Rent Stanchions for the Auto Show

Exhibiting at the Vancouver International Auto Show at the Convention Centre? A car on a stand has one problem most exhibits do not: people want to touch it, so whatever stops them has to do it without looking like it is stopping them.

What Goes Around a Vehicle

• Rope stanchions: the usual answer on a car stand. A velvet rope at knee height reads as a boundary from across the hall and comes down in seconds when a journalist needs the driver’s seat.
• Belt stanchions: for the queue rather than the car: a reveal with a crowd in front of it, an entry desk where the queue changes shape with people already in it.
• Topper signs: spec panels, a QR code for the brochure and "please do not open the doors" get read at the rope rather than shouted over it.

Show Logistics Worth Planning For

• Build day is the constraint, not show day. Load-in windows are booked and short; equipment arriving outside yours waits. Send your slot with the enquiry.
• Count the corners first. A vehicle needs a boundary on all four sides and each corner takes a post, so these runs are longer than people estimate.
• Silver or black over gold. Convention lighting is flat and white, the one condition under which gold looks thin. Match the posts to the vehicle, not the carpet.

Terms

Daily and multi-day hire both work for a show run. Delivery, placement and collection at the Convention Centre are available and quoted with the order. Send your stand number, your build slot and the vehicles you are protecting — or ring (604) 259-7799.