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Corporate Event Production in Chicago, IL is built for a city that runs on scale. McCormick Place is the largest convention center in North America, with 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space across four buildings, and it draws roughly 3 million visitors a year for shows like the National Restaurant Association Show, RSNA, and the Chicago Auto Show.
Beyond the convention center, Chicago is home to a deep corporate bench. United Airlines, McDonald's, Kraft Heinz, Mondelez International, and Conagra Brands all run global operations from the metro. Every one of them stages leadership meetings, product launches, and client events that have to perform.
We are a production team that produces nationally, and Chicago is one of our key markets. We handle every aspect of event production: planning and management, technical production, show and on-site execution, and event creative. One partner, one team, from first walkthrough to final load-out. Whether you need full production or a specific capability slotted into your existing team, we build the approach around your goals.
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Years in media, events, and production
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Integrated services: events, video, marketing
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Cities served nationwide
McCormick Place sets the standard here: four buildings, 173 meeting rooms, four ballrooms, assembly seating for 18,000, and nearly 3,000 connected hotel rooms. The National Restaurant Association Show takes over the campus each May. RSNA fills it each November. We plan for the building's true scale: load-in routes, cross-campus moves, and the coordination a 2.6-million-square-foot campus demands.
Beyond the convention center, Chicago rewards producers who match the venue to the moment. Navy Pier's Festival Hall for large receptions on the lake. The Adler Planetarium's Skyline Terrace for events with the city's best view. The Art Institute of Chicago for galas surrounded by world-class art. The Chicago Cultural Center for receptions under its Tiffany domes. The Rookery Building for executive gatherings with architectural pedigree.
McCormick Place; Navy Pier; Adler Planetarium; Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago Cultural Center; The Rookery Building.
Most production companies show up with gear. We show up with a plan built around how Chicago actually operates. We walk the venue, map the load-in, and learn the building before your attendees arrive.
Simple is headquartered in Washington, DC, with production teams traveling to 25 cities nationwide. Our world-class producers fly in, so you get our standards, our accountability, and people who know your event. We hire local crews, rental houses, and stagehands, so you get people who know the building, and local labor is covered without shipping gear cross-country. Travel is part of how we quote, never a surprise line item.
And because events, video, and marketing live under one roof at Simple, your event branding, stage content, sizzle reel, and social cuts come from the same team with the same understanding of your goals. No handoffs, no translation loss.
We deliver what we say we will. We treat your budget, timeline, brand, and reputation with care. Earn your trust on the first show, and we become the team you call for every one after.
For large programs at McCormick Place, six to twelve months gives you the best vendor and crew options. That said, we regularly produce events on tighter timelines. Tell us your date and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
Yes. We know the four-building campus: load-in procedures, show-floor coordination, and the in-house policies that govern productions there, and we coordinate directly with the venue team.
Yes. Booth programs, product launches, press events, and client receptions around shows like the National Restaurant Association Show and the Chicago Auto Show are a regular part of our work in this market.
That is our standard model. The same team producing your event captures it: sizzle reels, session recordings, social cuts, and recap films, all with the same understanding of your message.
From 50-person executive summits to multi-day conferences and 30,000-attendee festivals. The production plan scales to the event, not the other way around.
A Simple producer owns your event from first walkthrough to load-out. We hire local crews, rental houses, and stagehands in Chicago, so the venues, union rules, and load-in are handled by people who know them. If your program runs in multiple cities, one team can carry it across all of them.
Simple's team are technical experts and know how to deliver multi-day, very sophisticated productions, and nailed the live and social content execution.
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