Event venue logistics · Denver, Colorado

Every truck. Every door. On time.

EVLC plans, procures and runs the operational side of large live events — venues and vendors, labor and freight, docks and show-day operations — with one accountable lead from the first site visit to the last truck out.

Excellence is in the details
Trusted on the floor by
  • ESL FACEIT Group
  • Activision Blizzard
  • DreamHack
What we do

The operational side of the show, planned and run by one team.

From the venue decision to the last truck out: planning and budget, venue and site, freight, labor, vendors, heavy equipment, exhibitor services and show-day operations. Take one service or the whole operation.

Planning & Budget

Operations planning, budgeting and financial administration

The operating plan and the budget behind it — built before anything is contracted, managed at the scale of tens of millions of dollars, and administered through close-out.

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Venue & Site

Venue scouting, contracting and site infrastructure

Finding the right venue, negotiating the deal, and building out the site — structures, barriers, power, permits and wayfinding — so the show has somewhere to happen.

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Freight & Material Flow

Freight scheduling, marshaling yard and dock operations

Every truck scheduled, every door assigned, every arrival checked in against its slot — run from a staffed freight desk with live status for the client and the venue.

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Labor

Union and contract labor management

Labor calls, scheduling and on-site oversight for union and contract crews, with the negotiations handled before the first call goes out.

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Production Vendors

Stage, A/V, lighting and production vendor procurement

Competitive bids, clear scopes and one point of accountability for the production vendors behind the show, from selection through the final invoice.

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Heavy Equipment

Heavy equipment planning, procurement and on-site management

Forklift, telehandler and lift fleets sized from real show data and managed on site by certified operators — no more ordering to a guideline and paying for equipment that never moves.

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Exhibitor Services

Exhibitor freight, orders and show services

The exhibitor-facing side of the operation — freight guides, rate cards, order portals and a desk that answers — delivered under the show’s own brand.

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Show Operations

Security, credentialing, communications and show-day operations

The operational systems that keep a show running once doors open: security and crowd control, credentials, radios, transportation and hospitality.

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How an engagement runs

From the first site visit to the last truck out.

The same lead carries the event from planning through close-out, so decisions made in month one are the ones enforced on the floor.

01 · Pre-event

Plan, contract & procure

Operating plan and budget, venue and vendor agreements, labor plan, permits, freight schedule, communications plan, runbooks and risk register.

02 · Load-in

Site & docks live

Structures and infrastructure in, marshaling yard and docks open, labor calls running, freight desk staffed, every arrival logged against its slot.

03 · Show days

Run the operation

Security, credentials, radios, transportation and hospitality running; deliveries and packages handled; live status for the client, the venue and production.

04 · Load-out

Reverse the flow

Load-out schedule and marshaling passes, outbound freight staged and released in order, equipment and rentals checked back in against the inventory.

05 · Close-out

Reconcile & report

Labor hours, vendor invoices and the budget reconciled; every truck, slot and piece of equipment accounted for; what to change for the next edition.

Technology

We build the software we run our shows on.

Eventra is EVLC’s own operations platform for event freight: exhibitors and carriers book windows, operators approve and slot them, trucks check in at the yard or the door, and the client, the venue and production watch the same live board.

It is one part of what we do — but it is why our operations run on one record instead of a radio and a spreadsheet.

Docks A–E · Load-in day 314:20 · Yard open
A1
In service
Slot 14:00
Arrived 13:52 · Yard
A2
In service
Slot 14:00
Arrived 14:04 · Direct to dock
A3
Open
Next 14:30
Pass sent
A4
Reserved
Rigging
Until 16:00
B1
In service
Slot 13:30
Arrived 13:41 · Yard
B2
Open
Next 15:00
Pass sent
B3
Open
Next 15:00
Awaiting check-in
B4
Closed
Show-floor build
Reopens day 4
Illustrative view · all times 24-hour, venue local
Excellence is in the details

The rules that keep a large operation honest.

One plan, one source of truth

The window an exhibitor books, the pass the driver holds, the call the crew answers and the number the client sees come from the same plan. Nobody reconciles spreadsheets at 22:00.

Decided before the doors open

Venue terms, vendor scopes, labor rules and the communications plan are settled in pre-production. Show days are for running the plan, not negotiating it.

The 24-hour clock, everywhere

Every time on every schedule, pass, board and call sheet is 24-hour, venue local. An event runs across time zones, carriers and crews; the clock is not where the ambiguity should live.

Contact

Tell us about the event.

Venue, dates, an idea of the scale, and where you are in planning. We’ll come back with how we’d approach it and what an engagement looks like.

Based in Denver, Colorado. Operating internationally.