hall lights above my booth be turned off for the LED wall?

Yes. The center charges once for show hours: $250 for up to 500 sq ft, $350 up to 1,500 sq ft and $450 above. In some cases the fire marshal has to approve it.

Is union labor required at the San Diego Convention Center?

The center has a jurisdiction agreement with four unions for move-in, installation and move-out of shows: IATSE Local 122, IBEW Local 569, IUPAT Local 831 and Teamsters Local 542. The final requirements are set for each event, so check the show’s exhibitor manual for what an exhibitor’s own contractor may do.

How much is an LED wall at the San Diego Convention Center?

An 11.5 × 6.6 ft wall is $3,490 in MR 2.6, $3,780 in PL 2.6 or $4,620 in MV Pro 2.6, with the processor, setup, strike and a technician. Each further day is half the first day’s price. Delivery and crew travel from Anaheim to San Diego are quoted to the show.

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