Trade Show Displays & Booth Rentals in St. Petersburg
From downtown waterfront venues to corporate ballrooms, Suncoast Displays delivers custom exhibits, booth rentals, and trade show services across St. Pete and Pinellas County.
Trusted exhibit solutions for St. Petersburg’s growing convention, corporate, and creative event scene.
Downtown Venues
Expertise with Mahaffey Theater, Coliseum, and waterfront hotels.
Custom or Rental
Inline displays, islands, and portable kits—owned or rented.
Turnkey Service
Graphics, rentals, logistics, and I&D managed end-to-end.
Pinellas Coverage
Serving St. Pete, Clearwater, Largo, and beachside resorts.
Popular St. Petersburg Services
Where We Work in St. Pete
- Museum of Fine Arts
- The Mahaffey Theater
- The Coliseum
- Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront
- Beachfront resorts & hotels
Exhibiting in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg events run through waterfront and downtown venues, from the Mahaffey Theater to bayfront hotels, and most of them need an exhibit that can be carried in and built without a freight elevator.
Working across the bay from our Tampa warehouse keeps St. Pete jobs close to stock. Replacement graphics, spare hardware and a second set of hands stay within reach of the venue rather than a shipment away.
Design, graphics production, freight coordination, install and dismantle, and storage between shows are handled by one team. That matters most when something goes wrong on site, because the person who printed the graphic and the person standing in the booth work for the same company. We work Museum of Fine Arts, The Mahaffey Theater, The Coliseum and Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, and deliver across Pinellas County, including Clearwater, Largo and Treasure Island.
Brief and design
We start from the show, the booth size and what you need the space to do. 3D concepts let you see layout, lighting and traffic flow before committing.
Hardware, rented or owned
As a Skyline Authorized Dealer we specify from proven systems rather than fabricating every element from scratch, so a booth can be reconfigured for the next show instead of replaced. Rentals remove the capital cost for pilot shows and rebrands.
Graphics production
Brand-accurate color with proofs and controlled print conditions, dye-sublimated fabric tuned for even diffusion under LED, and art templates for every wall, panel and sign.
Freight, drayage and paperwork
Shipping plans, labels, target move-in and move-out, EAC and certificate of insurance paperwork, rigging and electrical forms, coordinated with the decorator and carrier.
Install and dismantle
Our own I&D crews set the booth, verify it against the plan and strike it at close, so the people who built it are the people on the floor.
Storage between shows
Exhibits come back to a labeled bay in our Tampa warehouse with an inventory list, photos and condition notes, then get inspected and refreshed before the next show.
St. Petersburg trade show questions
What does I&D mean?
I&D stands for install and dismantle: the labor that assembles your exhibit before the show opens and takes it down afterwards. Suncoast uses its own crews across Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Orlando rather than subcontracting to whoever the venue supplies.
Should we rent or buy a trade show booth?
Rent when you are testing a show, running a rebrand, or exhibiting once a year, because a rental avoids the capital cost and the storage bill. Buy when you exhibit regularly enough that repeat rental fees pass what the hardware would have cost.
What is drayage?
Drayage is the charge for moving your crates from the loading dock to your booth space and back again, billed by the show decorator by weight. It is separate from your freight bill and is a common source of unexpected cost. We plan it with the decorator in advance.
How early should we start planning a booth?
Start as soon as you have booked the space. Custom builds need design approval before fabrication, graphics need artwork and proofing time, and freight has to hit a target move-in window. Rentals compress that, but artwork deadlines still govern.
Do you store our exhibit between shows?
Yes. Exhibits and graphics are stored in our Tampa warehouse with organized racking and crate IDs, tracked with inventory photos and condition notes, and inspected and refreshed before they ship again.
What size booth do we need?
A 10x10 inline booth sits in a row with neighbors on both sides and is read from the aisle in front. An island of 20x20 or larger is open on all four sides and carries towers, hanging signs and lounge space. Show floor plans set what is available.
What we provide in St. Petersburg
We also serve Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando. See the portfolio or request a quote.
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